LAUNCESTON'S 'golden girl' Saskia Sills is about to embark on the biggest week of her sailing career to date as she jets off to Limassol, Cyprus to defend her world title at the pinnacle event of the Youth sailing calendar — the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships 2013.
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The event gets underway on Saturday (13), runs until July 20 and is the 43rd edition of the championship.
It is seen by many as the 'Youth Olympics' for sailing and has over the years identified talented sailors such as multiple Olympic gold medallists Ben Ainslie, Sarah Ayton and Iain Percy.
For the full report, and a round up of the area news and sport, see this week's edition of the 'Post'.
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