Images from the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF Worlds: Day 3 and 4



6:27 AM Thu 16 Jul 2009 GMT
'Zotter Spela representing Slovenia in the Girls Laser Radial class at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 in Buzios, Brazil' Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo
Top international and Volvo Ocean Race photographer Dave Kneale, took these images from Day 3 and 4. Day 3 was the second day of racing at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships in Brazil. Racing was lost on day 4 due to a lack of wind, however sailors were treated to a visit from Torben Grael, five times Olympic medalist, former World Champion in the Star class and more recently winning Volvo Ocean Race skipper on Ericsson 4.

Grael's daughter Martine is tied at the top of the points table in the Girls 420 Event


Alec Anderson representing the British Virgin Islands in the Boys Laser Radial class at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo


Matthew Whitehead and Calene Loubser representing South Africa in the Hobie 16 Open Multihull class at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo


Morgan Kiss and Laura McKenna representing the United States in the Girls 420 class at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 in Buzios, Brazil - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo


Sten-Mark Bachmann representing Estonia in the Boys Laser Radial class at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 in Buzios, Brazil - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo


Zsod Juhsz representing Hungary in the Girls Laser Radial class at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 in Buzios, Brazil - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo


Lack of wind cancels racing on day 4 of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 in Buzios, Brazil - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo


Torben Grael, winning skipper of Ericsson 4 in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09, is reunited with Telefonica Black’s Santiago Lange at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 in Buzios, Brazil. Lange is Championship Coach for the event who provides coaching to the sailors at the Youth Worlds whose nations have been unable to send support staff to the championship, in particular to those sailors competing thanks to fun - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo


Valery Leshakov representing Russia in the Boys RS:X Windsurfer class prepares his rig in heavy rain at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 in Buzios, Brazil - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo


Anne-Marie Rindom representing Denmark in the Girls Laser Radial class on day 3 of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2009 in Buzios, Brazil - Dave Kneale-Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo




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