Spinnaker Watches Sponsors the 49er Class
Spinnaker Watches have sponsored the 49er sailing class and are partnering for 2017 competitive sailing season to be the Official Timekeeping Partners. Combining both the need for impeccable technical and physical ability, the 49er sailing class provides well rounded entertainment to the sailing world from March through to August. The circuit in 2016 saw the […]
2017 Skiff Format and How We Got Here
In November 2016, World Sailing adopted a Theatre Style conclusion for the 49er, and 49erFX for Tokyo 2020. As such, the 49er Class formed a Format Working Party and is happy to introduce the following format for the 2017 49er Championships. Qualifying 3 days with 10 total races scheduled, each race scheduled for 30 minutes […]
Introducing the Combined 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 European Championship
The notices of race was made public today for the combined 2017 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 European Championships from Kiel, Germany. This regatta marks the second time these three Olympic events have gotten together for a major championship, and it also will be the first time ever the Full Foiling Nacra 17’s will race! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Intense Racing Decides Junior World Championship
Thirty teams awoke with unease in their bellies on this final day of the 2016 Junior World Championship. The format put each set of teams ranked 8th through 15th into a semi final, with one advancing to join teams 1 through 7 already guaranteed a spot in the finals. First up were the 49erFX semi’s, […]