Chris Charlwood and Amelia Catt win mixed 470 silver at Hempel World Cup Allianz Regatta

Published On: 5 June 2022

WAIS sailors Chris Charlwood and Amelia Catt claim their first international medal with mixed 470 silver at Hempel World Cup Allianz Regatta in the Netherlands.

Sitting third ahead of the medal race, Charlwood and Catt came out with guns blazing and led from the start with a mission to move up the rankings. They never relinquished that lead on their way to a race victory, and with the Swiss team of Linda Fahrni and Cyril Schüpbach dropping back to eighth the Aussies were able to jump them for the second step on the podium.

“It was our first Medal Race as a team and it seems like all our small fleet training in Australia pays off in Medal Races, plus, it’s always good to save the best till last,” Charlwood said.

The 25-year-old from Fremantle Sailing Club continued, “Pretty stoked even though we didn’t have the whole fleet here we still performed really well, it’s so good to learn how to perform in a new team, finding how to get the best out of each other has been a really enjoyable process.”

In further signs of strength for WAIS 470 sailors, Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas finished in 10th.

Elyse Ainsworth, continued her strong 2022 season, making another medal race in the ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) and finishing in ninth.

In the men’s Formula Kite, Hector Paturau placed 20th.