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.

Day 5 – Alonsos win the Day, but Burling and Tuke On Top

The 2015 49er & 49er FX World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina is now one day away from crowning World Champions, along with announcing three more countries who will be heading to the Rio 2016 games. The Gold fleet was sent out to a beautiful morning on the water with a light Southerly wind, but […]

Day 4 – Wet and Wild

Day 4 of the 2015 World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina has been completed as the surrounding area has been inundated with thunderstorms and high winds since around midday. Silver fleet was sent out to a morning of cloudy skies and winds around 10 knots and building, shifting more and more East, then South East. […]

Top Country Contenders

The 2015 49er and 49er FX World Championships are very much underway and starting to reveal some coveted information regarding Olympic berths. For some countries vying for Olympic spots, the conditions just didn’t seem favorable and many were left just at the cusp of contention into the much sought after Gold fleet. Clean starts, varying […]

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 […]

Day 2 – Conditions Variable

Buenos Aires, Argentina. Day two of the 2015 49er and 49er FX World Championship. Day one proved challenging for most teams out on the waters off San Isidro. Many sailors noted the brown tint to the water makes it extremely difficult to read wind patterns. Even though most sailors were able to train and compete […]

2015 Worlds Day 1: And So It Begins…

Buenos Aires, Argentina. The sun has risen and the men and women of the 49er and 49er FX fleets have begun the first day of the 2015 World Championship. The weather for day one presented an ENE early with a bit of hazy sunlight, and reasonably warm temperature of 26 degrees. Just hot enough to get the […]

Magic Marine Daily Show – Day1

We check in with local sailing legend Santiago Lange and 49er legend Nathan Outteridge on Day one of racing here at the 2015 49er World Championships.