2017-12-27
2017-12-31
RQYC / Australia
The latest news from across the class. Event coverage will appear here once it starts.
World Sailing has published the Notice of Race for Gdynia 2027, the first big LA 2028 qualifier. We can also confirm where our 2027 Europeans and 2028 Worlds will be. Next July, 240 skiffs and catamarans will line up off Gdynia, Poland, and for a lot of them the result will decide whether their country […]
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For immediate release: 2/11/2026 Issued on behalf of: World Sailing World Sailing has officially published the Notice of Race for the 2027 World Sailing Championships, set to take place in the city of Gdynia, Poland, in July 2027. This Notice of Race provides athletes, coaches, and Member National Authorities with essential information regarding the event’s […]
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Sailors from the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 fleets fill two of the six 2026 World Sailing Awards shortlists, and the public vote counts for half. It took Maria Giubilei and Gianluigi Ugolini twelve years of sailing together to win a Nacra 17 world title. Five months after they finally did it in Quiberon, Giubilei […]
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The classes and events that should be in the Olympics is always a contentious topic. Every type of dinghy, keelboat or board has its fans, and they will argue the point for its inclusion with fervour. In reality, the classes themselves aren’t what are referenced in Olympic broadcasts and results. Instead it’s the discipline which […]
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New Zealanders Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush have cemented their status as the crew to beat in 49er sailing after defending their Championship title in Germany. Source: RNZ Sport reporters 13 July 2026 Read the original on RNZ
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Canadian 49erFX sisters Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance named Gallagher Skippers’ Plan Athletes of the Year for 2025, alongside ILCA 7 sailor James Juhasz.
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Ten of the twelve sailors on the top three boats at the America's Cup Preliminary Regatta in Naples came through the 49er or the Nacra 17, and the reigning Nacra 17 world champions trimmed the winning boat.
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We’re filming the first race of the day in full at every major 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 regatta in 2027, and we’re looking for a partner to back it. Most people who follow Olympic skiff and foiling cat racing only ever see the highlights. A few minutes of capsizes and finishes, cut together after […]
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The International 49er Class Association, together with the copyright holder Bethwaite Design, invites qualified boatbuilders to apply to become licensed builders of the 49er. The 49er is the men’s and women’s two-person skiff at the Olympic Games, and is raced by national teams and club sailors on every continent. It is currently built by Mackay […]
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Look at Luna Rossa’s boat and Emirates Team New Zealand’s boat. Look at who’s steering them, trimming them, calling the wind. Look at where they came from. Both of the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup favorites are essentially built from the same source: the 49er and Nacra 17 classes. That’s not a recruiting coincidence. That’s […]
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