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Techno 293 Youth Olympic Games
Techno Sailors prepare
Rainy start with forecasted winds up to 7knot. Only part of it true. RAIN. when we arrived to the Jingliu lake after 1 hour 40 min trip by bus from olympic village it was still raining but there was about 15knots of wind.
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Coaching Update
GJW Direct SailFest will be supported by coaches from locally based North Sails One Design together with James Royston, who will be focussing on the Laser and Byte competitors.
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Techno 293 Youth Olympic Games
Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity For Girls Techno 293 Fleet
Twenty one female Techno 293 sailors will fly their flag at the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China from 16-28 August.
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First prize winner of GJW Direct SailFest
And all sailors & friends invited to activity sessions at Calshot
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1,2,4 for VX Ones in Sports Boat Class
After a breezy final day which saw the VXs take 1,2,3, Grapefruit Graphics moved to top of the leader board, with Zhik second and ABRACADABRA fourth in their debut at Cowes Week
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18ft Skiff National Championships at GJW Direct SailFest
Venue change brings the Skiffs to Calshot
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Day trip for the Shore Crew
Southampton Maritime Festival, Friday 22 & Saturday 23 August
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Chatham Marine Wins Victory Sponosors Race
The Victory Class on Wednesday evening hosted with Royal London YC a special 80th anniversary race with guest sailors from Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week sponsors. SailRacer covered all the action from the race course just off Cowes Green, with live GPS tracking, online commentary and photos. Chatham Marine had an emphatic win over Team Volvo and Solent Events in third.
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One Hour Victory Race
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of this ever popular class a special race will be held off the Green with live SailRacer tracking
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1,2,3 for VX Ones
who reveled in the building breeze, hitting 17 kts downwind to dominate the Sports Boat Class
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Day 3 - Victory Class first off
Today was one of windshifts, gusts and lulls in a mostly south-westerly breeze that averaged 8-10 knots, until a stronger west-southwesterly that reached 18 knots, became established mid afternoon. While there was plenty of sun, particularly later in the day, the early light airs caused the first start, for the Victory class in honour of its 80th anniversary, to be postponed.
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VX Ones Dominate Sportsboats on Day 2
Perfect conditions with sunshine and 15 kts saw the VXs fly, with Grapefruit Graphics winning and taking first place on corrected. With Zhik in third overall and ABRACADABRA 6th in the Sports Boats.
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Day 2 Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week
Better start to racing with sunshine instead of Saturday's drizzle. VX Ones off first heading downwind and east towards Browndown. Current 30 minute postponement for Redwing and Victory Classes
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Z74 PEREGRINE wins Victory Race 1
after leading just after the start. Z49 SHEARWATER had a great race to jump to second near the finish
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Redwing 8 (Capella II) wins the Redwings
close battle with Toucon all the way to the line
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