Fish & Co. Singapore National Youth Championships 2014 - Day 4
by Icarus Sailing Media 22 Mar 2014 07:04 GMT
18-22 March 2014
Welcome back to the Fish & Co. Youth Sailing Championships, one of the biggest events for young sailors in Asia. The penultimate day 4 finds the 357 sailors keen to go on the water for another 3 challenging races.
On all the course areas the weather once again followed the same pattern with big shifts, big variations in wind strength and a strong current to add to the complexity. This meant the sailors had to keep all their senses alert to adapt quickly to changes in conditions.
In our previous report we mentioned that an amazing five past Optimist world champions were competing here, and the increasingly high level of competition in Singapore is attracting other countries over to race.
Back on race course A in the Techno 293 class, Ynez Lim and Mildred Phand were battling away. Ynez has gained the ticket for Singapore to participate in the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing this summer, but now she has to fight for the personal qualification with her best friend Mildred. So far Mildred is ahead but Ynez has an advantage from the previous event. It seems this nail biting qualification will be judged right to the end.
On race course A the Laser 4.7 sailors squeezed along the starting line looking for the best position to launch them up the track. So far Bernie Chin from Singapore is the one who has the overall lead after some great performances.
His teammate Matthew Scott falls to 4th after some unstable results. Justin Chew exploited Scottʼs inconsistency to gain 2nd overall, but everything can change till the very end.
Tomorrow the final day is kicking off with all the action moving near the shore. This medal racing is the new Olympic style format, and itʼll give the athletes a taste of grandstand sailing in the modern style in front of spectators. If the winds and currents were already complex, well, theyʼre about to get even more interesting. Weʼll have that action, and the final results, in our next report. Donʼt miss it!
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