2015 Delta Lloyd Regatta - Olympic classes wrap

Australian Sailing's athletes won six medals at the 2015 Delta Lloyd Regatta for Olympic and Paralympic classes in Medemblik, The Netherlands (26-30 May): 3 in the Paralympic classes (2 gold, 1 bronze) and 3 in the Olympic classes (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). In the Olympic classes Western Australian Matt Wearn won the Laser, Jake Lilley (QLD) took the silver in the Finn class and Joel Turner (QLD) and Lewis Brake (QLD) won the bronze in the 49er. We caught up with Jake & Joel in this video wrap, plus Haylee Outteridge (NSW) who together with crew Sarah Cook (NSW) qualified for the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Weymouth by placing 7th in the 49erFX in their first international medal race & only second international event together. Crews that secured their outstanding qualification for Weymouth at Delta Lloyd Regatta were Australian Sailing Squad's Will Phillips (VIC) and James Wierzbowski (VIC) in the 49er, Haylee Outteridge (NSW) and Sarah Cook (NSW) in the 49erFX, Mitch Kennedy (QLD) and former ASS member Jeremy O'Connell (VIC) in the Laser class, as well as Carrie Smith (WA) and Jaime Ryan (QLD) in the 470W. In the Olympic classes Australian Sailing was represented at Delta Lloyd Regatta with sixteen boats in nine of the ten Olympic events and managed to qualify eleven crews in eight events for the final top-ten medal races on Saturday. Raced over five days, Delta Lloyd Regatta is part of the Eurosaf Champions Sailing Cup and a qualifier for the upcoming ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth (8-14 June 2015) for those crews who had not yet qualified. See full story here: http://www.australiansailing.org/six-medals-for-australian-sailing-at-delta-lloyd-regatta/ See Paralympic class video wrap here: https://youtu.be/Uc09nJAm1MQ Follow the Australian Sailing Team via www.australiansailing.org www.twitter.com/AusSailingTeam www.facebook.com/AusSailingTeam www.instagram.com/AusSailingTeam