Axel Sly is now US National Champion 2009
Los Angeles, CA
This may be the largest one-design regatta ever on the West Coast, kids between 8 to 15 years old attend from every corner of the United States, and also some sailors from other countries like Canada, Ecuador, Bahamas and Bermuda.
After 4 days of intensive sailing in the windy waters of what they call the Hurricane Gulch.
Axel had outstanding finishes. He was 1st in 6 of the 13 races, and got a total of 27 points, a clear win against second place with 42 points
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IODA North American Championship 2009
Axel Sly finished in 3rd overall
Dominican Republic, July 2009
USA sailors can now celebrate, after many years of leadership by other
countries, this time USA have placed 2 sailors on the top 3 positions.
The last time this championship was won by an American was in 2000.
On the overall results USA sailor Christopher Williford came in first,
Brian Higgins from Argentina came in Second and Axel Sly in 3rd.
After a bad first race he managed to be consistent with all his finishes on the top ten positions. Axel got also an award for Second North American Sailor (see picture).
The Dominican Race comity completed 11 races with winds that ranged between 10-15 knots and hard seas. Big swells made it difficult to navigate for some of the almost 200 sailors from 23 Countries that participate.
Axel wins the 2009 Caribbean International Regatta
St. Thomas, USVI
June 21st, 2009
For the last 2 weeks, Axel have been training and racing in St. Thomas.
After 12 races he managed to win the event.
In second position was Arthur Fortune from the French Island of Guadalupe, who was also the Southamerican Champion in Ecuador. In 3rd place was Axel's friend and team mate, Christopher Williford, who was leading the regatta for the first 2 days.
The Caribbean International Regatta is the first step of a chain of events he will be participating this summer, these will end with the World Championship in Rio de Janeiro.
Axel Sly wins Florida States 2009
Miami, FL, USA
April, 2009
With 123 sailors surviving Saturday’s more than 20 knot winds and white caps, Axel showed that he really has mastered the Optimist class with five 1st place finishes, on Sunday 4 more races were completed to make a total of 9 exciting races, perfectly managed by Coral Reef Yacht Club Race comity.
While first quarter of 2009 is reaching to an end, Axel has managed to be first on every championship that took place this year (Valentines regatta, Opti Fest and Florida States).
Last week he was taking part of the South American Championship where he managed to win the Nation’s Cup Team Racing regatta, with team USA 1. Axel was part of a team of 5 sailors together with Alex Curtis, Max Simmons and the Williford Brothers.
3rd Consecutive win in River Romp
Fort Myers, FL, USA
October, 2008
After 2 days of intense sailing, Axel was able to retain his champion title for this popular event in Fort Myers also known as River Romp, Junior Olympic Regatta. About 100 sailors from all Florida State participate of this event that was characterized with variable wind conditions and strong current on some moments. Sailors where honored with the participation of Anna Tunnicliffe, actual USA Laser Gold Medalist in Qingdao, that was in charge of the awards presentation.
