Tag: Sailing
Allan wraps up first Olympic Games
(CNS): Florence Allan completed her first Olympic Games with 33rd and 36th finishes in races nine and 10, respectively, for a 36th overall ranking, leaving her out of the medalling race today (15 August), which is reserved for the top 10 competitors. That event will likely be her one of her last Laser Radial regattas, […]
Difficult ocean conditions prove costly to Allan
(CNS): Florence Allan found the going rough on the open-ocean course of her Olympic competition, with intense weather conditions and her light weight combining to prevent her from completing the races within the allotted time. Allan took more than six hours in total for the two races, held 10 August, which resulted in a “Did […]
Allan struggles to make headway with weight disadvantage
(CNS): As one of lightest sailors in the competition, Cayman’s Florence Allen had another challenging day Tuesday in Rio as she ended the women’s laser races in 35th place. Although she improved her ranking in the first race of the day where she was passing other competitors, she fell back again in the second race […]
Allan finishes first day of Olympic sailing
(CNS): Florence Allan became the third member of the Cayman Islands Olympic team to compete in the Rio games Monday, 8 August, when she took part in the first day of the women’s Laser Radial sailing competition. Although Allan found herself at the bottom of the pack, finishing 36th and 35th in the two races from […]
Young sailors retain regatta crown
(CNS): Two young sailors were repeat winners in their class in the Captain Leroy Watson East End Regatta held at the Reef Resort 23-24 January. Last year’s defending champions, Ava Hider, 13, and Charlotte Webster, 11, again took first place in the Laser Pico class, which involved nine boats competing in six races over the two […]
