Sailing Magazine
by Richard Crockett
It’s been 25 years since this regatta when South African sailor Gareth Blanckenberg won the Laser Class on home waters, taking the Youth World title for himself.
He showed great speed throughout the regatta, but really got into his stride when he won race 4. In the 11-race series he counted three firsts and discarded two sevenths to finish 17 points clear of second place.
Since those heady days when Blanckenberg dominated, has a young South African dinghy sailor come anywhere near achieving what he did?
READ IT ALL HERE: Pages from 1999 02 – SA Yachting – OCR
