2016-09-14
2016-09-17
Torbole, Italy
Masters Champions – Carlo Nessi and Zanini Alessandro
Grand Masters Champions – Mathieu Mellou and Lucas Regis
Great Grand Masters Champions – Peter Moor and Campbell Reid
The latest news from across the class. Event coverage will appear here once it starts.
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, 2026Â Racing wrapped up today at the 2026 Junior World Championship. Organizers moved the start up earlier than the rest […]
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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 […]
Read MoreThis event is the first ever 49er Masters World Championship and marks the 20 year anniversary of the skiff test where the 49er came into the Olympic family.
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