NatWest Island Games sailing coordinator Brett Wright is confident the Island’s sailors can hold their own on home surf.Flying Bermuda’s banner in the upcoming Games are past Male Athlete of the Year and World Sunfish champion Malcolm Smith, Rockal Evans, Kalin Hillier and the evergreen Wright.Smith and Evans are competing in the Laser full rig while promising youngster Hillier and Wright are sailing in the Laser Radial.Both Hillier and Evans are replacements for promising youth sailor Owen Siese who qualified to represent Bermuda in the Laser Radial and Laser full rig but withdrew because of conflicting international sailing commitments (ISAF Youth World Championships).Local sailors have captured several medals (including multiple gold) and also come away victorious in the team event at previous Island Games. And Wright, who is making his fourth appearance in the biennial event this year, wants to see the trend continue.“If it’s medium air Malcolm is probably one of the most tactically adapt people and he’s do very well,” he said. “On the Laser Radial side Kalin Hillier has had some amazing results overseas and he’s sailing very well so there’s a lot of potential for him to do very well in any wind condition.”Even though Bermuda’s sailors will be sailing in familiar conditions Wright has warned his teammates against complacency.“All of the top people are coming here so it’s not going to be easy by any stretch of the imagination, but we will give it one hundred percent,” he said. “Everybody has been practicing and are up for it, so we just have to wait and see how the weather and everything else goes.“You always go in confident and give one hundred percent and make sure you practise enough so that you have complete confidence in every part of your boat handling and boat speed. But sailing is one of those events where you have an awful lot of good people.”Among the pre-regatta favourites are Ynys Mon and Aland Islands who have also done well in previous Island Games.“They both have very good sailors,” Wright said. “The Aland guys sail in Finland against all the Europeans while the Welsh guys (Ynys Mon) sail with the English team so they are all very good.“But we are going to go and try and beat them because we are on our home court and probably understand it a little bit better than them. So if there is a home-field advantage we should have it.”Island Games fleet racing will consist of a nine race series with each team allowed to discard their worst score after six races.The best three scores per race from individual fleet racing will count towards the team event at the end of each day.All racing will take place in the Great Sound, beginning July 14 at 10am.