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A strong U.S. Virgin Islands team in the 420 Boys and Girls will be heading to Dublin, Ireland for the Four Star Pizza ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship.

The top three teams were exceptionally close throughout with Santi Mas/Jaime Menescal (ESP), Craig Dibb/Charlie Cox (GBR) and Guillaume Pirouelle/Valentin Sipan (FRA) fighting for glory. All in with a chance at regatta victory on the final day, the action around the race track was not as close as anticipated.

France’s Guillaume Pirouelle/Valentin Sipan and Spain’s Santi Mas/Jaime Ensecal end day 1 on equal points, with Pirouelle/Sipan having the tiebreak advantage. France notched up a 2,1 and Spain a 1,2 on their scorecards.

The fourth and final day of the 5th European Coaches Seminar wrapped up on Thursday 28 June in Togliatti, Russia.

A public festival of events and free entertainment will be happening all along the waterfront to celebrate Dun Laoghaire hosting the Four Star Pizza ISAF Youth Worlds In Dun Laoghaire during the Youth Worlds, especially over the weekend of Friday 13 – Sunday 15 July, and you won’t be disappointed:

• Music, family entertainment, street market
• ‘Try Sailing’ experience from Carlisle Pier
• Marine Scientific Exhibition on the East Pier

Day 2 of the 5th European 420 Coaches Seminar in Togliatti, Russia focused on boat preparation, boat tuning and racing strategy during this morning’s lectures.

The 3rd day of the 5th European Coaches Seminar taking place in Togliatti, Russia highlighted procedures and proven practice on starting, tactics and racing rules with a morning classroom session. In the afternoon, the 20 coaches and 18 sailors participating were planning to head out onto the water to put the theory into practice. But the group were not as lucky as the previous days, with the already very light wind, disappear suddenly, after only a few practice exercises had been completed.

The 5th European 420 Coaches Seminar in Togliatti, Russia got underway at 1000 hours on 25 June 2012.

Fending off an initial lead in the Kieler Woche 11 race series from Spain’s David and Alex Charles, the event very clearly belonged to Nadja Horowitz/Francisca Fuentes from Chile who swept to victory with a 17 point margin over the Spanish team.

With three races completed on day 1 of 2012 Kieler Woche, the top ranked team in the 420 fleet with three impressive races wins are Spain’s David Charles/Alex Charles, followed by Santi Mas Depares/Jaime Menescal (ESP)and Harry Koeppel/Charles Bocklet (USA).