The 2024 ILCA 6 Youth European Championships & Open European Trophy will start tomorrow in Bangor, Northern Ireland, with the first day of registration and equipment inspection.
A total of 368 young sailors from 38 nations around the globe will come together to participate in this competition.
The Men’s fleet will be the largest, with 254 sailors racing in four groups: Yellow, Blue, Red, and Green during the Qualifying series, and Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Emerald in the Finals.
The Women’s fleet will consist of 114 sailors, competing in two groups: Yellow and Blue in the Qualifying series, and Gold and Silver in the Finals.
In addition to the Women’s and Men’s Overall prizes, the event will also host the Women’s and Men’s Under 17 championships.
Most of the world’s top ILCA 6 youth sailors will be in Bangor, including the recent 2024 Youth Sailing World champions, Maria Vittoria Arseni and Antonio Pascali from Italy. The Women’s Silver and Bronze medalists, Hermione Ghicas from Greece and Isabella Mendoza Cabezas from the United States, will also be competing in Ballyholme, ensuring top-class competition.
Event Organiser Aidan Pounder is pleased with the preparations: “With just a few days to go, Ballyholme Yacht Club is alive with activity, the infrastructure is almost complete, and it is great to see so many sailors and their coaches arriving early to train. The support from the Members and Sponsors has been absolutely amazing. We look forward to welcoming all the competitors, their families, friends and coaches to a superb venue for what we hope will be a fabulous European Championship”.
Racing will take place from July 29th to August 3rd, with two scheduled races per day.
Here is the complete event schedule:
Please refer to the Sailing Instructions for further details.
How to follow the 2024 ILCA 6 Youth Europeans in Bangor
Live contents
We’ll be streaming some of the action and races live, along with daily video highlights and interviews, on our Instagram and Facebook accounts:
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News and reports
A daily report with news and results, photos and videos will be published at eurilca.org and the event website.
Instant notifications
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Newsletter
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Photo galleries
We are pleased to inform you that we will be consistently sharing photos on our Smugmug account.
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Video highlights
We will be also sharing video highlights on our YouTube channel:
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Results
Daily results will be published as soon as possible at https://2024-ilca6youth.eurilca-europeans.org/results/
Event website
All the information and links to the different contents mentioned before you can also find them at the official event website.
Event hashtag: #ilca6youtheuropeans2024
The 2024 ILCA 6 Youth European Championships & Open European Trophy are organized by Ballyholme Yacht Club and EurILCA. The event is supported by Ards and North Down Borough Council, and sponsored by Farrans Construction, Taggarts, Navigator Financial Planning, Lunn’s Jewellers, Fraser Millar NI, Rooster, Ridgeway, WPA Health Insurance, Bangor Marina, Lancashire Marine Services, Print Library, Walcon, BJ Marine, Charter Boat and Sail Coach.
Let’s go sailing!
The EurILCA Team
Written by Agustín Argüelles – EurILCA | Cover photo: Archive 2023 – Gdynia Sailing Days.
