Sailingfast Crew Riders head Stateside
by Emma Hepplewhite 14 Mar 12:04 UTC
16-20 March 2022
Ross Banham © Sailingfast
Ross & Zac at San Francisco amassing their constitution WASZPs © Sailingfast
The WASZP class is actually a category with world-wide attain as a number of of our Crusingquick Crew Riders are heading throughout the pond to compete within the WASZP Americas Championship. They are going to be going head-to-head with WASZP sailors from North and South America over 4 days subsequent week, on the Richmond Yacht Membership in San Francisco.
The British contingent consists of skilled WASZP sailors Ross Banham and Zac Blomeley with Francesca Mackay, who solely stepped right into a WASZP on the finish of final season for the primary time demonstrating that, as sailors, you are able to do something you place your thoughts to.
Ross (aged 22) who now sails out of Datchet says, ‘Crusing with a backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge goes to be an epic expertise! I sit up for assembly different WASZP sailors from the world over and if we will persuade them to come back over to Europe for the WASZP Video games in Italy this summer season, all the higher’.
Dividing his crusing time between Plas Heli and the Nationwide Crusing Academy at Weymouth, Zac (20 years previous) has been chosen to signify workforce GB on the SailGP finals that are being held in San Francisco a few weeks after the Americas Championship. He continues, “Having the WASZP Americas Champs to heat up and acclimatise, earlier than racing within the SailGP Grand Remaining appeared like the most suitable choice and I am so excited to become involved.”
Crusingquick Proprietor, Duncan Hepplewhite says, “It is nice to see so many alternatives for younger sailors on the market. I do know crusing has taken me everywhere in the world each as a sailor and coach, and with Crusingquick. It is actually thrilling to see these younger sailors leaping on the likelihood to journey to new venues midway around the world.”
you’ve got a fantastic venue to host a WASZP occasion when the Richmond Yacht Membership moto is ‘this membership was constructed for enjoyable’ and the WASZP Americas Championship is certain to stay as much as the expectation. Wishing our Crew Riders all the perfect of luck within the coming days and weeks.
Discover out extra about our Crew Riders on the Crusingquick web site, sailingfast.co.uk/sailingfast-team-riders
If you want to know extra in regards to the WASZP, drop us a line on 01324 861756 or through electronic mail
