Breezes gusting over 40 knots made racing an impossibility on day five of the 2009 IWA Junior, Youth and Masters World Championships at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA).[more]
Although the RYA Events-run Championship has basked in glorious sunshine all day today (Friday 28 August), the average wind speed rarely dropping below 30 knots meant the sailors were consigned to the shore before the call was made to abandon racing at around 3pm.
It means that the race for the 2009 IWA Junior, Youth and Masters World Championships titles go down to the wire with all medal positions being decided on what is set to be a thrilling final day of racing tomorrow.
Britons currently head the pack in three of the Championship title races. Sam Sills leads the Techno boys Under 17s contest by seven points, Kieran Martin boasts a six-point advantage at the top of the boys’ Under 15 leaderboard and Sills’ identical twin sisters Imogen and Saskia are locked in a head-to-head battle for the girls Under 15 crown, Imogen currently just a point ahead of her sister in first place. Italy’s Veronica Fanciulli has a nine-point lead in the girls’ Under 17 competition.
A change to the Sailing Instructions means that racing is scheduled to resume at 9.25am tomorrow with three races planned for all classes.
