IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship 2011

9:07 PM Wed 2 Mar 2011 GMT

'Davey Hodges GBR IFDS Blind Match Racing Championship 2011' David Staley Click Here to view large photo

Seven teams from five nations will compete at the IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship, 2011, Homerus Blind Match Racing which will be hosted by the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Racing will commence March 19 and continue through to March 26 on the Swan River, Perth, Western Australia. Italy?s Luigi Bertanza, winning helmsman in the 2010 IFDS Blind Match Racing World Championships on Lake Garda, has teamed with Alessandro Malapiero and Elisabetta Bardella for the Perth event. Malapiero and Bardella were second placed in the B2 division of the 2010 championship. The Italian Homerus organisation has developed the Autonomous Blind Match ...

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by David Staley