USA TEAMS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE 420 BOYS AND GIRLS FLEETS ON DAY 2 AT YOUTH WORLDS
Counting wins in 3 of the 4 races so far, the USA's Carmen Cowles/Emma Cowles have forged a comfortable lead in the 420 Girls fleet at the 48th Youth Sailing World Championships.
In the Girls' 420 Class the reigning gold medalists, Carmen and Emma Cowles of the U.S. stubbed their toes in one race then bounced back to win the second by a large margin. Since they've completed more than three races they're permitted to discard their worst finish. That means that the Cowles are counting three first-place finishes and lead the class by 4 points over Vita Heathcote and Emilia Boyle of Great Britain. Spain's Julia Minana Delhom and Silvia Sebastia Borso di Carminati are third with 8 points.
"We just jumped the line a bit in the first race," said Carmen Cowles, the skipper. "If we keep cool and collected in the boat, it'll be fine. The event's still up for grabs, so we'll have to stay conservative on the start line. We can give up a half length to not worry about being over."
The Cowles twins won the class last year by 26 points, counting all firsts and seconds and discarding a disqualification. And although they now have recorded a discard, Emma Cowles, the crew, complemented her sister for keeping the boat moving fast.
"After the start we're focusing on keeping the bow down and going for the pressure," said Emma Cowles. "Carmen's doing well with the controls in the boat and making sure we have max power."
The USA's Joseph Hermus/Walter Henry took out back to back wins in the 420 Boys fleet, to lead by 7 points over Australia's Otto Henry/Rome Featherstone, with Poland's Kacper Paszek/Bartek Reiter in third.
Like and share our 420 Class Facebook Photo Gallery ....
How to Follow
ENTRIES
Full results are available here - http://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/index.php
WATCH
Daily highlights will be available on the World Sailing TV YouTube Channel here - https://www.youtube.com/worldsailingtv.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow the event on World Sailing's social networks and get involved in the conversation using #YSWC18 and #YouthWorlds.
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/youthworlds
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/worldsailingofficial/
Twitter - @youthworlds
PRESS RELEASES
All World Sailing international press releases throughout the duration of the Youth Sailing World Championships, including the latest news and reports, are available to read here - http://www.worldsailingywc.org/news/index.php.
About the Youth Worlds
The Youth Worlds was first held in Sweden in 1971. The 2018 Youth Sailing World Championships will be the 48th edition of the championship.
As the regatta evolved further classes were added to bring the best young sailing talent across the world together in one place and in 1984 the Mistral windsurfer was added to the list of events with Knut Budig (GER) taking the first gold medal in San Diego, California.
Past notable winners include American's Cup skippers, Chris Dickson (NZL), Russell Coutts (NZL), Dean Barker (NZL); Olympic medallists, Nathan Outteridge (AUS), Iain Jensen (AUS), Robert Scheidt (BRA), Amelie Lux (GER), Ben Ainslie (GBR), Iain Percy (GBR), Alessandra Sensini (ITA), Elise Rechichi (AUS) and Tessa Parkinson (AUS); Volvo Ocean Race sailors like Stuart Bannatyne (NZL) and Richard Clarke (CAN).