Congratulations, Evie!
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Congratulations to Evie Saunders, who has won a silver medal in the ILCA 6 class at the Allianz Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands.
The regatta was held in The Hague where the tides are quite extreme, so sailing there requires a 4th dimension of understanding.
Evie stated the regatta well with a win in the first race and held onto 2nd for the whole regatta. The last race was very tense with up to 6 countries a possible podium finish and Evie said, “yellow flags were being displayed everywhere - I just sailed the way I know how, start well, and play the shifts … and stay out of trouble.”
Evie is the first Australian radial girl to podium at the ISAF Worlds in more than a decade. We are so very proud, and we look forward to Evie showing us how it’s done when she returns to racing at Double Bay!
(Photos via Ian Saunders and Australian Sailing)