Hodgson’s win sets up team for Youth World Championship

Club member James Hodgson and his Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Youth Sailing Academy crew of Harry Hall, Louis Schofield and Nick Rozenauers have taken out the 2020 Harken International Youth Match Racing Cup at RNZYS in Auckland.

The semis and final were raced on Sunday in gusty conditions on Auckland Harbour, with the 23-30 knot breeze suiting the team, who dominated their opponents, beating Nick Egnot-Johnson (NZ) 3-0 in the semi final then Jordan Stevenson (NZ) 3-1 in the final.

James was thrilled with the result –

“Super stoked with the win in the lead up to the Worlds. It was breeze on so we were just focusing on getting the boat around the track and doing all the basic stuff right and I think that’s what got us through in the end. It was basically just set, get her up and going, gibe, and drop at the bottom, so there wasn’t really too much to it except keeping your boat under your mast. But yeah, we just had a fun day and focused on enjoying ourselves, we weren’t too worried about the results, but it went our way, so we are pretty stoked. I think Jordy {Stevenson} got us last time we raced him and so did EJ {Egnot-Johnson} so we’re pretty stoked to get one up on them in Auckland ahead of the Worlds.”

 

 

The win is great preparation for the 2020 Harken Youth Match Racing World Championships being held at the same venue later this week from 25th February to 1st March.

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