The official start of the 2018 Hempel Sailing World Championships is Thursday, (August 2) in beautiful Aarhus, Denmark. Over the course of 11 days of racing, 10 Olympic classes and kites will coexist on the waters outside of Denmark’s second largest city. The U.S. makes an impressive representation with 62 athletes in total. The US Sailing Team members account for approximately one third of those athletes.
Another great week of junior women’s sailing came to an exciting conclusion Sunday on Lake Erie. It was an especially exceptional weekend for the team of Maddie Hawkins and Yumi Yoshiyasu who claimed the Ida Lewis Trophy at the 2018 U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship, hosted by Mentor Harbor Yachting Club.
Due to a change in dates for the Nations Cup Grand Final from October, 2018 to April, 2019, US Sailing can nominate the 2018 U.S. Women’s National Champion skipper. The highest finishing team composed of all U.S. citizens or resident aliens at the 2018 U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship, being held August 23-26, 2018 at the St. Francis Yacht Club, will become the 2018 U.S. National Champions.
Mentor Harbor Yachting Club will host the 2018 U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship for the Ida Lewis Trophy this week. The event begins with two full-day clinics on Wednesday and Thursday, July 25-26, with nationally recognized coaches, followed by three days of intense competition in the Club 420 on Lake Erie this Friday through Sunday, July 27-29.
On the heels of an exciting and successful U.S. Youth World’s Team performance at the 2018 Youth Sailing World Championships last week in Corpus Christi, Texas, featuring four gold medals and one silver, another group of 30 talented young sailors in Laser Radials convened on Long Island Sound to compete for the Nancy Leiter Clagett Memorial Trophy at the 2018 U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship.
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