Artemis 20 at IFDS Worlds Rochester NY

The City of Rochester played host to this years IFDS world sailing championships with a strong contingent of Paralympic sailors and hopefuls coming from all over the globe to attend what turned out to be some hard racing over the week.

The Artemis 20 was invited to attend in a non racing mode to show the sailors what the new boat was all about. Feedback from the sailors and teams was fantastic with a few managing to get out for a test sail including the president of IFDS.

By attending the world championships we have managed to raise a huge amount of awareness for not only the boat itself but also the Even Keel trust challenge with a few more sites identified for the location of the 10 trust sites. For more information about the Even keel trust go to www.vizmarine.com

The visit resulted with the Artemis 20 now being invited to attend another event in France from the 14^th – 21^st October north of Lorient.

We would like to thank every one who made this trip possible from Serge Jorgensen to Keith Burghans and all at Rochester YC for making us feel very welcome.

Michael Cogswell in his 2.4m

In the lead for about 2 seconds

We at Vizual Marine still have hopes and aspirations for the Artemis 20 to become a Paralympic class, feedback and views would be welcome email us at info@vizmarine.com

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