Winning Sailors from Boys Sports Company Felicitated

A ceremony was held to felicitate the sailors from the Boys Sports Company who won gold medals at the YAI Youth Nationals. The championship was held at the Madras Engineer Group or MEG center located at Bangalore. Commandant of the Madras Engineer Group and Brigadier TPS Wadhwa was the chief guest for the felicitation ceremony. He welcomed all the talented sailors from the Boys Sports Company and felicitated them.

 

 

Among the felicitated were Cadet Sikhansu Singh, Cadet Vijay Kumar, Cadet Mandeep, Cadet Gagan, and Cadet AK Pandey. All of them won gold medals at the recently concluded sailing competition. The talented sailors won gold medals in all the four categories in which they participated in the championship. The four categories in which they won gold are Laser 4.7, RS One, Optimist, and 29ER. The YAI Youth Nationals were held from 1st December to 7th December 2019.

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Seafra Guilfoyle and Ryan Seaton Who were at 19th Place Now Sailing 49er Gold Fleet in Palma

From the Yacht Club Ballyholme of Northern Ireland Ryan Seaton and from Yacht Club, Royal Cork Séafra Guilfoyle has been qualified for the 49er Gold fleet, the race will start in the morning of 5 of April. The result came out after they scored the strong fourth place yesterday in the afternoon, to put both sailors at 19th position overall.

After qualifying for the 49er Gold fleet, the pair said: “Some good and solid races we raced to qualify have set up us wonderfully for the gold fleet. However, our focus is still on the processes, though we are happy with things that are going on.”

Another result of Irish skiff from Rob Dickson of Howth and Tadhg Donnelly and Sean is present online.

After completion of another three qualifying races, the top fleet of 49er is tight. Stuart Bithell and Dylan Fletcher, who is the world champion GBR 2017 are now only one point clear of performing sailors Klaus Lange and Yago from Argentina. They are the last year winners.

Klaus Lange after completing the race said, “During crucial moments in the race, we are opted the right positions on the course that we find was apt. We both attended a good winter sailing training with squads of Austria that helped us in giving this remarkable performance. Now, we both are working as a team and have to for other races and we think we both are really strong.”

David Hussl and Benjamin Bildstein, who were training partners of Lange and Yogo in Austria training won two out of three races and are at the third position overall.  The world champions Mihovil Fantela and Sime from Croatia have climbed up and now at the fifth position with a 12pts overall.

2018 SSL Finals To Witness 25 Of The Top Line Up

The Bahamas is going to be the venue for the sailing battle of the year SSL (SAILORS SUPER LEAGUE) where the top 25 sailors from around the globe will compete with each other for their glory and the championship title. From veteran sailors to fresh minds, this year’s SSL yields no mercy on its level of competition. After the four days of qualification rounds, we are going to see the knockout rounds leading to the grand finale.

Croatian sailing crew Kontides and Stipanovic missed their Olympic gold by a short distance. They are surely looking up to SSL to clear up their mistakes and cover up the distance. Georgy Shayduko, a veteran sailor is no less competitive even though he is looking out for the young sailors. Maybe, he has intentions to show the young boats how to sail the veteran way. He was the Olympic silver medalist in the 1996 Russian Olympics. Gold winner Freddy Lööf will participate without his former crew Max Salminen. The crew change for the Brazilian legend Robert Scheidt may generate a difference in his sailing methodology. His former crew Prada is now crewing for the European champion Augie Diaz from the USA.
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The U.S. Youth Championships Witness Euphoria Of Sailors On Concluding Day

The speed of boats was mixed with finesse and patience and those who remain stuck to that witness success in the US youth championship. It proved as the key ingredients to victory for newly crowned and celebrated Youth Champs on 2018. This year the event 2018 U.S. Youth Sailing Championships was hosted by the Carolina Yacht Club and the championship concluded on Wednesday following the three days of racing from Wrightsville Beach, N.C.

On Wednesday, in-order to fit in the additional racing after the washed out on Tuesday, the race committee switched to the start time up to 10:00 am ET.
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Economic Impact Report For AC

As per the norms, after the America’s Cup was concluded this year in Bermuda, the team that won, team New Zealand as well as the Italian team have the responsibility to submit proposed guidelines for the upcoming version of the America’s Cup. There was a report submitted about how the proposals were coming along. As per a spokeswoman who spoke for the Cabinet body, there is a pending report to be submitted which will showcase the economic, environmental and social impact of the competition. Though the report was supposed to be submitted by mid October, that deadline has been exceeded and the committee hopes to submit it soon.

 

There is an independent appraisal has been done on these conditions that has been assigned to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Though responsibility for the report was assigned by the middle of July and was to be submitted by the end of October, it is yet to be submitted. The report is to be on the economic impact that the recently concluded America’s Cup has had which will combine social as well as economic effects. There was a dispute raised as to the global regatta affecting the island’s environment by the opposing political party in the region, the Progressive Labor Party which has now come to power. There have been overdue reported as by the transport ministry which is attributed to the overruns of the competition which has exceeded the allocated budget. Now that the report is delayed many are wondering why the delay is happening. Since the opposition party had raised this issue in order to discredit the international sailing competition event, why is the delay happening in submission of the report. It is hoped that the report will be submitted soon and all accusations and concerns can be put to rest so that the next sailing event can be planned.

Most Entries Ever Recorded For Fastnet

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The 2017 Rolex Fastnet Race is already setting a record before the start of the event. The race event will be held in Cowes on 6th August. The event has already grabbed the headlines and has become the largest ever entry in the Fastnet Race.

This year a total of 400 boats will be at the start line of the Fastnet Race at Cowes on Sunday. This is the first time in the 92-year-old history of the classic 600 mile race that so many boats are taking part. Continue reading Most Entries Ever Recorded For Fastnet

Get Tips From British Sailors At Dinghy Show

There will be many popular British sailing team medalists taking part in the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show that is scheduled to take place at the Alexandra Palace in London.


This show is to be held from 4th to 5th March this year. If you want to get more inputs about sailing and any other tips, then you should head to the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show.

Ben Saxton, the Narca 17 European Champion and Olympian will be there at the Dinghy Show to offer tips and insights into various aspects of sailing. The likes of Narca 17 sailor Tom Phipps and the popular 470 women duo of Sophie Weguelin-Eilidh McIntyre will also be at the showcase event to provide their valuable tips and sailing experience to one and all attending the event.

If anyone is looking to be a professional sailor and want to earn medals in the future in sailing, then they must surely visit the show to get all information that they can gather from these stalwarts in the sailing field. Continue reading Get Tips From British Sailors At Dinghy Show

Irish Sailing School Doing Early Wrap–Up

Irish National Powerboat & Sailing School has announced for the wrap-up of the season.


You must be thinking that industry that works on water must be witnessing fewer crowds and this could be the reason for an early wrap up. But, it is actually not like that, for Irish National Powerboat & Sailing School the autumn of 2016 awesome and it remains one of the busiest. People came here in large number to enjoy sailing and other sports. Despite this fact, Irish National Powerboat & Sailing School Centre Principal Kenneth Rumball announced that the school now needs a break and it has started thinking about it.

Last Saturday of the school hold the final round of Junior Club sailing. In this event nearly two hundred young sailors participated and are taking water activities each Saturday and it will be gone from September. The activities will go through till December.

Moreover, parents of young sailors were invited into school to talk to their respective coaches and understand their progress in the game. They were offered mulled wine and pie at the moment. In addition to this school also had an event of RS Super Series that had racing of 8 RS 200s and 400s. The event took place last Saturday itself.

The authorities of Irish National Powerboat & Sailing School explained about the reasons of early wrap up. Boats and cruise in school need some repairing and also school authorities have to catch up with some more commitments. These are some reason why school has taken the step of early wrapping. But, before ending the season, the school is going to hold some good events and witness decent turnout of people. Turkey shoots DBSC final race on Sunday is one of the events that the school is going to hold including others.

International Masters Regatta

The International Masters Regatta is coming up from October 21st to 23rd in 2016 which is being organized by the San Diego Yacht Club. This international sailing race event is an invitation only event. It unites several master sailors all over the world.

There would be award winning participants like Bill Buchan, Peter Harken, Paul Elvstrom, Don Trask, Ron Holland, Lowell North and others. Even Malin Burnham, who gained the title of World Champion and has gained a position in the National Sailing Hall of Fame, would be part of the competition. He had skippered the team which won the event in 2015. Continue reading International Masters Regatta

Airlie Beach Race To Start

Only 9 days left before the entries close down for the Airlie Beach Race Week. There are more than 100 owners that are willing to take part in the racing program. The director of the race Denis Thompson said that the numbers will go up to 125 in the multiple divisions and classes. As per him, there are some of the best boats which would be taking part in this season.

This will lead to a tough competition. The competition in Sports Boats and Multihull is at a great level and the director is quite pleased with the rising numbers. Thompson has tailored courses in order to work with the tides. He said that they are trying to do all it takes to ensure that the courses fit perfectly with the tides and also ensure that the fleets don’t sail against the downwind and upwind of the tide. Continue reading Airlie Beach Race To Start