ISAF World Championship 2008
Date: Wednesday, July 16 2008 @ 19:43:38 GMT
 The Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2008 will take place from 11 - 19 July in Århus, Denmark. There are over 250 competitors from 60 nations taking part. Volvo are the title sponsor of the event, which is run by ISAF and encompasses single-handed Laser (boys) and Laser Radial (girls), the double-handed 29er (boys and girls), the RS:X windsurfer (boys and girls), and multihull SL16 (open) classes in this world class event.
An integral part of the ongoing success of the Youth Worlds has been the support of title sponsor Volvo Ocean Race. In 2008 the Volvo Ocean Race will sponsor the Championship for the ninth time. The first Youth Worlds supported by the Volvo Ocean Race took place in Finland in 1999, with 38 nations taking part.
Since then the Championship has gone from strength-to-strength, with a record 48 nations entering in 2001. In 2004 over 50 nations participated in the Youth Worlds in Poland, whilst two years later a new record of 62 nations was set in Great Britain. 222 sailors from 50 nations attended the event in Kingston, Canada in 2007 making this the biggest Youth Worlds held in North America.
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