Applications invited: licensed 49er builders
The International 49er Class Association, together with the copyright holder Bethwaite Design, invites qualified boatbuilders to apply to become licensed builders of the 49er. The 49er is the men’s and women’s two-person skiff at the Olympic Games, and is raced by national teams and club sailors on every continent. It is currently built by Mackay […]
No Kings: Seven Regattas Say the 49er Is Wide Open for LA28
The 49er’s first real season of the LA28 cycle is over. It ran from the World Championship in Cagliari last October to San Pedro OCR on the LA 2028 waters in August: seven big regattas, 21 podium places, 16 different teams from 15 nations. Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush (NZL 94) won the two […]
One Point, Two Races: What the ILCA 7 Worlds Just Proved About Finals Formats
Two world championships this year, two titles decided by one point in the last race. The 49erFX in Quiberon and the ILCA 7 in Dun Laoghaire used the same shape of finals format, and both produced the ending it was designed for.