Zara Davis wins European Speed Championships
Posted: 10th November 2009, in International, Sailors.
There was an air of anticipation at the recent European Championships, not just with the competitors as to who would win and be crowned the European Champion but the local organiser Martin Waldron was more worried that the wind would play ball. The site has produced on the right day over 40 knots over 500m and Martin had, on the back of this knowledge staged an event at this site last year and had no wind all week, little did he know!
The GBR riders were well represented at the 
Bryony Shaw and Nick Dempsey placed 2nd and 3rd respectively at the fourth of seven International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup events. The 
The Annual British GPS ladder Sponsored by F2 and Maui Sails was a great success with some fantastic personal best speeds being posted.
After four days of waiting for the wind, the organisers made the decision to move to a new location for day 5 (Fri 2 Jan). It was a very brave decision that paid off. El Paraiso, 60 miles North of Ancon was indeed windy.
After days of perfect wind, it decided to take a holiday for day 1 which is quite usual for windsurfing competitions! Not to worry, the GBR riders were busy relaxing by the pool. Yesterday the practice race went fine for yours truly who won overall (including the youth).
The selection of equipment to be used in the 2012 Olympic Regatta has, understandably, aroused passions, “to change or not to change, that is the question!”. There are two proposals going in front of ISAF, this post describes the process.
At the halfway stage (hopefully, given the lack of wind), Nick Dempsey currently lies in 3rd place, and Bryony in 5th. The RYA have been on top of all the action with loads of articles going out on all the sailing action, here are the windsurfing highlights from the RYA so far.
Congratulations to Ross Williams, the new European Formula Windsurfing Champion. Steve Allen (Aus 0) won the Allegro Cup, but Ross (GBR 83) was the first European racer.
Updated for day 5: After 1 race this morning when the wind went from strong to light, we are currently waiting for the next race after the Silver fleet and the Ladies. The wind has just picked up so we’re about to go back out.