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Will Ryan (sailor)
William Ryan (born 23 December 1988) is an Australian sailor and an Olympic champion and five time World champion in the men's 470 event with Mathew Belcher. Sailing career Will Ryan experienced sailing when only two days old when he watched the 1988 Sydney to Hobart race in his grandfather's boat with his family. In his early years he was inspired by his grandfather and sailed in an old Sabot dinghy on Lake Macquarie in New South Wales. At the age of 11, Ryan competed in his first race with the Toronto Amateur Sailing Club. Ryan competed in the Laser Radial class at the 2006 Youth Sailing World Championships. Two years later, Ryan, together with teammate Byron White, came second at the 2008 World Championships in the 29er class, finishing after fellow Australians Steven Thomas and Jasper Warren, and ahead of British team Max Richardson and Alex Groves who took the bronze. In late 2012, Ryan teamed up with World champion Mathew Belcher, and less than a year later they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Macquarie
The City of Lake Macquarie is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Greater Newcastle and part of the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city from 7 September 1984. The area is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle and is part of the Greater Newcastle Area. The city is approximately north of Sydney. One of its major tourist attractions is its lake, also named Lake Macquarie (New South Wales), Lake Macquarie. The mayor of the City of Lake Macquarie Council is Councillor Kay Fraser, a member of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party. The Royal Australian Navy ship was granted the Freedom of the City, Right of Freedom of Entry to the City of Lake Macquarie on 9 August 1991. History The Shire of Lake Macquarie was proclaimed on 6 March 1906. It became a Municipality on 1 March 1977, and a city on 7 September 1984. Main towns and villages Lake Macquarie is home to several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabot (dinghy)
The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various parts of the world. The boat is suitable for amateur production. Early models were usually made from plywood. More recent models have been made from fiberglass. Variations on the design include the daggerboard-equipped El Toro from the Richmond Yacht Club in San Francisco Bay Area, the US Sabot, the " Naples Sabot" from Naples community of Long Beach, California, as well as Australian varieties, such as the Holdfast Trainer. See also Related development * El Toro (dinghy) *Holdfast Trainer The Holdfast Trainer is a South Australian sailing dinghy designed in 1948 for junior sailors under the required age of 16. Based on the Sabot, the class features a hard-chine wooden or fiberglass hull with a flat (or "pram") bow and a daggerbo ... * Naples Sabot * US Sabot References External linksAustralian National Sabot Council [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia At The Olympics
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age.religious_traditions_in_the_world._Australia's_history_of_Australia.html" ;"title="The_Dreaming.html" ;"title="Aboriginal_Art.html" "title="he Story of Australia's People, Volume 1: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia, Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Vic., 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With 75,735 inhabitants in 2017, La Rochelle is the most populated commune in the department and ranks fifth in the New Aquitaine region after Bordeaux, the regional capital, Limoges, Poitiers and Pau. Its inhabitants are called "les Rochelaises" and "les Rochelais". Situated on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean the city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988. Since the Middle-Ages the harbour has opened onto a protected strait, the Pertuis d'Antioche and is regarded as a "Door océane" or gateway to the ocean because of the presence of its three ports (fishing, trade and yachting). The city has a strong commercial tradition, having an active port from very early on in its history. La Rochelle underwent sustained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Groves
Alex Groves is a British sailor. Together with teammate Max Richardson Groves became third at the 2008 World Championships in the 29er boat by finishing behind Australian couples Steven Thomas/ Jasper Warren and Byron White/ William Ryan to claim the bronze. Groves now studies Music at the University of Bristol. Career highlights ;World Championships :2008 - Sorrento, 3rd, 29er (with Max Richardson Max Richardson (born 24 December 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club during the 1970s before finishing his career at Fitzroy Football Club. The younger brother of Wayne, Collingwood recruit ...) External links * 29er World ChampionshipsGold And Silver To Australia At 29er Worlds British male sailors (sport) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 29er class sailors {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Richardson (sailor)
Max Richardson (born 17 September 1991) is a British sailor. Together with team mate Alex Groves Richardson became third at the 2008 World Championships in the 29er boat by finishing behind Australian couples Steven Thomas/ Jasper Warren and Byron White/ William Ryan to claim the bronze. Career highlights ;World Championships :2008 - Sorrento, 3rd, 29er (with Alex Groves Alex Groves is a British sailor. Together with teammate Max Richardson Groves became third at the 2008 World Championships in the 29er boat by finishing behind Australian couples Steven Thomas/ Jasper Warren and Byron White/ William Ryan to ...) External links * 29er World ChampionshipsGold And Silver To Australia At 29er Worlds Living people British male sailors (sport) 29er class sailors 1991 births Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasper Warren
Jasper "Fang" Warren (born 13 September 1989) is an Australian sailor. Together with teammate Steven Thomas, Warren became the 2008 World Champion in the 29er boat by finishing in front of fellow Australians Byron White and William Ryan. Career highlights ;World Championships :2008 - Sorrento, 1st, 29er (with Steven Thomas) Warren is widely regarded as a battler. External links * * * 1989 births Living people Australian male sailors (sport) 29er class world champions World champions in sailing for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Thomas (sailor)
Steven Thomas is an Australian sailor. Together with teammate Jasper Warren Thomas became the 2008 World Champion in the 29er boat by finishing in front of fellow Australians Byron White and William Ryan. Career highlights ;World Championships :2008 - Sorrento, 1st, 29er (with Jasper Warren) External links * * * Living people Australian male sailors (sport) 29er class world champions World champions in sailing for Australia Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
29er (boat)
The 29er is a two-person high performance sailing skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and first produced in 1998. Derived from the Olympic class 49er class, it is raced in the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships. The 29er is able to reach high speeds fairly quickly by having a sleek and hydrodynamic hull and will often exceed the wind speed when planing both up and downwind. Background The 29er class is targeted at youth, especially those training to sail the larger Olympic 49er. The Youth Sailing World Championships has adopted it to replace the Laser 2 - which was designed by Julian Bethwaite's father Frank. The 29er has two sailors, one on trapeze. The rig features a fractional asymmetrical spinnaker; a self-tacking jib decreases the work load of the crew, making maneuvers more efficient and freeing the crew to take the mainsheet upwind and on two-sail reaches. The spinnaker rigging set-up challenges crews to be fit and coordinated, and maneuvers in the boat requir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron White (sailor)
Byron White is an Australian sailor. Together with teammate William Ryan White became second at the 2008 World Championships in the 29er boat by finishing behind fellow Australians Steven Thomas and Jasper Warren, but in front of Britons Max Richardson and Alex Groves who took the bronze. Career highlights ;World Championships :2008 - Sorrento Sorrento (, ; nap, Surriento ; la, Surrentum) is a town overlooking the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the south-eastern terminus of the Circumvesuviana rail ..., 2nd, 29er (with William Ryan) External links * 29er World ChampionshipsGold And Silver To Australia At 29er Worlds Living people Australian male sailors (sport) 29er class sailors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Sailing World Championships
The ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships was first held in Sweden in 1971 and it has been held every year since. It is one of the key events of the federation to help promote top-level youth participation. Editions Equipment Gender Guide O (Open) (2) (Open) in two age bands B (Boys) G (Girls) Mx (Mixed) Male and Female Pair BM (Boys/Mixed) Male/Male Pair or a Male/Female Pair Results 29er Open Boys Girls 420 Open Boys Boys & Mixed Girls 470 Byte Europe Fireball Flipper Formula Kite Boys Girls Hobie 16 IQFoil Boys Girls Laser Laser Radial Boys Girls Laser 2 Mistral Nacra 15 RS:X Boys Girls SL 16 Techno 293 Boys Girls References External links * {{World championships in sailing World Sailing Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
