Day #1 How to Follow - Youth Worlds - Let the racing begin

Following on from last evening’s splendid Opening Ceremony hosted by 11th Hour Racing and The Harte Institute, the 48th annual Youth Sailing World Championships begin in earnest today with racing scheduled in all nine classes.

The forecast calls for the wind to build up to 20 knots from the southeast.
 
The Boys’ Laser Radial Class, Boys’ 420 Class and the Girls’ 29er Class kick things off with warning signals scheduled for 1200 hours on the Delta, Charlie and Bravo racing circles, respectively. The actual start of each race will occur five minutes later, at 1205 hours. Each class will sail two races and then head to the beach.
 
Today’s schedule also includes:

• – Girls’ Laser Radial, Delta Circle, warning signal at 1210, race start at 1215, 2 races scheduled
• – Boys’ RS:X Windsurfer, Alpha Circle, warning signal at 1300, race start at 1305, 3 races scheduled
• – Girls’ RS:X Windsurfer, Alpha Circle, warning signal at 1310, race start at 1315, 3 races scheduled
• – Nacra 15 Multihull, Delta Circle, warning signal at 1430, race start at 1435, 3 races scheduled
• – Girls’ 420, Charlie Circle, warning signal at 1530, race start at 1535, 2 races scheduled
• – Boys’ 29er, Bravo Circle, warning signal at 1530, race start at 1535, 2 races scheduled

 
The warning signal for subsequent races will be made as soon as practicable after the previous race. As for the length of the races, each class has a target time as follows:

• – Boys’ and Girls’ RS:X: 20-25 minutes
• – Boys’ and Girls’ 29er and Nacra 15: 30 minutes
• – Boys’ and Girls’ 420: 45 minutes
• – Boys’ and Girls’ Laser Radial: 50 minutes

 
The low point scoring system applies for each class: 1 point for first, 2 points for second, 3 points for third, as so on throughout the number of entries in each class.
The forecast calls for the wind to build up to 20 knots from the southeast.
 
The Boys’ Laser Radial Class, Boys’ 420 Class and the Girls’ 29er Class kick things off with warning signals scheduled for 1200 hours on the Delta, Charlie and Bravo racing circles, respectively. The actual start of each race will occur five minutes later, at 1205 hours. Each class will sail two races and then head to the beach.
 
Today’s schedule also includes:

• – Girls’ Laser Radial, Delta Circle, warning signal at 1210, race start at 1215, 2 races scheduled
• – Boys’ RS:X Windsurfer, Alpha Circle, warning signal at 1300, race start at 1305, 3 races scheduled
• – Girls’ RS:X Windsurfer, Alpha Circle, warning signal at 1310, race start at 1315, 3 races scheduled
• – Nacra 15 Multihull, Delta Circle, warning signal at 1430, race start at 1435, 3 races scheduled
• – Girls’ 420, Charlie Circle, warning signal at 1530, race start at 1535, 2 races scheduled
• – Boys’ 29er, Bravo Circle, warning signal at 1530, race start at 1535, 2 races scheduled

 
The warning signal for subsequent races will be made as soon as practicable after the previous race. As for the length of the races, each class has a target time as follows:

• – Boys’ and Girls’ RS:X: 20-25 minutes
• – Boys’ and Girls’ 29er and Nacra 15: 30 minutes
• – Boys’ and Girls’ 420: 45 minutes
• – Boys’ and Girls’ Laser Radial: 50 minutes

 
The low point scoring system applies for each class: 1 point for first, 2 points for second, 3 points for third, as so on throughout the number of entries in each class.

How to Follow



ENTRIES

Full entries are available here – http://www.worldsailingywc.org/entries/corpus_christi_entries.php



WATCH

Daily highlights will be available on the World Sailing TV YouTube Channel here – https://www.youtube.com/worldsailingtv.



SOCIAL MEDIA

Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks and get involved in the conversation using #YSWC18 and #YouthWorlds.

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/youthworlds

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/worldsailingofficial/

Twitter – @youthworlds



PRESS RELEASES

All World Sailing international press releases throughout the duration of the Youth Sailing World Championships, including the latest news and reports, are available to read here – http://www.worldsailingywc.org/news/index.php.



About the Youth Worlds



The Youth Worlds was first held in Sweden in 1971. The 2018 Youth Sailing World Championships will be the 48th edition of the championship.



As the regatta evolved further classes were added to bring the best young sailing talent across the world together in one place and in 1984 the Mistral windsurfer was added to the list of events with Knut Budig (GER) taking the first gold medal in San Diego, California.



Past notable winners include American’s Cup skippers, Chris Dickson (NZL), Russell Coutts (NZL), Dean Barker (NZL); Olympic medallists, Nathan Outteridge (AUS), Iain Jensen (AUS), Robert Scheidt (BRA), Amelie Lux (GER), Ben Ainslie (GBR), Iain Percy (GBR), Alessandra Sensini (ITA), Elise Rechichi (AUS) and Tessa Parkinson (AUS); Volvo Ocean Race sailors like Stuart Bannatyne (NZL) and Richard Clarke (CAN).