Final Race Drama Decides Medals in Skiffs
Each fleet had a single medal race to close out the 2015 Sailing World Cup Weymouth and each race would decide the final standings. 49erFX Alex Maloney and Molly Meech (NZL) sat five points ahead of Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) with 18 points available. That meant that the Brazilian duo had to beat […]
Burling and Tuke Dominate Final Day to Lock Up 17th Straight Victory
With almost half of the regatta to occur on a four race final day, and half a dozen of the best 49er teams in the world in striking distance, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke dominated to all but lock up at 17th straight victory. The Kiwi duo’s streak dates all the way back to the […]
Morning Nerves Shaken Off By Beautiful Breeze
There were a few morning nerves amongst some of the competitors at ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland with the forecasted 30 knots never materialising ensuring a beautiful day of racing. A north easterly breeze, not shy of a shift or two, came in at 14-17 knots ensuring another day of strong competition with […]
Glorious Sunshine, An Uncommon Breeze And Great Race Action on Day 1
ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland, Great Britain The first day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland sprung a few surprises with an uncommon north eastern breeze testing the fleet. Ranging from 10-15 knots the breeze coupled with glorious British sunshine resulted in some great race action.49erOn the face of […]
Golden Memories Remembered At ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth And Portland
Issued on behalf of ISAF Sailing World Cup In June 2015 Spain’s Tamara Echegoyen was in Weymouth and Portland, preparing for the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition with her Women’s Match Racing crew of Angela Pumariega and Sofia Toro. The efforts of the Spanish crew were fully concentrated on the Women’s Match Racing event in […]
Fan Turned Up For Final Day In Hyères
From ISAF 49erFX Last on the race track on the final day, the 49erFX provided a blockbuster conclusion. Big breeze and big waves tested the 49erFX sailors and there were some thrills, spills and close shaves in a testing race. One point split overnight leaders Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) and Denmark’s Ida Marie […]
Big Moves Shift Fleet to Set Up Final Day Live Broadcast
With big fleets and lots of racing on day 4 there was much shifting in the standings of both the 49er and 49erFX fleets. The Final Day race will be live broadcast on youtube and you can watch the action from the 49er Hyeres page Racing starts at 11 am local time. Setting Up a Great […]
Which 49er Teams Have a Shot at Racing in the Finals of Hyeres
After 3 days of racing the 49ers have completed 9 races and have 3 races scheduled for the last day. Only the top 10 will to qualify for the Final, so lets take a look at who’s got a shot. Here are the results to have a look through. Amazingly, Burling and Tuke already have a […]
Day 2 In Hyeres With Big Fleets
From ISAF 49er and 49erFX Ida Marie Nielsen and Marie Olsen (DEN) solidified their spot at the top of the 49erFX leaderboard. The Danes 6-1-6 scorelines sees them atop of the pack on 17 points. Tamara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos (ESP) follow on 32 points with Jena Hansen and Katja Salskov-Iversen (DEN) third on 35 […]
I Find This Photo Odd: Challenge Gold Is Trying to Blue Steel Their Way Into Zoolander 2
Borrowing from our friends in other sports, IFTPO is a new series of blog posts discussing observations from some of our favourite photos in the Olympic scene. Racing sailboats can be intense, as intense as any day on a catwalk you might say! Challenge Gold’s Victoria Jurczok gives us her best ‘Blue Steel‘ on the racecourse. With both […]