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With under a month to go until the start of the Aon Youth Sailing World Championship we are still looking to fill volunteer spots on the water and ashore, as well as a few RIBS for safety boats. This will be an incredible event to be a part of, with the worlds' top youth sailors converging in Auckland to race on the Hauraki Gulf.
Set to be one of the biggest yachting events New Zealand has hosted, the regatta will see 400 competitors from 68 countries across 240 boards and boats set sail from the Torbay Sailing Club on Auckland's North Shore.
Over 200 volunteers and 80 support boats will be on hand as this regatta comes alive, so if you're keen to get involved either on the water or on land please get in touch with Kim Admore; kim@yachtingnz.org.nz or Helena Horswell; enuit@xtra.co.nz
The World Sailing Youth World Championships feature racing for up and comers under 19 years of age and includes the Laser Radial, RS:X, 29er, 420 and Nacra 17 classes.
The regatta will run from 14 December 2016 through until 20 December 2016.
About the Youth Worlds
The Youth Worlds was first held in Sweden in 1971. The 2016 Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand will be the 46th edition of the championship.
Past notable winners include American's Cup skippers, Chris Dickson (NZL), Russell Coutts (NZL), Dean Barker (NZL); Olympic medallists, Nathan Outteridge (AUS), Iain Jensen (AUS), Robert Scheidt (BRA), Amelie Lux (GER), Ben Ainslie (GBR), Iain Percy (GBR), Alessandra Sensini (ITA), Elise Rechichi (AUS) and Tessa Parkinson (AUS); Volvo Ocean Race sailors like Stuart Bannatyne (NZL) and Richard Clarke (CAN). The most successful Youth World Champions are Great Britain's Sally Cuthbert and Poland's Zofia Klepacka having won four successive titles in the Laser II and Mistral respectively.
Australia is the current holder of the Nations Trophy, awarded annually to the top performing nation at the Youth Worlds. France is the most success nation through the history of the Championship, winning the Nations Trophy on a record eleven occasions and holding a record 76 medals: 28 gold, 30 silver and 18 bronze.
