17-year-old Jason Waterhouse, who won the Hobie 16 class Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Brazil earlier this month, is now preparing to sail an 18ft Skiff with the Australian 18 Footers League during the 2009-2010 season. Jason will be joined by Jeremy Roberts (20-years-old) on the sheet and Michael Mc Cormick [...]
The Atakoy Marina in Istanbul, Turkey was presented as the host venue for the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship last week during the 2009 championship recently concluded in Buzios, Brazil,. Istanbul 2010 will mark the 40th edition of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, the world’s top youth sailing event, with over 300 [...]
The seven Youth Worlds titles went to seven nations as Australia, France, Great Britain and Singapore join Brazil, Hong Kong and New Zealand as gold medal winners on the final day of the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Buzios, Brazil. Australian cousins Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin, French windsurfer Joseph Gueguen, British 420 [...]
T he host nation Brazil, along with Hong Kong and New Zealand all secured gold medals whilst France is uncatchable in the Volvo Trophy standings following a bright and breezy day six at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Buzios. Brazilian Girl’s 420 crew Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, Hong Kong windsurfer Hei Mei Chan [...]
For the second time at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship competitors were left frustrated as all racing was cancelled with the breeze failing to materialize in Buzios today. After 30 knot gusts forced the Race Committee to call off all of Sunday’s scheduled races, today it was a total absence of [...]
Tuesday is the lay day at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship and with the competitors take a well deserved break to re-focus their efforts for the remaining races. After an exhilarating opening ceremony and four races held across all events, today has been the lay day for the young sailing stars [...]
After a frustrating day spent ashore as heavy winds forced the cancellation of all races yesterday, the 280 plus sailors from 60 nations returned to the Bay of Buzios this morning eager for competition. With the lay day scheduled for tomorrow, competitors had to balance the chance to push as hard as possible with [...]