8 February 2008

Measurement underway at Yngling Women Worlds

Miami, USA. 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 measurement will be continued tomorrow and after a tune up race 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.

84 sailors in 28 Teams from 19 nations of 5 Continents are participating in this World Championship. For complete list of entry, result and more information see the Event Website or yngling.org.

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US Sailing Center is the venue for the 2008 Yngling Women Worlds