RS Tera Sport 2024
“I’d like to thank the competitors, the juries, the race officers – just everyone making this event possible! And, lastly, I’d like to thank my Dad for putting in all the effort so I can do the best I can.”
The humble words of RS Tera Sport World Champion 2024, GBR’s Rafe Bradley, as he clutched the giant silver RS Tera trophy atop the podium yesterday afternoon at host club Sejlklubben Køge Bugt, in Greve Marina, Denmark. He was joined on the champion’s podium by UKR’s Yevhenii Kuzmenko in Silver and USA’s Lin Zhou in Bronze.
RS Tera Pro 2024
In the Pro Fleet, GBR’s William Stratton-Brown took Gold; an impressive feat of double RS Sailing medals, having won Bronze in the RS Feva World Championship in the Netherlands the week before. Silver went to another GBR athlete, Cassius Day, with LTU’s Rimsa Rokas snapping up Bronze.
The RS Tera World Championship 2024 already broke records before it began; selling out registrations more than three months in advance of the event. This year, 57 sailors competed in the fully-battened Pro rig and 62 juniors in the smaller Sport rig.
“It’s great to see so many sailors participating in the RS Tera Worlds this year”, said RS Tera Class Association Builder’s Rep Dan Jaspers, “We’ve got representation from nine nations in total, including some even flying in from as far as the USA.”
Over 500 people attended the opening ceremony on Sunday 4th August, with the parade of 120 sailors and their national flags led by the Copenhagen Showband. The race committee organised 12 races over 5th – 9th August and the RS Tera International Class also piloted their Emerging Nations Program for the first time this year at the Worlds.
Opening Ceremony RS Tera Worlds 2024
The prize giving ceremony was held at the Greve Marina complex and special thanks was bestowed upon Vice-Chair Peter Toft, the event organising authority and local volunteers. “This event was seven years in the making”, explained Dan. “A lot of work went into making this happen, and then it was cancelled at the beginning of the pandemic. Everyone is so happy to see this event finally taking place in Greve, Denmark.”
As per the Danish tradition, the event ended with competitors gathering around to throw their champion sailors, as well as their coaches, in the water. The event concluded with big splashes, even bigger smiles, and thanks all around to the organising committee, volunteers, parents, coaches, families and supporters. See the final results here: RS Tera Sport and RS Tera Pro.
Rafe Bradley (World Champion) 
Yevhenii Kuzmenko 
Lin Zhou 
Hannah Yates Molly Wilson Laia Priestley 
William Stratton-Brown (World Champion) Cassius Day Rimsa Rokas 
EST Trinette Valisson 
Pippa Paley Megan Gowers
