The 49er, No Love Lost (Olympic Preview)
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke of New Zealand will enter the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition as overwhelming favourites to conquer in the Men’s Skiff (49er) having set a world class standard after London 2012. Australia’s Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen defeated the Kiwis at London 2012 but since then, the Kiwis have completely dominated. […]
Alec Wilkinson Launches Olympic Preview Show
Sailing journalist Alec Wilkinson just dropped his new podcast and directed his second episode as an Olympic preview show. He grabbed a bunch of his mates from the sailing World including tho former Olympic medalists and got the chat going. Check out Episode 2 First Alec chats through the 10 events with Andy Rice […]
Champs Rounding Into Form
2012 Gold Medalists Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS) have won the final warm up regatta before the 2016 Olympic games. The 2016 South American Championship was only a 2-day regatta, but the whole Olympic fleet and a few training partners showed up for the last test before the games. Outteridge and Jensen won the […]
South American’s A Preview of What to Expect at the Games
Most of the top 49erFX sailors in the world just finished the final tune up regatta ahead of the Rio Games. Only two days of racing intensifies and amplifies the impact of each race, and the expected and unexpected played out. What do we expect from Rio? Tricky… The August conditions in Rio are light […]
Who Will Selectors Send to Rio?
35 of the 40 skiff teams heading to Rio know it, leaving five squads awaiting the decision of their national selectors. At Sailing World Cup Hyeres a new 49erFX medal contender joined the ranks as the Dutch system winds up sending Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz to Rio, a team right at the top of […]
Final Standings at Sailing World Cup Hyeres
Hyères threw out its toughest challenge for the final day of racing at the Sailing World Cup with a truly up and down day of the purest form. A breeze in excess of 20 knots came through in the morning with many wondering if there would even be any racing at all. Thunder, lightning, torrential […]
Varied Conditions Give Fleet Full Challenge
49erFX The 49erFX were completely blown out on Wednesday as the wind strength was well beyond the limit for the racers. Thursday’s lighter breeze was welcomed by the sailors and they completed four good races. Sweden’s Lisa Ericson and Hanna Klinga revelled in the conditions, picking up two bullets, a second and a tenth. They […]
Spain Reopen 49er Trials – Should Match Racing Be Allowed While Fleet Racing
The Alonso Brothers won Rio selection over youngsters Diego Botin and Iago Marra over a two regatta trials system that was the 2015 World Championship in Buenos Aires and the 2016 World Championship in Clearwater. The Spanish trial was basically simple; whichever team gets the best cumulative placings over the two World Championships gets to […]
Hansen and Iversen Seize Moment to Claim First European Title
Sometimes a regatta can come down to a moment, and for Jena Hansen and Katja Iversen they seized the moment and claimed their first ever European title. The Danish duo trailed Italians and reigning European Champions Giulia Conti and Francesca Clapcich by four points entering the medal race, meaning they had to beat the Italians […]
Both 2015 European Champions Poised to Repeat
It was a scramble for both Gold fleets on Day 5 of the European Championships as few teams managed consistency through the day due to the inconsistent winds. Back on shore as teams discussed the racing, mostly befuddled, the old boys coaches union brought out expressions like “Barcelona Banana” from the days of the 1992 […]