I enjoy getting out on the water and chasing the wind.Going fast on my Opti is the best. I also really enjoy racing in a strong fleet, trying to work my way up to the top.

Sailing is always different, at new places, the wind, the waves and the surroundings are always changing. I enjoy the feeling of a fast reach and being on the edge when you are running deep in heavy air, but mostly I enjoy racing and competing against my friends and best of all the feeling you get when you win.

Rob Brewer reports that their plane was delayed in Dallas because of strong winds, so they missed their connecting flight in Miami to the Dominican Republic. The good news is that the Australian sailors get to check out Miami for a while in the morning.

Has anyone been able to find the results of the Pre Worlds Regatta. I've been over the event website a couple of times and I can't find them, perhaps I'm missing something obvious.

Following the Australians at the Asian Championships live on Tack Tracker was brilliant, so I'm looking forward to doing the same through the Opti Worlds.

It was really interesting to see the top sailors playing the shifts to stay on the lifted tack and in the front row. Anyone who was lacking even a little boat speed fell out of the front row really quickly ..... I think that will be even ore obvious in this regatta.

Haven't worked out the time difference yet to see if it'll be possible to watch the racing live or whether it'll be the replays in the morning..

Results for the Helly Hansen Pre Championship Regatta have now been posted, there is a link to them at the top of this page. About 80 of the 250 boats entered in the World Championships contested this pre regatta event which was decided over three races.

Very little information has trickled through about the conditions or the racing, but as Rob Brewer mentioned on the team's Facebook page, there were some mixed and some pleasing results from the Australian sailors.

I was just looking through some of the photos that have been posted on the event website, and noticed that the Singaporean's sails don't seem to have any sailmaker's brand.

Possibly J sails by the look of them but it's curious because there are plenty of photos of other boats sporting branded J Sails. One things for sure the Singaporean sailors are always very, very well prepared ... anyone have ideas about those sails?

The Dominican Republic is near enough to fourteen hours behind the east coast of Australia, so still a few hours before racing gets underway. For anyone watching the racing on Tack Tracker, it will be live tomorrow afternoon our time.

A number of people have contacted Dinghy Fever about following the Opti Worlds on Race Tracker. The link to the Race Tracker isn't easy to find, it's on the IODA website. Thanks to Joby Graves for letting us know, we have posted a quick link at the top of this page for your convenience.

Link to the complete list of results posted at the top of this page.

Singaporean sailors 1st, 2nd and 4th after two races, that's very impressive.

Only one race completed on Day Three because of lingering thunderstorms and very shifty winds. It was a good day for the Australians with Jim scoring a 4th in his flight moving him up the scoreboard to now be in the top 100 boats. Kyle also had a great race scoring an 8th and Alistair a 17th.

The link to the complete list of results at the top of this page has now been updated.

Team Facebook page talks about Jim preparing his protest defense. Let's hope the protest is dismissed because a 4th is definitely a result you would want to stay on your scorecard at a Worlds.

If anyone has more info perhaps you could put up a small post.

Far East Boats are the official supplier for the Optimist World Championships in the Dominican Republic.

"After gaining valuable experience at the Optimist World Championships in New Zealand in 2011, Far East Boats completed yet another successful support mission, supplying perfect boats for the 2012 IODA Asian Championships in Sri Lanka.

Far East Boats once again demonstrated the qualities of finish, stiffness and consistancy in their "championship model" that makes them IODA's choice for major international regattas.

Sailing a Far East boat Loh Jia Yi from Singapore won the IODA Asian Championship, while in the teams racing event Singaporean sailors also took 1st place.

Far East Boats have been selected as the exclusive boat provider for the current IODA World Championships in the Dominican Republic and also the 2013 IODA Asian Championships in Hayama, Japan."

Singapore win IODA Team Racing World Championships.

Problem solved, they have now put up version two of the results with everyone scored correctly.

Well ..... the IODA World Championships have been wrapped up for another year,. Congratulations to the new Optimist World Champion, Yukie Yokoyama and her fellow Singaporean team mates who filled 2nd and 3rd place on the podium. In fact Singaporean sailors took four of the top five places which was a truly incredible result and speaks volumes for their program and the training they get from their national coach, Fernando.

One sailor who did throw out a challenge to the dominance of the Singaporeans was Bart Lambriex from the Netherlands who finished 4th overall.

The Australians had some mixed results but at times showed that they could be very competitive at this level. Jim strung together a 4th and a 3rd in consecutive races, but overall the Australians are still lacking the consistancy of the top nations like Singapore.

Final placings for the AOST sailors were;

Jim Colley 100th
Kyle O'Connell 108th
Alistair Young 155th
Jack Graves 160th
Kye Evans 178th
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