Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2011 tough test for British sailing team



2:05 PM Sun 5 Jun 2011 GMT
'Giles Scott (Finn) was Skandia Team GBR's sole gold medallist at the 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta' RYA Click Here to view large photo
Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2011, which is the fifth leg of the ISAF Sailing World Cup series, kicks off on the 2012 waters of Weymouth and Portland on Monday 6th June. British sailing team manager Stephen Park says his charges will face their biggest test of this Olympic cycle so far at the regatta. The regatta has seen some 1,100 sailors from around the globe descend on the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in a bid to learn more about conditions at the 2012 venue and, for crews from a number of nations, take their first steps towards ...


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by Lindsey Bell





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