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, […]
Four Dutch teams in the 49erFX FINAL in Lelystad, Holland
It looks like sailing in your own country is giving an extra boost. Four Dutch teams have reached the final in Lelystad. Dutch guys Bart Lambriex and Philiper Meijer have won the qualifications. They only twice didn’t reach the top 10. Daniel Bramervaer and Floris van der Werken had a rough start this week. They had two bad […]
Germany and France having multiple teams in the 49er FINAL
The 49er teams have sailed ten races. The following seven teams have reached it to the finals. FRA – Erwan Fischer, Thibault Julien – 46 points GER – Tim Fischer, Fabian Graf – 55 points ESP – Martin Llena, Santiago Alegre – 71 points AUS – Harry Price, Harry Morton – 76 points GER – […]
Dutchies are leading at the Junior Worlds in Lelystad
On the second qualifying day in Lelystad, there was more wind. We all know that more wind is equal to more sailing. Both classes have sailed four races today. 49erFX In the morning, the 49erFX class started out on the water. The Dutch guys Bart Lambriex en Philip Meijer were the most constant team of the day. […]
A great first day in Lelystad, Holland
It’s been a great day of sailing in the Bataviahaven of Lelystad, Holland for the first day of the 2016 Junior World Championship in 49er and 49erFX. Although there was not always enough wind, the weather was lovely with lot’s of sun and 25 degrees. In the morning the 49er’s left the shore for the […]