British Sailing Team Manager Stephen Park is confident his charges will put up a tough challenge on the waters of Weymouth and Portland when the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta gets underway on Monday (9 August).
The regatta, which marks the seventh and final leg of the 2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup series, will see a near-complete line-up of Britain’s best Olympic and Paralympic Classes sailors pitting their wits against the world’s best over six days of competition at the site of the 2012 sailing competition.
The event marks the return of Ben Ainslie (pictured) to the Finn racetrack for the first time since the Beijing Games, with fellow Beijing gold medallists Paul Goodison, Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson and Sarah Ayton, plus many more Skandia Team GBR World and European Champions across the 10 Olympic and three Paralympic classes set to race this week.
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