The NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team to represent New Zealand at the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships was announced in May.
The 2010 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team are...
Male Laser Radial - Thomas Saunders, Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club (Age 17 years)
Female Laser Radial – Molly Meech, Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club (Age 17 years)
Male RS:X – Oliver Gunman, Takapuna Boating Club (Age 17 years)
Female RS:X – Georgia Schofield, Takapuna Boating Club (Age 16 years)
Male 420 Helm – James Turner,Lake Taupo Yacht Club & Murrays Bay Sailing Club (Age 18 years)
Male 420 Crew – Logan Dunning-Beck, Wakatere Boating Club (Age 16 years)
Female 420 Helm – Erica Dawson, Murrays Bay Sailing Club (Age 15 years)
Female 420 Crew – Vicky Francis, Murrays Bay Sailing Club (Age 17 years)
Open 29er Helm – Alexandra Maloney, Murrays Bay Sailing Club (Age 18 years)
Open 29er Crew – Sam Bullock, Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club (Age 17 years)
Open Multihull – Naomi Mannering, Napier Sailing Club (Age 16 years)
Open Multihull – Josh Porebski, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Age 17 years)
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The venue for the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships 2010 will be the Atakoy Marina, located on the European Coast of Istanbul at the southern end of the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey.
Istanbul 2010 will mark the 40th edition of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, the world’s top youth sailing event, with over 300 young sailors from 60 plus nations expected to attend. Competition will take place from 8-17 July across eight events, open to competitors younger than 19 years on 31 December 2010.
The 2010 event will see the return of the International 29er to the equipment list however this year it will be a standalone open class alongside the International 420 as the Boys & Girls single handed equipment.
Many previous winners of the Youth Worlds have gone on to become sailing superstars such as Volvo Ocean Race winner Stuart Bannatyne, triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie (GBR) and three-time America’s Cup winning skipper Sir Russell Coutts.
Selection
Click here to download the selection policy for the 2010 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team.
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