Flying Fifteen World Championships officially opened
by Gerald New 22 Jul 2011 07:40 BST
17-20 & 22-28 July 2011
PRO Roger Palmer, The Mayor and Mayoress Ken and Hazel Smith, HISC Commodore Mark Woods ahead of the Flying Fifteen worlds © Gerald New / HISC
The 18th Flying 15 World Championships were officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Havant, Ken Smith, at the Hayling Island Sailing Club on Thursday evening. The competitors were welcomed by Greg Wells, Commodore of the International Class Association who thanked the British Class Association, the Club and the members for the work they had put in to bring this event to the UK and also for the running of the National Championship, which had formed the pre-event to the Worlds.
The Hayling Island SC Commodore, Mark Woods, then welcomed the 250 competitors from 15 countries and wished them close and fair competiton over the next week. And while the club had worked hard over the past two years to make sure that the facilities and race organisation were in first class order, he could not order the weather to cooperate.
Finally the Lord Mayor added his welcome to the competitors and their families and friends, and officially declared the 18th Flying 15 Worlds Championships open.
First racing takes place on Friday, 22 July, with two races for the Main and the Classic/Silver fleets. The main fleet of 118 is split into two flights, blue and yellow for qualifying. These will be reassigned for each of the first three days of racing. There will then be four races, 1 per day, with the fleet ranked in final gold and blue fleets. The event finishing on Thursday 28 July.
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