ISAF Team Racing World Championship 2007

by ISAF on 17 Mar 2007 The 2007 ISAF Team Racing World Championship is back on the sailing calendar, following a late bid by the Real Club Nautico Gandia. In its seventh edition, the ISAF Team Racing Worlds is heading for the Mediterranean, with Gandia, Spain, 70 km south of Valencia, set to play host to a feast of short races, small course and supreme boat handling skills.

Overlooked by the Real Club Nautico Gandia clubhouse, Gandia’s port, the breakwater and marina will form an amphitheatre, providing spectators with a spectacular view of this spectacular sailing discipline.

With short courses, races-a-plenty and frenetic action guaranteed, team racing is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Gandia should provide conditions similar to those facing the America’s Cup teams a little further south along the Mediterranean coast at Valencia. A 6-8 knot northeasterly sea breeze starts around 11:00, moving round to a southwesterly and building up to 16 knots through the day. With weather conditions between 22-26°C and sunny blue skies, the late September date will provide the ideal bridge between the end of the European team racing season and the start of racing down under.

With the racing area sheltered by the breakwater and marina, the courses have little waves or swell – ideal conditions for team racing.

As well as 2007 being ISAF’s Centenary year, it also marks the 50th anniversary of the Real Club Nautico Gandia, with the ISAF Team Racing World Championship providing a centrepiece to their celebrations.

Racing will take place in 20 supplied 420s, with a weight limit of 130 kg per crew per boat. For the first time, the Worlds will be joined by an Under 21 competition (as approved by the ISAF Council in November 2006). ISAF Member National Authorities (MNAs) may enter up to three teams but not more than two per competition.

For more details visit the ISAF Team Racing World Championship microsite - www.sailing.org/teamworlds.

Chris Atkins (GBR), Chairman of the ISAF Team Racing Sub-Committee, was excited when visiting the venue last week, 'We know that six months notice is not ideal, but it will be a fantastic sailing event! Perfect venue, excellent club and organizers with a lot of experience! It can’t be better!'

Rafa Gonzalez, Competition Director of the Real Federación Española de Vela, 'We are very proud that the ISAF Team Racing Worlds will take place in Spain in ISAF’s Centenary year. The waters of the Bay of Valencia will be a the focus for sailors from all around the World from April with the last Louis Vuitton Act, the America’s Cup and will end the Team Racing event in Gandia.'

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The ISAF Team Racing World Championship 2009 will be organized in Perth, Western Australia

The 2005 ISAF Team Racing World Championship took place in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Here are the results from those titles.

Position	Team
1	USA 1	Timothy FALLON, Karen RENZULLI, Mark IVEY, Matt LINDBLAD, Tim WADLOW, Ery LARGAY
2	USA 2	Patrick HOGAN, Carlos LENZ, Peter LEVESQUE, Liz HALL, Colin MERRICK, Amanda CALLAHAN
3	Great Britain 1	Steve TYLECOTE, Toby LEWIS, Dave ELLIS, Damian BOREHAM, Rob SHERINGTON, Melanie SHERINGTON
4	Great Britain 2	Stuart HUDSON, Hamish WALKER, Dom JOHNSTON, Jen HEELEY, Owen MODRAL, Linda EADIE
5	Ireland 2	Graham ELMES, Michelle ROWLEY, Johnny MAHEW, Fergal O'SHEA, Conal CASEY, Gill BURKE
6	Ireland 1	John SHEEHY, Rachel MCMANUS, Max TREACY, Emma LOVEGROVE, Andrew FOWLER, Eavan GANNON
7	Italy	Luca DUBBINI, Roberto DUBBINI, Guilia CONTI, Giovanna MICOL, Fabio ZENI, Stefano PETISSI
8	New Zealand 1	Greg WEBSTER, Charlie WEBSTER, Laurie JURIE, Annemarie WAUGH, Logan SUTHERLAND, Georgina HILL
9	US Virgin Islands	Taylor CANFIELD, Nathan ROSENBERG, Cy THOMPSON, Addison CAPRONI, Thomas BARROWS, Sarah SWANN
10	Australia 1	Rod CHAMBERLAIN, Caroline ROSS, Tim CUBIT, Emma FLUKES, Stewart WELLS, Michael SORRELL-SAUNDERS
11	New Zealand 2	Reuben CORBETT, Bradley FARRAND, Kevin HOOPER, Blair TUKE, Olivia POWRIE, Joe FOSTER
12	Japan 1	Tomoyuki NAKANO, Siochiro NAGAMI, Hiromitsu EIRAKU, Junichi NOHARA, Masakuni MIYAZIKI, Ayako YAMAGUCHI
13	Australia 2	Nick JONES, Claire CUNNINGHAM, Blair SPAULDING, Prue CUNNINGHAM, George PEACOCK, Will KEYES
14	Czech Republic	Petr FIALA, Kamilla KOUTNA, Martina KOUTNA, Michaela PREIBISCHOVA, Jan KITTLER, Barbora SOUKUPOVA
15	Japan 2	Kenichi NANBARA, Kazushi SEKIMORI, Kazuyoshi MOMIYAMA, Yashuhiko TSUGE, Takashi HIRAI, Keiko SEKIMORI
16	Canada	Tine MOBERG-PARKER, Julie HUGHES, Anne Marie SHEWFELT, Hans FISHER, Kelly BECHARD, David SPRAGUE