Slideshow: Island Games Sailing Gets Underway
The sailing portion of the 2013 NatWest Island Games kicked off on Sunday [July 14] at the Spanish Point Boat Club, with sailors from over 10 islands taking to the waters.
Islands competing in sailing include Cayman Islands, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Menorca, Isle of Man, Åland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Ynys Môn, and the sailors in action for Bermuda include Rockal Evans, Malcolm Smith, Kalin Hillier and Brett Wright.
As of now, Niklas Areschoug from Aland is leading in the Laser Standard Rig class, with Bermuda’s Malcolm Smith sitting in third place, while Rockal Evans is in sixth.
In the Laser Radial Rig class, Andrew Bridgman from Guernsey is tied with Bermuda’s Brett Wright for first place, while Bermuda’s Kalin Hillier is in third.
In the team event, Bermuda presently sits in first position out of the seven teams.
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Very disappointed that you didn’t show any windsurfing pics as it was a lot more exciting than these races.
We posted tons of photos and videos of the Games, and tried to get some of everything, and did get windsurfing.
It got a bit overloaded with all the content each day so was easy to miss, so we combined all the links and videos of the Island Games footage in one post which can be found here.