24 competitors from 11 nations attended the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship thanks to funding and support from the Athlete Participation Programme (APP) .

Istanbul, Turkey hosted the world's top youth sailors for the 40th edition of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships from 8 - 17 July. In addition to subsidised travel and entry, the APP also provides free, top-level coaching during the championship. The APP sailors get the benefit of daily briefings from the World Youth Sailing Trust coach, whilst all competitors can attend the video debrief sessions held at the end of each day's racing. The 2010 WYST Coach was Kristine Roug from Denmark.

The 24 sailors on the 2010 programme are detailed below:

Nation	Name	Age	Event - Class	Position
BAH	Chrisopher Sands	16	Boy's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	26 / 50
BER	Jason Saints	17	Boy's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	36 / 50
BER	James Anfossi & Jordan Saints	17 & 17	Boy's two person dinghy - 420	29 / 36
COL	Julian Ramirez	17	Boy's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	50 / 50
COL	Andrea Ponton	17	Girl's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	42 / 46
ECU	Ariana Villena	17	Girl's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	23 / 46
ECU	Maria Jose Cucalon & Andrea Collin	17 & 15	Girl's two person dinghy - 420	24 / 28
ECU	Eduardo Viteri & Sebastian Ramon Fernandez	17 & 17	Boy's two person dinghy - 420	33 / 36
ISV	Alex Coyle & Alex Tayler	16 & 14	Boy's two person dinghy - 420	25 / 36
ISV	William Bailey	16	Boys one person dinghy - Laser Radial	26 / 50
ISV	Nikole Barnes & Augustina Barbuto	16 & 14	Girl's two person dinghy - 420	14 / 28
JAM	Marina Maffessanti	16	Girl's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	43 / 46
LCA	Jasia King	16	Girl's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	44 / 46
MEX	Isaias Minor	18	Boy's windsurfer - RS:X	20 / 30
PAR	Lara Schechter	15	Girl's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	46 / 46
PUR	Ramon Gonzalez	16	Boy's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	29 / 50
PUR	Raul Rios	16 & 13	Boy's two person dinghy - 420	18 / 36
SAM	Eroni Leilua	16	Boy's one person dinghy - Laser Radial	49 / 50

Two sailors from Nigeria were also approved for funding in the boy's and girl's one person dinghy event but unfortunately were unable to attend the Championship.