Final report from coach Rhett officiating at the ILCA 6 youth worlds in Poland

Poland ILCA 6 Youth Worlds Update:

Due to lack of wind, day four was a write-off, we waited ashore for a light breeze to fill in, but it never eventuated. This gave the team a further opportunity to gel as a group.

Day five brought a light 5-10knot N-NE. As we missed the first day of finals, they planned on running 6 races over the next two days. Over the last two days of the regatta, as the wind got lighter, the current greatly impacted the racecourse, making it difficult to get off the line cleanly. In the Aussie fleet, big learnings were taken re. start line approach & how pivotal correctly timed trigger pulls are in a big, competitive fleet. Angus added to the tally of wins, winning Race 7 in Emerald, Ed & Pat had top results in their first races of the day.

Day six was the penultimate day of racing, three more races were scheduled. Similar to day five, the breeze was out of the N-NE, around 5-7knots for the most part. Angus chalked up another great day, with a 2, 13, 16 to take out Emerald fleet. Xavier & Marcus had great first race results. Pat & Lucas ended the regatta strongly with improvement in Race 12. Hamish & Ed had strong, consistent races in the Gold fleet, with Ed being the Aussies highest placed finisher in 22nd.

Lili, Frances, Stewart & Myles all had great regattas, experiencing how to get off tight start lines & manage big fleets.

Best of luck to Stewart, Xavier & Frances in Gdynia, Poland for the Euros.

Big thankyou to all the parents, sailors, team manager - Leigh Cummin, Annie, Don Elks, ALCA,

Australian Sailing for making it all possible.