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 […]
The Final Count
Buenos Aires, Argentina. The final day of the 2015 49er and 49er FX World Championship. The beautiful venue of Club Nautico in San Isidro hosted the 6 day event without a hitch resulting in 16 fairly sailed races, one newly crowned FX champion, and one long time favorite 49er boat coming in for the win. 49er The […]
Magic Marine Daily Show – Day 6
Day 6 – Magice Marine Daily Show from the 2015 49er and 49erFX World Championships.
Day 6 – And the Olympic Berths go to…
Day 6 of the 2015 World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 49er In the 49er fleet, fellow leaders Peter Burling and Blair Tuke also struggled somewhat posting a 13th, 8th, and 8th, but with the Alonso brothers falling back they secured their 3rd straight 49er World Championship and 23rd straight 49er victory! Climbing up the […]
Day 5 Magic Marine Daily Show
Day 5 at the 2015 Worlds saw some big changes to the scores, we talk about the squad culture its advantages and its challenges.