Ready for the Off at Yngling Women's Worlds

by Yngling.org media on 10 Feb 2008 Britain's defending World Champions, Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson will for sure be the team to beat at the Yngling World Championships which get underway Sunday in Maimi.

After a few days of rest, training and tuning after the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta the teams today started Measurement for the World Championship.

The first race of the regatta will be sailed on Sunday.

The venue for the regatta is the US Sailing Center and the race area is just outside in Biscayne Bay. The weather forecast is good with promises of reliable winds for the coming days.

Much is at stake at this Championship since it is the second nation qualifier for the 2008 Olympic Games. 10 Nations qualified for the Games in last years World Championship In Cascais, Portugal. With China already qualified as host nation there are four more nations that will qualify in Miami.

Defending World Champions are Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson and will for sure be the team to beat. A 5th place for Aytons team in the recent Miami OCR showed that the margins are very small in the Yngling fleet and that many teams have the experience and capacity to win this Championship.

Britain's Shirley Robertson, Annie Lush and Lucy Macgregor will be looking for a title win here, after losing out to Ayton and Co as the GBR choice for the 2008 Olympics. The multi Olympic medallist has yet to hit her best form, but this could be just the event to make her point.

84 sailors in 28 Teams from 19 nations of 5 Continents are participating in this World Championship.

Yngling Women's Worlds - Entries

	Skipper	Sail#	Crew Name [Status]	Fleet	Hometown	Country Representing
1.	Sarah Ayton	GBR12	Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson	Yngling Women/	Weymouth,  Dorset GBR	GBR
2.	Sharon Ferris	NZL4	Raynor Smeal Olivia Powrie	Yngling Women/	Russell,  Bay of Islands NZL	NZL
3.	SOFIA MPEKATOROY	GRE 7	PAPADOPOYLOY SOFIA CHRISTINA CHARAMOYNTANI	Yngling Women/	ATHENS,  GREECE GRE	GRE
4.	ALTANI DANEZI	GRE 1	KARABATSOU ZOE evagelia vlahou	Yngling Women/	ATHENS,  GREECE GRE	GRE
5.	Monica Azon	ESP-3	Sandra Azon Graciela Pisonero	Yngling Women/	Masnou,  Barcelona ESP	ESP
6.	Annelies Thies	NED350	Lieske Wierenga Caroline Heerema	Yngling Women/	Abcoude,  - NED	NED
7.	Trine Palludan	DEN-199	Susanne Boidin Ida Hartvig	Yngling Women/	Hellerup,  none DEN	DEN
8.	Ekaterina Skudina	RUS8	Diana Krutskikh Natalia Ivanova	Yngling Women/	Moscow,  Moscow region RUS	RUS
9.	Sarah Bury	CAN14	Henderson Martha Katie Abbott	Yngling Women/	toronto,  Ontario CAN	CAN
10.	Chiara Calligaris	ITA16	Francesca Scognamillo Giulia Pignolo	Yngling Women/	Trieste,  Trieste ITA	ITA
11.	Anna Basalkina	RUS4	Vladislava Ukraitseva Ekaterina Maximova	Yngling Women/	St.peterburg,  St.peterburg RUS	RUS
12.	Yumiko Shige	JPN1	Mayumi Horiuchi Minami Onizuka	Yngling Women/	Karatsu,  Saga JPN	JPN
13.	Anne-Claire LE BERRE	FRA9	Marion DEPLANQUE Alice PONSAR	Yngling Women/	brest,  Bretagne FRA	FRA
14.	Krystal Weir	AUS60	Karyn Gojnich Angela Farrell	Yngling Women/	Sydney,  NSW AUS	AUS
15.	LE HELLEY Anne	FRA7	LEPESANT Catherine GERECHT Julie	Yngling Women/	LA ROCHELLE,  FRANCE FRA	FRA
16.	Ulrike Schuemann	261	[Pending]	Yngling Women/	Berlin,  Berlin GER	GER
17.	Mariia Dolynska	UKR 1	Svetlana Matevusheva Ganna Kalinina	Yngling Women/	Kiev,  Kiev UKR	UKR
18.	Dominique Provoyeur	RSA1	Kim Rew Penny Alison	Yngling Women/	Stellenbosch,  Western Cape RSA	RSA
19.	Netherlands Skipper NED 1	NED 1	Netherlands Crew NED 1 Netherlands Crew NED 1	Yngling Women/	Medemblik,  Noord Holland NED	NED
20.	sally barkow	337	debbie Capozzi Carrie howe	Yngling Women/	nashotah,  wI USA	USA
21.	Netherlands Skipper NED 11	NED 11	Netherlands Crew NED 11 Netherlands Crew NED 11	Yngling Women/	Medemblik,  Noord Holland NED	NED
22.	Shirley Robertson	GBR 17	Annie Lush Lucy Macgregor	Yngling Women/	Cowes,  Isle Of Wight GBR	GBR
23.	Siren Sundby	NOR 406	Lise Birgitte Fredriksen Alexandra Koefoed	Yngling Women/	Oslo,  Akershus NOR	NOR
24.	Netherlands Skipper NED 111	NED 111	Netherlands Crew NED 111 Netherlands Crew NED 111	Yngling Women/	Medemblik,  Noord Holland NED	NED
25.	Silja Lehtinen	FIN 2	maria klemetz Livia Väresmaa	Yngling Women/	Helsinki,  Helsinki FIN	FIN
26.	Tine Moberg-Parker	CAN21	Sarah Marshall Cressida Robson	Yngling Women/	North Vancouver,  British Columbia CAN	CAN

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