Brasileiros buzz in Búzios

Those Brazilian 420 sailors are busy again! – remember the party photos after last year’s Nationals....and then the welcome at the ISAF Youths?

The Brazilian 420 Class National Championships are being held from 23 to 29 January and, just to make any Northern Hemisphere sailors jealous, they are back in Búzios at that windsurfers favourite on Manguinhos Beach, Búzios Vela Clube. the home of the 2009 Laser 4.7 Worlds. In case you are not convinced, catch the club photos on flickr.

Meanwhile, the Class have been busy training at the venue. Our man at the front of the boat, Nicolas Ilg Castro writes: “The boats have arrived here in the 15th and have been training since than under extreme conditions. Until 2:00 pm there has been average 17kts and 3 feet waves but after that the wind goes up to 20+ kts and the waves reach 6 feet. Sailing has been unbelievable with the local weather that consists of no rain at all, temperatures around 30 degrees, warm water and blue skies, as the sailors in Youth Worlds probably remember” [does Nicolas work for the Brazil Travel Bureau?(ed)].

We hope to be able to bring you news during the regatta.....that's if our correspondent is awake after a day in those conditions!