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Great Britain Become World Champions.

GBR woke with all to play for in the B1, B3 fleets. The wind was light from the South South Westerly which through the morning swung to the West. The B2 and B3 were out first with two races scheduled. B2 had secured Gold with a day to spare, but were looking to keep their clean sweeps of first’s, but went out to give Canada and USA a strong day of racing. GBR match raced USA out to the right of the start, ending the week as USA had started with hunting GBR down. But GBR s

Great Britain Become World Champions.

Day 5 At The Blind Fleet Racing Worlds

Another glorious day on the Great Lakes with the wind from the South East 12 - 14 knots with the sun shining. With all teams in the top three, it was set to be an exciting day. B1’s where first out on to the water looking to get closer to the USA who were currently in 1st. The first race saw GBR have a good start leading into the top mark, but unusually poor rounding from GBR saw them struggle to get round the top mark. But good team work saw them stay strong and work the

Day 5 At The Blind Fleet Racing Worlds

Blind Fleet Racing World’s 2017, Day 4. GBR Are Getting To Grips With The Conditions

The team woke to glorious sailing conditions with the wind from the South 12 - 14 knots with a slight chop from the South East. Teams all left the harbour on time to get a few training runs in before 10 o’clock, this was lucky as when GBR B2 did a test beat, their goose neck broke. But after a quick change of booms by the boson the team were back off to the start. The B2 team showed good boat handling skills pre-start right to the gun, controlling their speed and handling eac

Blind Fleet Racing World’s 2017, Day 4. GBR Are Getting To Grips With The Conditions

Day 3 OF The Blind Fleet Racing World Championships

Teams woke again to fog but the forecast showed it to lift early morning. B1’s were up first with the race officer hoping to fit in 3-4 races. The fog cleared and it was a day for all three fleets with champagne sailing with clear blue sky’s, slight rolling waves and winds building to around 12 knots by the end of the day. B1’s had a solid day seeing them take a 2,2,1,3, without too many issues, having good boat speed and sailing the shifts, Lucy said “it is great to see Cat

Day 3 OF The Blind Fleet Racing World Championships

Day 2 At The Blind Fleet Racing Worlds.

GBR pulled the curtains back to be met with fog, but the B2, B3 headed down to the water in hope for racing. But by 11 o'clock the fog was still thick which saw the racing postponed for the day. The B1 teams are due to have their first warning signal at 14.00 but were held ashore with the thick fog. But at 14.00 the call came from the race officer to get towed out. The B1's all thought he was mad but by the time they hoisted sails it was clear and the light house was back

Day 2 At The Blind Fleet Racing Worlds.

GBR Blind Sailing Get Off To a Solid Start at The Blind Fleet Racing Worlds.

Sheboygan Yatch welcomed 14 teams from 5 country's from around the World with all teams under the control of Richard Reichelsdorfer. Great Britain under the coaching of Steve Irish got off to a great start. B1's were first out on to the water with a 10 o'clock warning signal, but the wind was not set for a 10 o'clock start. The breeze was light coming from the north east 2-4 knots, with a long day of racing for all countries the race team tried to get a few races away but w

GBR Blind Sailing Get Off To a Solid Start at The Blind Fleet Racing Worlds.

Great Britain Arrive In USA for the Blind Fleet Racing World Championships 2017.

GBR have landed in Sheboygan, the weather is warm and the breeze is steady 12 - 15 knots. The blind fleet racing is raced in a team of four in sight categories B1, B2, and B3. B1 being those with no sight up to B3 those with conditions that reduce their sight like tunnel vision. Each boat is made up of a sighted tactician and sighted crew with a visually impaired helm and mainsheet trimmer. Great Britain has worked hard to increase the number of both sighted and visually

Great Britain Arrive In USA for the Blind Fleet Racing World Championships 2017.

News of the Teams last training weekend and meet their Sponsors as they get set to defend their Worl

The Great Britain Sailing team will be flying to Sheboygan on the 9th September 2017 to defend their World title. Last weekend saw the four teams come together for a final training camp of mixed skilled activities, both on and off the water. The team for the first time will be joined by Steve Irish who has volunteered to coach and manage the team. This is like a dream to the team as they have never had the opportunity at a fleet racing world championships to get coaching, St

News of the Teams last training weekend and meet their Sponsors as they get set to defend their Worl

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