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) […]
Analytics Round Up For Gold Fleet
The 2015 49er and 49erFX European Championships in Porto are continuing on with the Magic Marine Starting Competition and Seiko King and Queen of the Downwind, which began running in 2013. This year, the 25 boats from each of the gold fleets will be tracked with a chance to be crowned as they get off the water! […]
Kiwis sweep up in Marseille…
The final day of the 2013 SEIKO 49er & 49erFX worlds in Marseille started dramatically with a huge thunderstorm meaning the final races of the repêchage weren’t sailed today. A couple of hours later than expected the Petit Finalists were sent out to race. Due to the weather and timing schedule, the planned 3 races […]
Antipodeans on the Downwind Offence
Looking at the results this morning, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen were still in San Francisco, being that they only just made the first page of the results sheet! Qualifying in 17th for the semi-finals and with a string of results below 15 in the first 4 races of […]