After today's opening ceremony, the highlight of the year in the Optimist class starts tomorrow in Bodrum, Turkey. Sailing for the world championship title and the team race world championship will continue until 6 July.
Last Wednesday, two fathers set off from Germany with the complete regatta equipment. The team itself has been on site since Sunday to explore the area and has already completed several training sessions. And in dream conditions, sunny 30 degrees and almost 20 knots of wind. "It's a sailing paradise here," enthuses 14-year-old Constantin Streicher about the world championship area.
Coach Riccardo de Felice and his team qualified for the World Championships at this year's qualifying regatta in Warnemünde. In addition to Clara Bonhagen, Leif Kähler is also taking part for the second time since last year. Back then, the Brazilian Alex Di Francesco Kuhl came out on top, while Marco Gradoni from Italy won the title three times in a row before the coronavirus break.
It remains to be seen how the young German talents will perform on the international stage this year, A report after each day is available from the class association (please click!).
