ISAF Youth Match Racing Worlds Set to Start

(July 21, 2014) – The inaugural ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championship is set to start Wednesday, July 23 in Helsinki, Finland. Sixteen nations will be represented, with sailors all under 23 years old. Racing will be in J/80’s. The United States will be represented by skipper Nevin Snow (San Diego, CA), with crew Jake La Dow (San Diego, CA), Graham Landy (Norfolk, VA), Katia DaSilva (Newport, RI) and John Wallace (St. Petersburg, FL). Snow is the current Intercollegiate Match Racing National Champion, and winner of the World University Games recently sailed on Lake Garda in Italy.
The event can be followed at: http://www.njk.fi/matchrace/isaf-youth-match-racing-wc/