Great races outside the bay, lots of wind and capsizes and a big hit on the second day of Integalactics in Rio
A fleet of 41 boats, 23 male (49er) and 18 females (49erFX), which brings together the elite of the world’s fastest and most extreme Olympic monotype is since last week gathered at the Yacht Club of Rio de Janeiro in two great events. First, was the South American Championship and, since this Monday until Friday, […]
Breaks, bruises and capsizes in Guanabara Bay on the first day of the 49er and 49erFX Intergalactics in Rio
The strong winds, especially on the men’s fleet, where gusts of 25knots blew in the later races, took its toll on the Intergalactic Championship of 49er and 49erFX in the venue of the 2016 Olympics. After the South Americans last week, the leading international names in the fastest and showiest of Olympic monohulls were in […]
Familiar faces and new challengers take the podium on the 49er and 49erFX South American Championship in Rio.
Rio de Janeiro – The wrap up of the VIII South American 49er Championship and the II 49erFX South American Championship took place in a good south by southwest breeze of 10 to 14 knots on the epicentre of the international Olympic sailing nowadays, the Guanabara bay, in Rio de Janeiro. The cloudy day began […]
Sun, protests and incredible rises on the 3rd day of the 49er South Americans
Image: Fred Hoffmann caught the flying boys on Guanabara Bay this Friday. Rio de Janeiro – The third and penultimate day of the 49er and 49erFX South American Championships was raced in a condition that lives up to Rio de Janeiro’s reputation, a clear sunny and hot day (30°C), with a 10 to 12 knots […]
Second Day of the South Americans in Rio
Rio de Janeiro – The 49er and 49erFX South American Championship came to its second day with three more races concluded on this cloudy Thursday on Guanabara Bay. The fleet of 18 women and 25 men boats sailed on fickle south winds on the “Escola Naval” (the navy academy) racecourse, one of the courses that […]
Spectacular night race!
Exactly at 22:00 race commitee started Night Race of LOTTO 49er Grand Prix Gdynia. 5 teams competed for Tissot Watches in great sailing conditions. There was 10-12kt of wind and pretty wavy. Sailors had to sail 3 laps on windward- leeward course. Oppositet to last year, when there was no wind and it was pumping […]
Guld & sølv til de danske sejlere ved 2014 J-VM i Aarhus
Dag 4 ved 49er Junior Verdensmesterskaberne var en todelt affære. Om morgenen havde man to normale sejladser for alle felter efterfulgt af en eftermiddag, hvor top 10 fra hver felt skulle sejle tre ”theatre style” sejladser, som afslutningen på J-VM. Aarhus leverede endnu engang en dag med ustabil vestenvind med 8-12 knob, hvilket blot var […]
Course Area in Helsinki
Notice to sailors, Sailing to and on course area C, comment to course area map Please note that the course area map as presented on the event website is somewhat simplified. When sailing to the area, you need to sail round the red mark buoy at the northern tip of Melkki island. The shallow area […]
Knivskarpe spaniere i spidsen efter 3.dag
Efter to dage med vind fra skiftende retninger mente feltet, at dette var den mest udfordrende dag indtil videre. Løbskomiteen gjorde deres bedste for at få rykket sejladsen væk fra kysten, men det var ikke nok til at undgå blæsten helt. Det handlede derfor om, hvilke af disse verdensklasse U24 sejlere, der kunne håndtere netop […]
Spænding i toppen af begge klasser efter 2. dag
Vejrforholdene på anden dag af 2014 SEIKO 49er & 49erFX J-VM var stort set de samme, som på førstedagen; jævn fralandsvind med vindstød fra skiftende retninger, som holdt sejlerne på tæerne. Det altoverskyggende mål for dagens 49er sejladser var at sejle sig i top 25 og dermed kvalificere sig til morgendagens guldsejladser, som afvikles de […]