2021-08-31
2021-09-05
Lake Lipno, Czech Republic
The latest news from across the class. Event coverage will appear here once it starts.
A day after being stuck on the beach, sailors got close to perfect conditions, even if they came with plenty of shifts and gusts, and both the 49er gold fleet and the 49erFX fleet have brand new leaders MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 25, 2026Â After yesterday’s washout, today more than made up for it. Conditions in […]
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An abandoned race seven and a fleet wide postponement mean today’s standings carry over unchanged, with a much friendlier forecast on tap for tomorrow MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 24, 2026Â Today’s racing in Medemblik came down to patience more than anything else. The 49er fleet’s yellow and blue groups were due on the water at 11:00, […]
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Still breezy but a notch down from yesterday, three more races in the books for every fleet, and a c ouple of familiar names starting to make their move MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 23, 2026Â The running order flipped today, with the 49er fleet first off the line, yellow and blue groups both racing from 11:00. […]
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Forecast breeze arrived right on cue, three races went off in every fleet without delay, and the first real look at this year’s title contenders is starting to take shape MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 22, 2026Â Racing finally got going in Medemblik today, and the wind did not disappoint. All four fleets, the 49er, 49erFX, FX […]
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MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 21, 2026 The 2026 Junior World Championship officially got underway in Medemblik today, with practice races on the water this afternoon and an opening ceremony this evening that closed with a traditional Dutch cannon blast to send the fleet into race week. Sailors ran through practice races across all four classes starting […]
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Close to 120 boats and sailors from 26 nations gather in the Netherlands for five days of racing across the 49er, 49erFX, FX Open and Nacra 17 classes MEDEMBLIK, THE NETHERLANDS, July 20, 2026Â The 2026 Junior World Championship opens this week in Medemblik, Netherlands, where the best young sailors in the world will race […]
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Eckernförde, Germany, July 12, 2026 The final day of the 2026 European Championship turned out to be the hardest of the whole regatta, and in the end it was the one day the Baltic refused to play along. The Nacra 17 fleet launched on time for a midday start and spent the next three and […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 11, 2026 The final day of the elimination series had a slower start than usual. With the breeze forecast to build later in the day, racing was scheduled for a 12:00 start for the Nacra 17 fleet and the 49er and 49erFX Gold fleets — and after a short postponement, the […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 10, 2026 Day 4 brought the start of the elimination series for the 49er fleet — and another tricky, patchy forecast that turned racing into a game of chess. With the breeze light and unstable, today was all about finding the pressure on the water and tacking in the right places, […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 9, 2026 As predicted, Day 3 brought a very different Eckernförde. The big breeze of the opening days gave way to much lighter, shifty conditions that turned the racing technical and demanding — a day for patience, lane management and reading the water. And across all three fleets, it produced some […]
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