Laser Worlds – Day 3
Slingsby out in front
After a crappy Day 2 the Aussies reclaimed some pride with Tom Slingsby winning both races in his flight and Ashley Brunning finishing third in both for his flight.
It was a perfect day on the water again and you would be ok thinking that you were anywhere else in the world – but this is England! The English Riviera.
I was on the water today and have loaded photos onto SailingPhotos.net
The Aussies have scattered to get a good nights rest before the final two races of the qualifying series.
Laser Worlds – Day 2
Day 2 of the Laser Worlds at Hayling Island wasn’t the best for the Aussies. So therefore I don’t really have much to say!
2010 Laser Worlds – Day 1
The practice race for the 2010 Laser Worlds was cancelled due to strong winds and terrible weather. The bar was also too dangerous to get through so it was decided that all sailors would stay onshore – however some still toughed it out and went onto the race course area (but are very sore today!)
Everyone is currently on the race course with both Juniors and Seniors competing in Race 1 and 2.
Results will be posted on the Race Website and you can also follow the Twitter updates.
The weather is absolutely perfect now – a far cry from yesterday. Everyone launched in 14 knots of breeze with the sun shining. There wasn’t a cloud in the English sky! This afternoon the breeze has died off making it quite challenging for not only the sailors but for the mark layers and race officers.
We are following the Aussies and especially Jared West, Ryan Stoddart, Klade Hauschildt and Ryan Palk.
More to come!
Photos will be upload to SailingPhotos.net soon…
On Location
Haying Island
After a very interesting (and scary) experience going through customs at the British boarder, I finally made it to Hayling Island and am no on location at the sailing club which is the venue for the Mens and Junior Laser Standard World Championship.
We are still in registration mode with the practice race scheduled for tomorrow and racing starting on Monday 30 August.
The sun is shining today and it’s actually quite a nice day! There are so many people getting photos of the sunshine – obviously it doesn’t come out much (then sun)!
Not much else to report on today – more to come!
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BNE to HISC
1. Plane to Hong Kong
2. Plane to Heathrow Airport London
3. Train to Gower Street to get some R&R
4. Tube to Waterloo
5. Train to Southampton Airport Parkway
6. Car ride to Hayling Island Sailing Club
Geez… It’s tiring just thinking about it!!!
While Johnsee is sunning himself in the Whitsundays at Hamilton Island Race Week, I will be heading to the UK to attend the Mens Laser Standard World Championship.
This is a great opportunity and a chance to learn the new trends in managing and organising such a prestigious event.
At this stage I will be doing a mixture of things and won’t really have an idea until I get there.
But one thing I do know is that it’s going to be extremely exciting and a wealth of knowledge – with some sightseeing in there of course! I’m going to try my chance to get into Royal Thames Yacht Club!
Stay tuned!!!
The Laser World Championships have grown substantially since they were last held in the United Kingdom, in Falmouth in 1988 when there were 88 entries from 24 different countries and Glenn Bourke (AUS) won the first of his three back-to-back Laser world titles.
Hayling Island sees an entry of 160 men qualified to represent 51 different countries as well as an entry of 137 Juniors who will compete for the inaugural Laser Junior world title. So the waters off the renowned English club will have nearly 300 sailors competing on two different course areas. The Laser Junior World Championships is for sailors between the ages of 17 and 20.
After a preliminary practice race on Sunday 29th August, competition for the titles starts on Monday 30th August. The qualifying series which splits the total open fleet into gold, silver and bronze divisions runs Monday 30th to Thursday 2nd September with two races scheduled each day. The final series is scheduled to set two races a day from Friday with the title presentations on Sunday 5th September.
