Inaugural Oceania Regatta Wrap Up
Oceania Regatta 2015 – Perth, Western Australia The inaugural Oceania Regatta for the 49er Class was run and won during early January on the beautiful water of the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia. The regatta was held by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and racing was conducted for the most part right in front […]
49er Sailors New and Old Dominate Moth Worlds 2015
The 2015 Moth Worlds in Sorrento Australia attracted global attention and a massive fleet of worldwide talent to compete in the foiling fleet that started it all. Olympians new and old, AC teams, Mothies, newbies, and those just looking to have some fun formed a 160 boat fleet to contest the world title. For many […]
2014 Sail Melbourne Report
Day 1 49er Nathan Outteridge and his crew Iain Jensen won a major victory just getting to the start line for their series opening three races. The 49er gold medallists from London missed a connecting flight and left San Francisco on Saturday night, which put them into Melbourne at 9.30am this morning. Sister Haylee drove […]
2014 Sailing World Cup Final Abu Dhabi
49erFX – Day 1 New Zealand’s Alex Maloney and Molly Meech started the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final with a bang by taking the opening race victory in the 17-boat 49erFX fleet. The pair picked up a second victory in the third race of the day but a sandwiched tenth tarnishes their good start. Nonetheless […]
New Zealand stars shine in the Intergalactics on 49er, Jana and Katja, of Denmark, were the brightest of the universe in 49erFX
The 2nd Intergalactic Championship of 49er and 49erFX, which gathered the cream of the world’s fastest and radical Olympic monotype, ended with a different race. The third and final race of Friday counted double points and brought the crews inverted: the skippers on the bow and bowmen at the helm. Thus, the only Brazilian duo […]
The Intergalactics reaches final day with superstars fighting for the title, injuries, more protests and lots of wind
The Intergalactic Championship of 49er and 49erFX, in the Yacht Club of Rio de Janeiro, has reached its penultimate day with some of the top class sailors in the uppermost positions in both the men’s and female’s fleets. Tomorrow the last three races will be competed, and the last one, the grand finale, will have […]
Great races outside the bay, lots of wind and capsizes and a big hit on the second day of Integalactics in Rio
A fleet of 41 boats, 23 male (49er) and 18 females (49erFX), which brings together the elite of the world’s fastest and most extreme Olympic monotype is since last week gathered at the Yacht Club of Rio de Janeiro in two great events. First, was the South American Championship and, since this Monday until Friday, […]
Breaks, bruises and capsizes in Guanabara Bay on the first day of the 49er and 49erFX Intergalactics in Rio
The strong winds, especially on the men’s fleet, where gusts of 25knots blew in the later races, took its toll on the Intergalactic Championship of 49er and 49erFX in the venue of the 2016 Olympics. After the South Americans last week, the leading international names in the fastest and showiest of Olympic monohulls were in […]
Familiar faces and new challengers take the podium on the 49er and 49erFX South American Championship in Rio.
Rio de Janeiro – The wrap up of the VIII South American 49er Championship and the II 49erFX South American Championship took place in a good south by southwest breeze of 10 to 14 knots on the epicentre of the international Olympic sailing nowadays, the Guanabara bay, in Rio de Janeiro. The cloudy day began […]
Sun, protests and incredible rises on the 3rd day of the 49er South Americans
Image: Fred Hoffmann caught the flying boys on Guanabara Bay this Friday. Rio de Janeiro – The third and penultimate day of the 49er and 49erFX South American Championships was raced in a condition that lives up to Rio de Janeiro’s reputation, a clear sunny and hot day (30°C), with a 10 to 12 knots […]