Ninety three Laser Radial sailors will make their way to Zadar, Croatiafrom 7-16 July for the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship. With 51 boysand 42 girls the competition to be crowned ISAF Youth Worlds champion willbe fierce.
The Laser Radial Boys boasts the most entries at the 2011 ISAF YouthSailing World Championship with 51 sailors making the journey.
Throughout the 40 years of the ISAF Youth Worlds previous Laser Boyswinners have become multiple Olympic Gold medallists and America's Cupwinners. Dean Barker (NZL) won Laser gold at the 1990 ISAF Youth Worlds inMuiden, the Netherlands. Twenty years later he won the America's Cupwith Team New Zealand skippered by 1980 ISAF Youth Worlds Laser championRussell Coutts (NZL).
Of the 2010 ISAF Youth Worlds top ten finishers, bronze medallist GiovanniCoccoluto (ITA), Hermann Tomasgaard (NOR) and Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy (MAS)are all returning to sail in their second championship. Tomasgaard and MohdAfendy recorded some impressive results in 2010 but were unable to pulltogether a string of consistent finishes as the Norwegian finished fifth on74 points and the Malaysian came eighth on 89 points.
The field also includes Youth Olympic Games Byte CII bronze medallist JustVan Aanholt (AHO), who is also on the ISAF Athlete Participation Programme.And for the first time at an ISAF Youth Worlds, Montenegro will berepresented with Dusan Bogdanovic taking his place among the Laser RadialBoys fleet.
Of the ISAF APP athletes Chris Sands (BAH), Antonio Rojas (COL), HyeungikKim (KOR), Anthony Keleous (LCA), Manuel Dussault Gomez (MEX), FedericoCabello (PAR), Jean Paul de Trazegnies (PER) and Ramon Gonzalez (PUR) will
all sail in the fleet whilst benefitting from the coaching of the WorldYouth Sailing Trust Coach Hugh Styles (GBR)
Sands finished 28th at the 2010 ISAF Youth Worlds and has been working hardin preparation for this years version, "Every time I go training I tryto get the best out of each and every practice. I'm on the water 4-5days per week and working out at least three days per work.
"I'm just going over to Zadar to try my hardest and havefun."
In the Laser Radial girls there are several newcomers in the 42-boat fleetwith Erika Reineke (USA), Manami Doi (JPN), Lucía Falasca (ARG) andGermaine Teo (SIN) the only top 20 finishers to return.
Reineke will be the favourite heading into the regatta after she picked upthe bronze medal in Istanbul and she will return for her second year of ISAFYouth Worlds Competition. "I plan to bring home the gold medal for theUnited States," Reineke said. "Last year I brought home the bronzeand this time I want to go all the way."
At the 2010 ISAF Youth Worlds Doi came down in tenth, Falasca finished 12thand Teo came 19th. With their experience behind them they will be looking toimprove and feature on the podium at the end of the week.
Macarena Robert Mina (CHI), Elisa Echavarria (COL), Erica Hok Yan Leung(HKG), Stephanie Devaus-Lovell (LCA) and Natalia Montemayor (MEX) will alsoreceive APP funding and support throughout the week.
Sailing begins on Saturday 9 July with 12 races scheduled until Friday 15July.
For more information, contact:secretariat@isaf.co.uk
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