Yngling trio make their mark on first day in Hyeres
22nd April 2007
Amidst light 5-9 knot conditions, the 39th French Olympic Sailing Week got underway on Sunday (22 April) with a promising start for the British sailors on the first day of racing at Hyeres.
Skandia Team GBR tops the leaderboard in the women's Yngling keelboat event after day one - but early success in the class came from an unexpected quarter, with development squad sailors Victoria Rawlinson, Emma Rawlinson and Sue Monson getting the better of experienced campaigners from home and abroad to get the best possible start from their opening two races.
The Rawlinson sisters - Youth Worlds gold medallists in 2000 - and Monson are competing in just their third major event together, and showed superior speed in their favoured conditions to post two race wins from the 29-boat Yngling fleet.
"We didn't start all that well today," admitted Monson "but we worked our way through the fleet to round in the top three to five each time."
"It was our kind of conditions today, so we wanted to nail some races - our preparation has not been great as Emma has been unwell, but we're confident now about our speed. You can learn from winning as well as losing, so we'll take all the good points from our performance today and hopefully we can manage to keep the momentum going for the rest of the week."
The two top British crews in the class - Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson, and Shirley Robertson, Annie Lush and Lucy Macgregor - didn't quite get the regatta start they were looking for, ending the first day in 17th and 22nd place respectively.
Here you will find press releases with information about our exciting Olympic Yngling sailing campaign.
- 22/04/07 - Yngling trio make their mark on first day in Hyeres
- 18/9/06 - RYA - Rawlinson sisters launch Olympic campaign
- 29/07/06 - Rawlinson sisters team up again