Tuesday - Youth Worlds - How to Follow - Day 1

Here it is. It’s the first day of racing at the Youth Sailing World Championships. The young sailors from around the world are raring to go following the opening ceremony at Lagenda Park and the practice races of the previous days.

The boat park has been buzzing with anticipation before the start of racing and it is finally here. While everyone has mingled and chatted, it is now the chance for the young sailors to test themselves against other great sailors from around the world on the water, in the hope that they can come out on top and take home the gold.

As the record attendance of sailors’ head out to the water, the fleets, including the inaugural race of the 29er girl’s fleet, will be bathed in sunshine with temperatures hovering around the 30 degree mark all day.

As for the wind, sailors can expect an easterly breeze of 17 knots to start the day which will slowly drop to around 12-14 knots as the day goes on. As the breeze drops, the gusts follow suit as they drop through the day. Light current, giving relatively flat water also awaits the young racers.

All sailors will be looking to get a jump on their competitors with a good start and high finishes to set up their week.

The SL16 fleet will not be racing on Tuesday due to a shipping delay in advance of competition. The full quota of equipment is due to arrive within the next 24 hours. Racing is scheduled to commence on 30 December and the fleet will sail the races missed from Tuesday throughout the week.

Event / Equipment	Course Area	# of Races	Start Time
Boy’s Windsurfer – RS:X	C	3	10:00
Girl’s Windsurfer – RS:X	C	3	10:10
Boy’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial	D	2	10:00
Girl’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial	D	2	10:10
Boy’s Skiff – 29er	D	3	12:30
Girl’s Skiff – 29er	C	3	12:30
Boy’s Two Person Dinghy – 420	A	2	10:00
Girl’s Two Person Dinghy – 420	A	2	13:00

Information on how to follow the Youth Worlds from 29 December through to its conclusion on 3 January is available below.

RESULTS / ENTRIES
Entries for the Youth Worlds are available to view here http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/entries/malysia_entries.php and results will be available to view here when racing starts on 29 December http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/results/index.php

PHOTOGRAPHY
Imagery throughout the Youth Worlds is available to view on the website gallery – www.isafyouthworlds.com/multimedia/photo_gallery.php

VIDEO
Beau Outteridge will be providing daily online highlights throughout the duration of the Youth Worlds. Videos will be available to view on the World Sailing TV YouTube playlist – click here for the playlist.

PRESS RELEASES
World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of the Youth Worlds. All the latest news and reports will be available to read here – http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/news/index.php

FOLLOW RACING
The Youth Worlds live blog will be following the racing from 29 December through to the conclusion of the event on 3 January 2016. Follow the blog here – http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/multimedia/live_blog.php

SOCIAL MEDIA
The hashtags of the Youth Worlds are #YouthSailing #2015YouthWorlds

Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks:
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ISAFYouthWorlds
Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/
Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/youthworlds
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/WorldSailingTV
Periscope – https://www.periscope.tv/isafupdates

ISAF Youth Worlds

Langkawi, Malaysia is hosting the 45th edition of the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships from 27 December to 3 January 2016. More than 380 sailors from 80 sailing in more than 300 boats across nine disciplines will compete in Malaysia.

Website – www.isafyouthworlds.com/home.php

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Tuesday - Youth Worlds - How to Follow - Day 1

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