Galicia is ready to start the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Junior World Championship
– More than hundred teams from 25 countries are ready to hear the first warning signal of a World Championship that aims to be the most competitive – Ahead are five days of competition and up to 15 races are scheduled to decide the new junior world champions. Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, Spain), 16th July […]
Thessaloniki, Greece to Host the 2025 European Championship in Nacra 17, 49er, and FX
Thessaloniki will proudly host the first championship following the Olympic Games for the second consecutive quadrennial. From June 3 to 8, 2025, the picturesque shores of the Thermaikos Gulf, in the North Aegean Sea, will witness thrilling races featuring catamarans and skiffs—the very vessels that grace the Olympic waters. Our esteemed hosts, the Nautical […]
Cagliari, Italy to host the 2025 World Championship of Nacra 17, 49er and FX
Cagliari, one of the most important sailing venue in Italy, has won the right to host the 2025 World Championship of three doublehanded Olympic Events. These three World Championships will be run concurrently during the annual Sardinia Sailing Cup, from October 7-12, 2025. The foiling Nacra 17 is a favorite Event in Italy. The defending […]
Day 5 Live updates and clips
It is breeze on for the day 5 of the 49er World Championship. First up are three races for the 49er followed by three races for the FX. In race 1, we caught a great bit of action on a busy top mark. Later we saw the Swiss team of Seb Schneiter with de […]
Bergmann and Wille win 3 gold fleet races – in contention for Olympic berth
Queens of the Day – Bergmann and Wille In a life-changing day on the Atlantic Ocean, Germans Marla Bergmann with Hanna Wille won all three 49erFX races on day five to move from 15th place into fourth place. They did it at the most critical moment in their bid to qualify for the single Olympic […]
Instant Analysis from Gold Fleet Racing Day 4 of the Europeans
It’s been a long wait for all the sailors as light winds dominate the day. For a replay of day, where the Gold fleet was racing, here’s the youtube livestream. Finally, racing begins at 3:45pm, 2 hours after fleets took to the water. We’d been waiting for the wind to shift to the right as […]
What’s Up in Sailing Politics – The Olympic Vision
The annual World Sailing conference is happening in Southern Spain, in November 2023, and Olympic Sailing will be the central topic. World Sailing is presenting an Olympic Vision paper with aim to align our Olympic strategy. Meanwhile, the IOC just announced three sports have moved into the core category and 5 new sports will be […]
Announcing the 2024 FX Open Series
2024 will see a new series of races targeted at younger and developing skiff sailors. The FX Open series are 6-8 regattas, on continental Europe, where developing sailors can race in the FX. No gender limits will be enforced, meaning women, mixed, and male teams can all compete. The regattas are geographically and chronologically linked […]
Gold Fleet Analytic Round Up-Day 3
The 2015 49er and 49erFX European Championships in Porto came to a close today with the Magic Marine Starting Competition and Seiko King of the Downwind for the 49ers. Yesterday’s winners in the 49erFX fleet was the pairing of Nielsen/Olsen (DEN 2) who came back with a set of impressive starts following a DSQ in the first race. Although they […]
Gold Fleet Analytic Round Up-Day 2
The 2015 49er and 49erFX European Championships in Porto continued on today with the Magic Marine Starting Competition and Seiko King and Queen of the Downwind. All 25 boats from each of the gold fleets were tracked with a chance to be crowned as they get off the water! Yesterday’s winners in the 49erFX fleet was a tie between Lutz/Beucke (GER 161) […]