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Ready for the Off at Yngling Women's Worlds

by Yngling.org media on 10 Feb 2008
Yngling Women’s Worlds 2008 - yngling.org SW
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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