Youth Worlds Kick Off in Istanbul

12th July 2010

This morning in Istanbul it'll be a long wait for wind, but the ISAF Youth Worlds are underway, with two races already in the bag. Ireland is represented in the 420 and Laser Radials in both boys and girls fleet, and as things stand, it's the Irish 420 boys who are performing best.

Scott Flannigan and Cian O'Regan sit 11th of 36 after two races, with their ninth place finish in the first race the only Irish foray into the top ten so far.

Jane Butler and Jenny Andreasson are 16th in the girls' 420 fleet, 28 boats strong, and Sophie Murphy is 22nd of 46 in the Laser Radials.

Dun Laoghaire's Matthew O'Dowd is in 32nd in the 50-boat boys fleet.

A special mention to the team currently leading the 29er fleet, two more nautical names you will never find in the one boat. Congratulations to Henry Lloyd Matthews and Samuel Batten.

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