Our coach Simone promised us 20 knots seabreeze every single day during the Europeans in Formia. Wel,, that did not age so well. We've again had super light wind and it was even hotter (which is why there was no seabreeze in the first place).
No single day with plus eights knots. Not ideal for a heavy team like us. Not ideal to start with a UDF either. That dragged us down quite a bit since we subsequently had to be a lot more careful not to collect more of these three letters. Taking this all into consideration we did pretty well. 18th overall and 5th U18 team. I have been the best German sailor atthe Europeans but I think Germany only sent the second best sailors. Ironically, there were even more teams at the Europeans than at the Worlds and the overseas teams participated in both regattas. We again were the by very far best Swiss (2nd Swiss ranked 44) which I means that we will be representing Switzerland at the World Sailing World Championships in Oman before Christmas.puts us way ahead in the race for selection for the World Sailing championships before Christmas. https://2021junioreuropeans.420sailing.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall No photos of us or of anybody, essentially. There's only a screenshot of our 7th place in the gold fleet. Next stop: J/70 Youth Cup in Oberhofen.
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After we had been breaking the Ligurian waves essentially since the end of February we thought we’d do great at the 420 worlds held in Aregai which is, in fact, in Liguria.
Well, our coach Simone had not been that hopeful since Aregai is known for light wind during high summer – and so it was. Except for a single day with decent wind we’ve had ultra lightwind conditions. Like really, really lightwind. Not a plus for a heavy team like us. We finished 28th overall which actually is not bad at all given that it’s the best teams from all over the world who had to qualify for the worlds. Still, the result was a big disappointment for us. The good news is that we were by far the best Swiss team (2nd Swiss ranked 42) which puts us way ahead in the race for selection for the World Sailing championships before Christmas. Another good news is that I am much less sensitive to heat than I thought I am. We also got great photos taken by Andrea Lelli. Results:
https://2021worlds.420sailing.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall
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