Photos: 2011 OptiWorlds In New Zealand

January 5, 2012

Five young Bermudian sailors have joined with over 200 young sailors from 48 countries to compete in the World Championships in New Zealand. Bermuda’s Antonio Bailey, Michael Barit, Rory Caslin, Makai Joell and Ceci Wollmann are taking on the world’s best youth sailors under the age of 16.

The photos below are by Matias Capizzano, the official photographer for OptiWorldsNZ.

Yesterday [Jan.4] the Bermudian team participated in Team Racing in light winds of 3 to 5 knots. In the first race Bermuda went up against Great Britain, and lost the 18 to 18 tiebreaker. In the second race they went up against Finland and lost 17 to 19 after leading most of the race.

Overall Coach Zizi was pleased with the effort and said it was some of the most exciting racing of the day as in most of the other races the teams ran away with easy victories. Today the Bermudian team will take part in a long distance race.

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