The start of the Open Belgian Sailing Week 2025. Enjoy this beautiful race that will find place at the Royal North Sea Yacht Club. This race will also be known as "Youth Day"
Wednesday is Youth Day at OBSW and we are introducing a parallel youth ranking in recognition of outstanding commitment and achievement in a more general sailing sense for young sailors. All teams with 20% or more youngsters on board (less than 30 years old), will qualify for a specific ranking (+ prizegiving) on the 13th of August in our event.
We are following the example of the Cowes week and will also hand out a youth Trophy, named the Rising Wave trophy (= challenge Cup) for a young sailor who did something notable for our sport in the past year or during our event, the trophy will be awarded annually to a recipient chosen by senior members of the OBSW organising team.
For the AfterSail on our Youth Day we have chosen to organise an interview with Romain Van Enis, who was declared ‘Sailor Man 2024’ on the Belgian Sailing Awards after an exceptionally successful season in the Class Mini 650. The 29 year old Belgian sailor achieved no less than six podium finishes in six races as well as the title of French champion in the Mini - Proto category. This is the first time a Belgian has won this prestigious title. His performance could be an inspiring example to other young Belgian skippers…