Australian sailors prepare for next round of ISAF Sailing World Cup

9:24 AM Sun 3 Apr 2011 GMT

'Brendan Casey, Finn, AUS 1' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster

Australian Sailing Team is preparing to take on the world's top sailors at the first European round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup for 2011. Racing is set to get underway in Palma, Spain on Monday at the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre 2011. Flying the Australian flag the team will be represented with six crews, along with a number of Australian Sailing Squad members in Spain. Reigning Laser World Champion, world number one and ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, Tom Slingsby, returns to the Laser class for his first regatta since Sail Melbourne last December. Slingsby has ...

Click here for full story.

by Craig Heydon