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Photo Lochlin Byrne
Nathan Outteridge was riding the waves of Port Phillip on a foiler Moth this week when the Australian Olympic Committee formally announced that he and crew Iain Jensen would represent Australia in the 49er class at this year’s London Olympic Games.
The previous week he had been sailing another spectacular craft, an A-Class catamaran, in the national championships on his home waters of Lake Macquarie.
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By Peter Campbell
Another Australian, Hamish Jarrett, has taken the overall lead in the International Yngling world championships midway through the regatta on Sydney Harbour, moving from fourth to first in the 47 boat fleet.
Jarrett, a two-times Australian champion, d his crew of Federica Lauro and Alan Bracken, sailed to a third and first place on a day that Jarrett described as “a really hard day at the office” against strong international competition.
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19 December 2011
By Craig Heydon
Nathan (R) and Iain (L) all smiles
Photo Richard Langdon
Australian sailors have won two Gold medals on the final day of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron member Nathan Outteridge and and his crew Iain Jensen wrapped up the 49er title while Tom Slingsby won his fourth Laser World Championship in five years in emphatic style.
Outteridge and Jensen entered the final race with a 17 point lead over the Danish crew of Emil and Simon Toft Nielsen, knowing that they would walk away from Perth 2011 with at least a Silver medal.
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