Grael and Kunze Show Their Mettle on Day Four
For Brazil’s Martine Soffiati Grael and Kahena Kunze, the fourth day of the 2017 World Cup Series Miami presented by Sunbrella started on a sour note, with a 14th in a 16-boat 49erFX fleet. “It was crazy,” said Kunze when asked about the wind in the first race. “It was going to the left and […]
New partnerships prove productive on opening day
The 49er class has never been a bastion of consistency. The overpowered skiff is challenging to sail, and because it accelerates so quickly in the smallest increase in wind speed, lead changes are frequent. When you toss in a shifty and puffy westerly breeze that was forced to weave through the Coconut Grove skyline before […]
Plan your Trip to Porto For Summer 2017
All eyes will look to Porto, Portugal come summer’s end as the 2017 49er and FX World Championship will run from August 28th to September 2nd. The 49er class return to Porto only 2 years following a very successful 2015 European Championship to get more of the amazing conditions and hospitality! The racing was pretty […]
Skiff Summer Season Set for 2017
Rio played out just as it should have, with the most dominant 49er team ever winning by a landslide, and the most even of the Olympic fleets, the 49erFX, coming down to a 4-way shootout. The lasting image of Brazil’s Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze being carried by their countrymen out of the water and […]
2017 Junior Worlds To Be Contested in Canada
Junior 49er Sailors, Want to race against the best in the World among your age group? Want to prove that you’re the best Under 23 49er/9erFX team out there? Then come race the 2017 49er & 49erFX Junior World Championships in Kingston, Canada! The International 49er Class will be hosting two back to back championships […]
Weighing on the Updated Sailing World Cup
World Sailing announced another shift in the Sailing World Cup schedule of events for 2017 through 2020. The schedule delivers on a number of promises made while showcasing that World Sailing has not fully dropped their ISAF ways. The positives The 49er (and Nacra) class is thrilled to see that World Sailing will no longer […]
Reviewing Squad Strategies at the 49erFX Junior World Championship
Just after the Olympic games, the next generation of skiff stars lined up to see who was the best U23 team in the World. Like all events with the skiffs, both 49er and 49erFX were competing at the same time and in the same venue. Unlike other skiff events, the 2016 version became the first […]
2016 49er & 49erFX North American Championships in Memory of Trevor Moore
Even in the shadow of the Olympics, the 49er sailboat class is alive and kicking in North America. Only one week after the Rio Games wrapped up, Newport, Rhode Island played host to the 49er and 49erFX North American Championships. Class vets and newbies congregated at Sail Newport at Fort Adams for a good old […]
NEWSFLASH – New Zealand win 49er Gold, Australia silver, Germany bronze
For Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL), the Medal Race was a victory lap, the Kiwis having won the 49er Men’s gold medal with two races to spare after dominating the 20-boat fleet at Rio 2016 over the past week. The unstoppable Kiwis dominated today’s Medal Race just as they have dominated the 49er fleet […]
NEWSFLASH – Brazil wins 49erFX gold by 2 seconds from New Zealand
NEWSFLASH – Brazil wins 49erFX gold by 2 seconds from New Zealand The crowd on Flamengo Beach went wild as Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) won gold by just two seconds from Alex Maloney and Molly Meech (NZL) in a nailbiting final run to the finish. New Zealand took silver and bronze went to […]