This year’s Sunfish Worlds are about to begin. The competition will be on Lake Garda, near Torbole (Northern Italy), a gorgeous place from the pictures and a well-known mecca for high-level sailing events.
Some notes, which may be off-base (totally).
Originally, Laser Performance had promised 72 new boats, made in Portugal, of course. But the interest from the Sunfish class was apparently so strong that the entry limit was increased to about one hundred. At one point, slightly over 100 were on the entry list, but the latest list has 94 (Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta management, administration and yacht scoring program). The (amended) Notice of Race specifies that the Italians have to bring their own boats; perhaps Laser Performance did not agree to supply more than 72 boats? Whatever, this seems an unusual compromise. There have been Worlds where everyone had to bring a boat; their own or a chartered one, but now we have a hybrid model with respect to the hulls. Regatta sails will be supplied to all.
Tomorrow I intend to take a look at the competitors. So many well-known names!
Some notes, which may be off-base (totally).
Originally, Laser Performance had promised 72 new boats, made in Portugal, of course. But the interest from the Sunfish class was apparently so strong that the entry limit was increased to about one hundred. At one point, slightly over 100 were on the entry list, but the latest list has 94 (Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta management, administration and yacht scoring program). The (amended) Notice of Race specifies that the Italians have to bring their own boats; perhaps Laser Performance did not agree to supply more than 72 boats? Whatever, this seems an unusual compromise. There have been Worlds where everyone had to bring a boat; their own or a chartered one, but now we have a hybrid model with respect to the hulls. Regatta sails will be supplied to all.
Tomorrow I intend to take a look at the competitors. So many well-known names!
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