EUROSAF Youth Sailing Championship - Lack of wind on the Final Day

by EUROSAF media on 10 Aug 2013

29er at the EUROSAF Youth Sailing Championship Ricardo Pinto http://www.americascup.com

A lack of wind brings a disappointing end to a fantastic week of competitive sailing here in Tavira, were the youth champions of Europe have been crowned and awarded their medals and trophies.

Having enjoyed such a fantastic week of good winds and sunshine, the wind really let us down on this the last day of competition, although we still had the sunshine to enjoy. The medal races had been scheduled to start at 12.00, but there was not even 1 knot of wind at the designated time, so postponement was followed by postponement. Patience is a virtue learned by sailors at a young age, and waiting for the wind is as much part of the sport as revelling in a strong breeze.

420 Fleet at the EUROSAF Youth Sailing Championship © Ricardo Pinto http://www.americascup.com

As time passed by the Race Committee had no option but to cancel each discipline in turn, always hoping a breeze would develop, sufficient to race one or two of the classes, but this was not to be. So, the final results are those at the end of the 12 fleet races, which concluded yesterday.

Victory in the highly sought after Nations’ Cup, Team Trophy goes to France this year, with the winner from last year, Italy, in second place and Spain third, beating the German team by just one point.

What had been a very successful week teetered to a holt in disappointing fashion, but all the medallistswere worthy winners, who coped with some variable conditions throughout the week, in order to take their reward. We now look forward to 2014, when the EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship will be sailed in Gdynia, Poland at the beginning of August.

Thank you to Tavira and Portugal, you have done us proud and thank you to all the sailors, coaches and volunteers who have made this such a splendid championship.

Discipline	Position	Name	Country	Points
Girls Sailboard - RS:X	1	Imogen Sills	GBR	20
	2	Malle Guibaud	FRA	28
	3	Pilar Lamadrid Trueba	ESP	34

Discipline	Position	Name	Country	Points
Boys Sailboard	1	Evgeniy Ayvazyan	RUS	14
- RS:X	2	Dante Chiapello	FRA	27
	3	Michelle Cittadini	ITA	38

Discipline	Position	Name	Country	Points
High Per. Dinghy(Open)	1	Tom Carissan Loiic Guillou	FRA	16
– 29er	2	Brice Yrieix Tom Garcia	FRA	29
	3	Fritz Wassner Linov Scheel	GER	30

Discipline	Position	Name	Country	Points
Girls Single-handed	1	Agata Barwinska	POL	14
- Laser Radial	2	Line Flem Host	NOR	39
	3	Annika Matthiesen	GER	54

Discipline	Position	Name	Country	Points
Boys Single-handed	1	Filip Ciszkiewicz	POL	47
- Laser Radial	2	Adrian Raczkowski	POL	53
	3	Antonio Coronilla	ESP	63

Discipline	Position	Name	Country	Points
Girls Double-handed	1	Carlotta Omari Francesca Ciril	ITA	16
- Int. 420	2	Sara Di Vettimo Vittoria Barbi	ITA	20
	3	Fanny Popken Julia Vitek	GER	50

Discipline	Position	Name	Country	Points
Boys Double-handed	1	Hippolyte Machetti Sidine Dan	FRA	27
- Int. 420	2	Tommaso Ciampolini Cesare Mass	ITA	31
	3	Ruggiero Di Luggo Luca Giamatt	ITA	35