World Top Women Skiffies Stretch Out Over Miami
Day 3 of the Sailing World Cup Miami was a testing day for the 34 49erFX teams racing in the warm up regatta to the 2016 World Championship next week in Clearwater. With the fleet a bit behind schedule the race officers put the teams through their paces with four races on the day, and […]
Tight Final Day of Qualifying Determines Who Contests USA for Olympic Berth
The 49er Olympic nation qualifying went down to the wire at the mid point of Sailing World Cup Miami regatta. Three nations from North America were fighting it out for Gold Fleet berths along with two teams from South America. The USA were in good shape, as the teams of Thomas Barrows with Joseph Morris […]
High Pressure on Sailors of the America’s – Little Wind Pressure on Day 1
Miami continues to be the go to destination for the worlds Olympic sailing teams as the mid-winter haven for good weather, good training, and a quality regatta. There are some high profile absentees like Burling/Tuke from New Zealand and Heil/Ploessel from Germany in the 49er and the Spanish and Finnish teams from the 49erFX, but […]
Playing the cards right in Miami with 200 days to Rio
In 200 days 380 sailors will be set-up at the Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finalising their preparations for the greatest sporting spectacle, the Olympic Games. On 5 August the Rio 2016 Olympic flame will be lit, signalling the start of 17 days of sport. For sailors to get to an Olympic […]
Sky Sports New Zealand To Live Broadcast 49er Worlds
Sky Sports New Zealand will broadcast the 2016 49er & 49erFX World Championship from the sunny shores of Clearwater Beach, Florida on February 12-14, 2016. The coverage will be of both the 49er and 49erFX Gold fleet racing live from the in it’s entirety. “We are proud to produce the 2016 49er Worlds live broadcast from […]
One Winter Location to the Next – A Skiff Life
The fall is the off season for sailors, the Winter is for the skiff life. The spring and summer are full of travel and regattas, a commuters life really, of changing locations and destination every other week as the calendar bustles through European major events and into the class events. It’s a time of constant […]
Sail Melbourne 2015 Begins
49er Two bullets for David Gilmour and crewman, Rhys Mara, was plenty to give them an early break on the quality 49er fleet before the wind strengthened to the point some crews struggled to stay upright. On their Sailing World Cup day one Mara said, “It’s really good to be back in Australia and sailing […]
Drama Filled Day Decides 49er Gold Fleet and Olympic Contention
The 49er Story – 2015 World Championships (49erFX to follow after their racing) The qualifying series could not have been more challenging for the teams vying for Gold fleet inclusion, Olympic berths, and Olympic selection. Starting the day, the teams vying for Olympic berths were huddled at the top of the 49er leaderboard, with 4 of […]
Man Down
The French 49er squad announced today that veteran skiff sailor Julien D’Ortoli will return to France, abandoning any hopes for the 2015 World Championship and putting his Olympic qualification bid unto peril. While launching his boat on day 1 of the 2015 South American Championship Julien slipped on the launch ramp while holding the bow […]
Adios 2015 South Americans
The 2015 South American Championship concluded under blue skies and perfect winds in Buenos Aires, Argentina today. The event served as a high level warm up event for the world’s best skiff sailors who will compete next week for the World Championship in the same venue and against the same competitors. The condensed schedule produced […]