HANS HENKEN: EXECUTING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL / REACHING GOALS
Hans Henken’s biggest goal as a kid – and still is – was to compete at the Olympic Games, against the world’s best on the world’s biggest stage. At thirty years old, Henken is nothing short of one highly accomplished human, both on and off the water. Starting off as a six-year-old in the Naples […]
Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (NED) win 49erFX World Championship
Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (NED) have secured the 2022 49erFX World Championship. In the medal race the Dutch pair outdueled the Swedish challenge from Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler (SWE) who took the silver. Twice winners of the 49erFX World Championship from Spain, Tamara Echegoyen and Paula Barcelo (ESP) took the bronze medal. […]
Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken win 2022 49er World Championship
Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken (NED) have secured their second straight 49er world title. The Dutch pair had a strong scoreline heading into the final race, making their lead mathematically insurmountable. Attention in Sunday afternoon’s 10-boat medal race turned to the battle for silver and bronze. The outcome was uncertain until the end, […]
Potential for Repeat Dutch Double at Skiff Worlds
Day five was another good ‘Bay Day’ for the 49er and 49erFX fleets before it turned a bit lighter and less predictable for the Nacra 17s in the late afternoon. HIGHLIGHTS Spectators lined the shore at Queensland Beach to watch the 49erFX racing Elsewhere on St Margaret’s Bay, it was another classic day of sea […]
Fantela Brothers win two gold races
Day four was a classic ‘Bay Day’ with 12 to 14 knots of steady sea breeze for the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia, Canada. HIGHLIGHTS After a wait for the sea breeze to settle across St Margaret’s Bay, it was a classic day of sea breeze racing where good starts, […]
Kiwis leapfrog ahead as Umpierre & Diz Claim Last Gold Fleet Spot
Live Broadcast Replay HIGHLIGHTS Another sunny day in St Margaret’s Bay, but the 6 to 10 knot breeze was full of potholes and a total mindbender even the best sailors Kiwi crews make moves up the 49er fleet at the end of qualifying Bobeck & Netzler have a less than great day, yet move into […]
Bold start launches Dutch into 49er lead
HIGHLIGHTS A perfect ‘Bay Day’ with 8 to 14 knots of sea breeze in sunny St Margaret’s Bay Port tack start is the high point of a sensational day for Lambriex & van der Werken in the 49er Lambriex’s girlfriend, Odile van Aanholt, continues to lead the 49erFX fleet with crew Annette Duetz A perfect […]
Nova Scotia kicks up hard for the Olympic skiffs
Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada – All the pent-up pre-regatta tension was set free on a wild and wavy race track on day one of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia, Canada. HIGHLIGHTS Multiple nosedives and capsizes in conditions that kicked up to 27 knots with waves of 1.5 metres First-time […]
Doors are Open For New Champions
Hubbards, Nova Scotia, CANADA – A bagpiper rang in the crowd Tuesday evening for the opening ceremonies of the 2022 World Championships as the waining seabreeze and sun filled the Hubbards waterfront. Practice racing, last minute rig and boat checks and even some relaxation and physiotherapy work on finicky muscles filled the sailors last day […]
A Race to Stack Titles
Hubbards, Nova Scotia, CAN – Dejected wasn’t the right word for the look on Odile van Aanholt’s face after she missed the Gold Fleet cut at the 2020 Melbourne Worlds. But it was certainly something a little angrier than that. Whatever the emotion, she went on to dominate that silver fleet and took that focus […]