Final Irish Sailing update from Hempel Sailing World Championships 2018

James OCallaghan, Performance Director, Irish Sailing, "It is the medal race weekend at the Hempel Sailing World Championships, unfortunately the Irish sailors are not involved. However we did take a very young team here with an average of 21. Lets hear from the coaches and see how they got on." ... Vasilij Zbogar, Laser Coach (& triple Olympic medalist) "Over all I am really happy with boat speed, but what we have to work on in the future is mental strength and approach to the regatta". Tytus Konarzewski, 49er skiff Development coach, "Overall I am happy withe the performance and we have to develop more racing skills to get better results". "Ireland's next opportunity to qualify is in July 2019 in both the Laser and Laser Radial Championships in Japan and in December 2019 we have the 49er Worlds in New Zealand and 49erFX Worlds where we see Annalise Murphy and Katie Tingle compete at their first FX Worlds." "Thank you for all your support, it means alot when we are sailing abroad to know that you are behind us". James