Europe 2025 Season Report
My First Full Season in the ILCA 7 By Charles Allen Toyn This year marked my first full season sailing in the ILCA 7 Men’s Olympic rig, meaning I’ve now progressed through all three ILCA classes. As I’ve been learning the ILCA 7, I wanted to gain experience racing in fleets I was previously too…
Charting New Waters: My Journey Across Australia’s East Coast Sailing Events in Summer 2024
Summer 2024/2024 This summer was my first opportunity to sail all East Coast events, Sail Sydney and Sail Melbourne, because I will graduate from school in November 2024. It was also an opportunity to compete at Sail Brisbane to train in the venue for the Nationals competition. Sail Melbourne: Melbourne was a great reintroduction to…
Navigating Challenges and Growth: My Journey at the Warnemünde EurILCA Cup
This year I am completing Year 12, my final year at high school (Awesome!) and is why I haven’t been posting as much as I normally do. This year, I was very grateful to have the opportunity to compete in the EurILCA event held in Warnemunde, Germany in July this year. This was the only international…
Reflections on the 2024 Oceania and Australian ILCA National Championships
Introduction: The 2024 Oceania and Australian ILCA National Championships held in Adelaide marked an important event in my development as a competitive sailor. Setting the Stage: Arriving early proved to be a valuable lesson from the previous year, learning that settling in more than just a practice race allowed me to familiarise myself with the venue,…
My journey to the 2024 ILCA 2024 Australian & Oceania Championships in Adelaide
As a 17-year-old ILCA sailor from Australia, I’m gearing up for my first ILCA 6 Australian Nationals after months of intense preparation. The journey began after wrapping up my Year 11 exams in late November, the day after the state championships. Since then, my focus has shifted entirely to training and refining my skills for…
First at 2023 Sail Freo
I competed in the ILCA 6 which is the Olympic class boat for women and the youth class for men. I have just transitioned to this class. I started in the ILCA 4.7, the youth class or rig and then moved up into the 6 at the start of this year. I returned to the…
Sample Donor post: Worlds Reflections: ILCA 4 Youth Worlds – A Journey of Challenges and Triumphs
I’m thrilled to take you on a voyage through the highlights and challenges of my recent World Regatta trip. Your generous support made it all possible, and we want to share every thrilling moment with you. We had arrived in Greece a week before the start of the event, to help to adjust to the…
2023 ILCA 4 Worlds in Volos, Greece Part 2
I have qualified for Silver fleet. This means I am in the top 50% (Gold fleet is the top 25%). It’s not quite where I wanted to be but I still have room to improve in Silver fleet. Mum thinks it’s an outstanding result given I was recovering from a cold days before the event…
2023 ILCA 4 Worlds in Volos, Greece Part 1
A fun day out on the water for my first Worlds. Found some good points for improvement and ready to get back out there tomorrow! If you’re interested in following along check out the great footage provided by the organisers here on YouTube (my sail number is 196888): And go here for the results for…
My last ILCA 4 training session in Australia
Today was a lot of fun. It was good to get a session in this close to when I’m leaving in 3 days for Worlds. Good to keep my feel so that I’m fresh when I get in the boat in Greece. However, today’s conditions were probably the opposite of the conditions at Worlds. But…
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