470 World Championships - Australian crews prepare for Holland

6:48 AM Fri 9 Jul 2010 GMT

'Belcher and Page after winning the Gold medal in Kiel' Craig Heydon Click Here to view large photo

470 World Championships in The Hague are set to begin soon and Australian Sailing Team's 470 men's crew of Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page are preparing for the start of the 2010 event fresh off their recent victory at round six of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Germany. Belcher and Page's victory was their first major international win as a team and came just after a second place finish at round five in Holland, with the pair sealing the 2009/2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup 470 men's title with a round to spare. After a brief break following the victory ...

Click here for full story.

by Craig Heydon

Newsfeed supplied by

#News #Sailing #North

Sailing

Read the Wind: Judge Its Force Without a Gauge

Sailing

VHF Radio on the Water: Channels and Calls

Sailing

Reefing: Read the Signs, Act Early

Sailing

Heave-To: Sailing's Emergency Pause Button

Sailing

The Beaufort Scale: How We Learned to Rank Wind

Sailing

Overnight at Anchor: Setting Up Right

Nearby
Kununurra Airport, WA	9 kn ENE	32°
Windiest in Australia
Mount Buller, VIC	30 kn NNW	5°
Most Windless in Australia
Fawkner Beacon, VIC	Calm
Hottest in Australia
Mandora, WA	9 kn SSW	35°
Coldest in Australia
Mount Hotham, VIC	24 kn NNW	3°
Wettest in Australia
Mount Read, TAS	7.8 mm

470 World Championships - Australian crews prepare for Holland

QLD Coast in Winter: Dry Season Tactics

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before It's Too Late

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before You Must

Live Weather

Nearby

Windiest in Australia

Most Windless in Australia

Hottest in Australia

Coldest in Australia

Wettest in Australia

Sailing Articles

Buy & Sell

2019 Core Gts 5

2023 Flysurfer Vmg

2021 Fanatic Sky Wing 5’2” & Axis Foil

2024 F-One Eagle X 700, 900 + Mast, Stabs

2022 F-One Wtf>!

2025 PPC M2

2024 Armstrong Xps

Weather

Activities

About

Other

Support