Irish interest in Brazil youth worlds

10th December 2008

ISAF has published the Notice of Race for the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, being held in Buzios, Brazil from 9-18 July 2009. The event has an added Irish significance now because it is to be staged here in four years time. The Irish organisers have set an Irish medal at the Dun Laoghaire event as their target.

This being the case we can expect increased participation from Ireland over the coimng years starting in Rio de Janeiro.

300 sailors from 60 nations accompanied by 50 national coaches will compete in Dun Laoghaire for 7 days of competitive racing in Dublin Bay. The bid to host the event was made to ISAF (the world governing body for the sport of sailing) by the Royal St George Yacht Club on behalf of the Irish Sailing Association. Because of the scale, this major sailing championship will be hosted by the Royal St George and National yacht clubs which are located adjacent to each other in Dun Laoghaire.

The Iate Clube de Armacao de Buzios in the Brazilian city of Armacao de Buzios, located just 180km northeast of Rio de Janeiro, will host an anticipated 200+ of the world's best young sailing talent for the 39th edition of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship. This is a landmark year for the Youth Worlds as it marks the first time the Championship has ever been held in South America. The 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship will be organized by Rio de Janeiro State Sailing Federation (FEVERJ) in affiliation with the Confederacao Brasileira de Vela e Motor (CBVM) under the authority of ISAF.

Nations can enter a maximum of one team per event at the Youth Worlds and all competitors must be under 19 years old on 31 December 2009 to be eligible to enter. Racing will take place in seven events below. Along with competition in the individual events, the Volvo Trophy, currently held by Great Britain, will be awarded to the top-performing nation at the Championship.

2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship Events

Boy's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial

Girl's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial

Boy's Two Person Dinghy - 420

Girl's Two Person Dinghy - 420

Boy's Windsurfer - RS:X with 8.5m2 sail & 60cm fin

Girl's Windsurfer - RS:X with 8.5m2 sail & 60cm fin

Open Multihull - Hobie 16 with Spinnaker

www.youthworlds2009.org

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