2015-08-28
2015-08-30
Gdynia/Poland
The latest news from across the class. Event coverage will appear here once it starts.
Two world championships this year, two titles decided by one point in the last race. The 49erFX in Quiberon and the ILCA 7 in Dun Laoghaire used the same shape of finals format, and both produced the ending it was designed for.
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Second Week of Olympic Class Racing Defined by Comebacks, Slow Climbs, and Wire-to-Wire Wins Across Fleets SAN PEDRO, CA – The second week of San Pedro OCR came to a close Sunday with 3 pairs of Olympic-class sailors crowned champions on the waters that will host sailing at L.A.’s 2028 Olympic Games. Sweden’s Vilma Bobeck […]
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49er, Nacra 17 and 49er FX Olympic Classes Head Into Friday With Medal Race Berths on the Line SAN PEDRO, CA – The race to compete in Saturday’s Final is on at San Pedro OCR as shifting leaderboards and narrow point margins across the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 fleets set the stage for a […]
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SAN PEDRO, CA – With 2 days remaining before the top 10 in each class advance to the medal races, the second week of San Pedro OCR has by and large seen steady leaders while the battles behind them continue to reshape the leaderboard across each class. Germany’s Richard Schultheis and Fabian Rieger kept the […]
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SAN PEDRO, CA – Day 2 of racing for the 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 fleets at San Pedro OCR challenged the Olympic hopefuls with a very different version of the future L.A. 2028 racecourse. The day kicked off with lighter, less predictable winds forcing sailors to quickly adjust both their tactics and mindset as […]
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SAN PEDRO, CA – The first day of racing for the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 fleets Monday at San Pedro OCR gave the fleets’ sailors their first opportunity to test themselves on the waters that will play host to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Winds built into the mid-to-upper teens following the afternoon […]
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49er Men’s, 49erFX Women’s, and Nacra 17 Mixed Olympic Fleets Bring High-Performance Racing to the Regatta’s Second Week at the Site of the 2028 Games SAN PEDRO, CA – The second half of the San Pedro Olympic Class Regatta gets underway this afternoon as some of the world’s fastest Olympic sailing classes launch from the […]
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Second week of Olympic competition kicks off on August 3 in the L.A. Harbor and Runs until August 8 SAN PEDRO, CA – Sailing continues in the first Olympic Class regatta to take place at the Port of Los Angeles in 96 years, including the 1984 L.A. Games, held east of this site. The coming week […]
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As sailing’s fastest league commits to bigger fleets, the sport’s deepest talent pool is already stocked with the next generation of drivers from Gdynia to Medemblik to a training base outside Mumbai. On a windy weekend in Portsmouth last month, SailGP did something it had only done once before, reluctantly, after things went wrong. It […]
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Italy topped the 49er and Nacra 17 fleets, Poland took the 49erFX crown with a race to spare, and the 2026 Junior World Championship wrapped up with three tight, dramatic finishes MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 26, 2026 Racing wrapped up today at the 2026 Junior World Championship. Organizers moved the start up earlier than the rest […]
Read MoreLess than two months left to the 5th anniversary edition of the 49er Grand Prix Gdynia 2015. This time, uniquely, our regatta will be held in late August, due to the very tight international schedule of the 49er Olympic Class. The regatta will be held on 28-30 August 2015 in the waters near the city beach in Gdynia.
The organizers of the event made the only right decision to move the event from the end of July at the date of August after the announcement of the coaching regatta that will be held in Rio de Janeiro just before the Olympic test event. The July date would result in a much lower turnout at the start of the race, and above all absence of top two teams from Poland – Lukasz Przybytek/Pawel Kolodzinski and Tomek Januszewski/Jacek Nowak. We hope that through such change we will encourage a greater number of crews also from abroad to visit Gdynia
On the water it will be very intensive both day and night. In addition to the official races, the organizers will conduct the Energa Night Race which will be held on Friday, August 28. At the starting line we will see five teams participating in the regatta with the highest positions in the International Sailing Federation ranking.
The regatta in Gdynia is also well known from its social events targeting both for participants and special guests, but also for the public, which frequently accumulates on the city beach and seaside boulevard.
We cordially invite all fans of extreme sailing in the last weekend of August to Gdynia!
Notice of race: http://49ergrandprix.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/NoR_49erGPX2015_20150610.pdf
Event Partners: City of Gdynia, Pomerania Yachting Association, Energa SA, Klif, Lotto, Delphia Yachts Kot, Coca-Cola.
Media: PAP, Zagle Magazine, Radio Gdansk, Trojmiasto.pl, Dziennik Bałtycki, Prestige Magazine, W Slizgu! Magazine.
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49er Grand Prix Gdynia 2015 is a three day racing event with maverick format. There will be short course close to the shore with a part of theatre style racing. Main goals are to get some good training and promote 49er sailing and sponsors.
Eight races, one medal race and night race is scheduled.
Prizes for winners are €1.750.
The program also includes press conferences, parties and beach activities.
For more information, please see http://49ergrandprix.com/.
If you have any questions please contact us by email: 49erGrandPrix@gmail.com
Facebook (with photos from last year): www.facebook.com/49erGrandPrixGdynia
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