To become a champion, you need to show a lot of different qualities, including skill, determination, vision, understanding of your sport and your own limits, an ability to push those limits a little bit further, and above all, good sportsmanship and the sense of “fair play”.
The O’pen BIC class has established itself as an exciting and interesting class for young sailors all over the world, and this year is no exception. Inspired by the presence of our event patron, sailing legend Sir Russell Coutts, and challenged by a week of changing conditions that evolved from ultra-light to very strong, the 133 young sailors present here in Manly Bay, Auckland, New Zealand for the 2019 World Championships have risen to the occasion and delivered us a week of excellent, tight racing all done with the sense of fun and fair play that are synonymous with the O’pen BIC concept, and we can now reveal the names of our brand new champions.
