Match racing begins

The 2023 HARKEN Youth Match Racing Championships have commenced racing on Monday in beautiful sunshine and 7 to 9 knot Nor-easterlies.

Photography by RPAYC

05 December 2023

The 2023 HARKEN Youth Match Racing Championships’ welcome ceremony was held on Sunday night, and there was a morning briefing ahead of competition.

The HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship, a Grade 3 Youth Match Racing event, will be held from Monday 4 to Friday 8 December 2023.

Consisting of four days of match racing, youth teams under age 23 will compete for the Rockin’ Robin Perpetual Trophy, racing on the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s Elliott 7 performance keelboats with a crew of four or five.

Young sailors from all over the world are competing at this year's event.

The HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship will run Monday 4 to Friday 8 December 2023.

Pre-racing briefing was held at RPAYC.

Oakville Yacht Squadron (CAN) - Richard Rychlik Jnr (Skipper), Jack Porter, Cameron Bruce, Rachel Green, Josh Hyde.

Yacht Club Santo Amaro (BRA) - Nicolas Bernal, Bruna Patricio, Carolina Witsiers, Marcos Arndt.

RPAYC (AUS) - Hugo Butterworth (Skipper), Bayley Taylor, Walter Tuite, Josh Paulson, Annabelle Sampson.

All are competing to have their names etched in the Rockin’ Robin Perpetual Trophy.

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (AUS) - Zac West (Skipper), Jameson Prescott, James Hayhoe, Emily Keg, Katina Casimaty.

RPAYC (AUS) - Dan Kemp (Skipper), Will Hough, Lachlan Wallace, Charlie Verity and Isabella Holdsworth.

Umpires - Richard Slater (AUS), Chief Umpire; Ryan Parkin (NZL), Kotan Imazu (JPN), Phillipe Mazzard (FRA), Robyn Tames (AUS), Simon Barrington (AUS), Jen Richardson (AUS), Katie Maxim (USA).

Skippers for 2023 HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship.

Rutland Sailing Club (GB) - Ben Tylecote (Skipper), Freya Pembury, Jamie Tylecote, Finian Morris, Terry Hacker.

Royal Freshwater Bay (AUS) - Mia Lovelady (Skipper), Matilda Rowell, Rosei Rowell, Drina Bucktin, Sophie Townes.

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (NZ) - Jack Frewin (Skipper), Oliver Gilmour, Oliver Lloyd, Sofia Higgot.

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (NZ) - Rory Sims (Skipper), Ella Arnold, Ethan Fong, Harry McMullen, Sam Scott.

Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club is pleased to welcome the continuing support of HARKEN Australia as its naming rights sponsor.

Established in 1992, the HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship has grown into a world-renowned international youth event.

The event has proven to be a fine training ground for outstanding young sailors who have gone on to sail in the America’s Cup, World Match Racing Tour, Volvo Ocean Race, World Championships and Olympics. It goes without saying the climate, the pristine waterways, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s vision to be at the forefront of Youth Development and the match racing discipline, attracts many of the most talented youth crews from around the world.

The event’s popularity is reflected in the demand for places in the team line-ups and in the ever-broadening geographic spread of competing nations.

Live results here.

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