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 […]
Infallible Italians lead into Gold Fleet
49erFX: Infallible Italians Jana Germani and Giorgia Bertuzzi of Italy stayed firmly atop the leaderboard keeping all their races in the top five. For many FX sailors who started the event slow, it was the last chance to advance up the leaderboard and into the Gold fleet. The harsh reality of these events is the […]
McKiwis take early 49er lead
49ers: McHardie and McKenzie, the McKiwis ‘luck’ their way into the lead With three qualifying races completed for the 91-strong 49er Men’s fleet across three groups, two Austrian teams find themselves in second and third overall. Just a point off the lead are Keanu Prettner and Jakob Flachberger and two points them are fellow Austrians […]
Italians keen to grab the golden Games ticket
Two races completed for two 49erFX groups in qualifying, and one race apiece for the three qualifying groups in the 49er Men… 49erFX: Italians keen to grab the golden Games ticket They say it’s unlucky to win the warm-up regatta but Jana Germani and Giorgia Bertuzzi dismissed that theory as superstitious mumbo jumbo. The Italian […]
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 […]
Bobeck and Netzler win their first FX World Championship
Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler (SWE) were the class of the FX fleet all week. Upon winning their first World Championship they were swamped at the launch ramp by their training partners and competitors congratulating them on a dominating job. “We didn’t even really know, we weren’t looking at the scores,” said Bobeck. “We just […]
2024 Lanzarote Worlds has new dates in March
The 2024 49er World Championship in Lanzarote will be delayed by one week from the original plan to occur from Marc 4-10, 2024. There was a conflict in the global sailing calendar, and there was no problem for the class to shift a week to clear away the conflict. The 2024 Worlds will be a […]
Vilamoura delivering Champagne sailing
The 5th Edition of the Portugal Grand Prix Round 2 was full on. 4 days of amazing sailing conditions for the 49er, FX, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 fleets and the full schedule of races completed. Vilamoura at its best!! The easterly winds present in the 4 days of racing, ranging from 10 to 21 […]
The biggest waves of my life
HIGHLIGHTS: – Big wind and high waves 49er and 49erFX fleets in Lanzarote– Olympic gold medallist Anna Tobias (USA): “Maybe the biggest wave I’ve ever seen!” – Double Olympian Saskia Tidey (GBR): “Defo the Biggest Wave of My Life!” – British on top of skiff fleets with Black & Tidey (GBR) take FX win and […]