Too Close to Call for Olympic Debutants (49erFX Preview)

The Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition welcomes the new, fast, and intense 49erFX.  Over the Rio 2016 cycle, the Women’s Skiff has not failed to disappoint! In its first Olympic outing, the 49erFX looks set to be one the most hotly contested fleets with no stand out performers grabbing the headlines throughout the quad. While […]

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 […]

12th and 14th Placed Finishers from World Championship Denied Olympic Berths

Rio News Sailing is facing very tough issues right now.  The Olympic movement has already removed Paralympic sailing from 2020 and given World Sailing a clear warning to make sailing: More universal (more countries participating) 50-50 gender equity Increase the appeal to youth (largely seen as a request to make sailing interesting/attractive) There have been […]

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 […]