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.
