49er showdown in Clearwater for the 2016 World Championships
Will Peter Burling and Blair Tuke ever lose… like ever? Will they run the table to the games, will they win in Rio, will they keep on winning and take the America’s Cup too? In sailing winning streaks are uncommon, to the point it’s not clear if the preceding sentence could ever have been contemplated […]
Podium Race for 49erFX Clearwater Worlds
Women’s Skiff racing is in its infancy. With the exception of a few ambitious women who jumped into 18 footers or raced 49er against the men, this past four years is the first large scale movement of women into full trapeze skiffs. The impact of having so many talented sailors try something new all at […]
2016 World Championship Overview
The 2016 World Championship for the Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX all of which are in their final World Championship before Rio 2016. This combined double handed championship is the first time all three of the fastest Olympic boats have teamed up for a championship together. 49er – 2 men, first Olympic Sydney 2000 49erFX – […]
Miami Medal Race Live Preview
The sun shone for the penultimate day of racing at Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella as the scene set itself for Saturday’s live Medal Races. Following a week of grey skies, the sun finally made an appearance as Paralympic racing came to a close and fleet racing across the ten Olympic fleets […]
World Top Women Skiffies Stretch Out Over Miami
Day 3 of the Sailing World Cup Miami was a testing day for the 34 49erFX teams racing in the warm up regatta to the 2016 World Championship next week in Clearwater. With the fleet a bit behind schedule the race officers put the teams through their paces with four races on the day, and […]
High Pressure on Sailors of the America’s – Little Wind Pressure on Day 1
Miami continues to be the go to destination for the worlds Olympic sailing teams as the mid-winter haven for good weather, good training, and a quality regatta. There are some high profile absentees like Burling/Tuke from New Zealand and Heil/Ploessel from Germany in the 49er and the Spanish and Finnish teams from the 49erFX, but […]
Playing the cards right in Miami with 200 days to Rio
In 200 days 380 sailors will be set-up at the Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finalising their preparations for the greatest sporting spectacle, the Olympic Games. On 5 August the Rio 2016 Olympic flame will be lit, signalling the start of 17 days of sport. For sailors to get to an Olympic […]
Sky Sports New Zealand To Live Broadcast 49er Worlds
Sky Sports New Zealand will broadcast the 2016 49er & 49erFX World Championship from the sunny shores of Clearwater Beach, Florida on February 12-14, 2016. The coverage will be of both the 49er and 49erFX Gold fleet racing live from the in it’s entirety. “We are proud to produce the 2016 49er Worlds live broadcast from […]
One Winter Location to the Next – A Skiff Life
The fall is the off season for sailors, the Winter is for the skiff life. The spring and summer are full of travel and regattas, a commuters life really, of changing locations and destination every other week as the calendar bustles through European major events and into the class events. It’s a time of constant […]
The Final Count
Buenos Aires, Argentina. The final day of the 2015 49er and 49er FX World Championship. The beautiful venue of Club Nautico in San Isidro hosted the 6 day event without a hitch resulting in 16 fairly sailed races, one newly crowned FX champion, and one long time favorite 49er boat coming in for the win. 49er The […]