Croatia tops the 49ers, Germany the 49erFX
49er OPEN: Croatia leads but it’s tight at the top Just seven points separate the top 10 in the 60-boat 49er men’s fleet after three highly testing races in wildly variable breeze on the races courses closest to the Union Yacht Club Attersee. Despite the seemingly random nature of the racing, somehow the 2018 World […]
The Eve of the Euros in Attersee
Some of the world’s best high-performance sailors are ready and raring to go for day one of the Forward WIP 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships at Lake Attersee, Austria. With the first qualifying races due to take place on Tuesday 29 September, the Union Yacht Club Attersee is hosting 30 Nacra 17 catamarans, […]
FORWARD WIP SUPPLIES TOP NACRA 17 SAILORS CUSTOMIZED COUNTRY FLAG HELMETS
As part of its partnership with the International Nacra 17 Class, FORWARD WIP is proud to offer to the 30 best sailors in the world, a helmet specially designed for them. They will receive it during the Forward WIP European Championship in Attersee. The helmets corresponds to the PROWIP 2.0 model. Made with in-mold technology […]
Lutz Beucke (GER) Qualify for Tokyo
Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke of Germany have won their selection trials and will race in Tokyo. The pair are leading Kieler Woche which is the third leg of their national trials and since they were already leading the trials have mathematically locked up Olympic selection. The German duo are long time campaigners but have […]
Announcing the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship
The 49er and Nacra 17 Classes with Host Club Union-Yacht-Club Attersee, on Lake Attersee, Austria are proud to announce the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship. Racing will be from September 28 to October 4 for the 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17.
Relive The Moment with Roble & Shea
Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea are joined by sailing journalist Andy Rice for a look back at the thrilling finale to the 2020 World Championships and their U.S. Olympic selections.
Tokyo 2020 New Dates Announced
IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government announce new dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020 Postponed to 2021
The Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.
2020 Forward WIP European Championship Cancelled
This is official notice that the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship in Garda are now cancelled. As the world continues to tackle and address the Coronavirus outbreak, we will not be able to conduct the regatta as planned. Additionally, the hosts are not able to delay the event to later dates in 2020, and therefore […]
CANCELLATION OF TROFEO PRINCESA SOFIA IBEROSTAR 2020
ue to the COVID-19 Pandemic and following recommendations from the Spanish and Balearic Governments, we are forced to cancel the 2020 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar in all Classes (Olympic Classes, One – Design, Open Foil, ORC). We deeply regret this situation but we must follow the restrictions requested by the Authorities to face this world health issue.