2021 Platu 25 World Championship

The 2021 Platu 25 World Championships were held from 22 to 28 August 2021 in Nida, Lithuania.[2][3][4]

2021 World Championships
VenuePort of Nida
LocationLithuania Nida, Lithuania
Dates22–28 August 2021
Competitors167[1]

This was the first sailing world championships approved by World Sailing held in Lithuania.[5][6]

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open   Penelope
Mati Sepp
Janno Hool
Ago Rebane
Karl Kolk
Rufus Rytovaara
  EUZ II VILLA SCHINOSA
Francesco Lanera
Corrado Capace Minutolo
Paolo Montefusco
Roberto Santomanco
Valerio Galati
  White Whale
Raimondas Šiugždinis
Klaudio Kliučinskas
Vaiva Anskaitienė
Rimantas Vilkas
Julius Maseiva

Winners of individual stages edit

Stage Date Winning boat Country Skipper
1 24 August White Whale   Lithuania Raimondas Šiugždinis
2 24 August Penelope   Estonia Mati Sepp
3 24 August EUZ II Villa Schinosa   Italy Francesco Lanera
4 25 August Penelope   Estonia Mati Sepp
5 25 August White Whale   Lithuania Raimondas Šiugždinis
6 25 August Bestija   Lithuania Algirdas Žižys
7 27 August Penelope   Estonia Mati Sepp
8 27 August Grande Evento   Ukraine Maksym Hontar
9 27 August Penelope   Estonia Mati Sepp
10 27 August Penelope   Estonia Mati Sepp

Incidents edit

  • 24 August:   Tadas Žižys (boat Pandora) protested against   Ivan Kolobov (boat La Moreneta). Protest dismissed.[7]
  • 25 August: due strong winds multiple boats got damaged while in a race: few boats damaged their sails, Lithuanian boat Matahambre dismasted, Latvian boat RA Evolution lost rudder.[8]
  • 26 August: due weak wind competition was cancelled for the day. Four races planned for next day.[9]
  • 27 August:   Tomas Jurgelevičius (boat Hegelmann) protested against   Andrejs Buls (boat Bailarina). Protest upheld and Bailarina crew disqualified from race 9.[7]
  • 28 August: due weak wind competition was cancelled for the final day.

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