Big Wind and Big waves for day 2 of the Queensland Youth Championships in Yeppoon.

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Blown Away

Blown Away

Winds peaked at 25 Knots for the last race of the day .

Big story for the Afternoon was to see 10 Year Old Eva Lorenz from the Whitsunday Sailing Club sailing her Optimist in Huge waves and wind .

Eva has been sailing the Opti for 6 Months Brother Klaus said and is very proud of His little sister .

Eva Capsized on the last downwind Run and kept fighting on to finally finish after a huge day of sailing

Yachting Australia High Performance Coach Adrian Finglas said he was blown away by this tough little girls performance. I just can’t believe her mental strength Finglas said she is going to be a Star of the Future .

The Queensland Laser Youth Sailors gave Eva the Ultimate Honour and Carried Her up the Beach in Her Opti .