Jul 8, 2007
On July 12th, thirteen young Caribbean sailors are scheduled to be in Portmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to compete in the 2007 Volvo World Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship. These young sailors, hailing from Barbados, Bermuda, USVI, BVI, St. Lucia, and Trinidad will join over 200 sailors from other parts of the globe, and a veritable “who’s who” in sailing as past notable competitors include American’s Cup skippers, Chris Dixon (NZL), Russell Coutts (NZL), Dean Barker (NZL); Olympic medallists, Robert Scheidt (BRA), Amelie Lux (GER), Ben Ainslie (GBR), Nick Rogers (GBR) and Siren Sundby (NOR); Volvo Ocean Race, sailors Stuart Bannatyne (NZL) and ISAF Youth World Champions, Great Britain’s Sally Cuthbert and Poland’s Zofia Klepacka.

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