2017-11-29
2017-12-03
Melbourne / Australia
The latest news from across the class. Event coverage will appear here once it starts.
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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Written by Andy Rice – posted on Yacthing World September 10, 2026 Olympian Odile Lambriex van Aanholt talks to Andy Rice about maximising time on and off water Time is always the most precious commodity for any racing sailor, whether part-time or professional. For Odile Lambriex van Aanholt going for another Olympics, life should get […]
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The 49er’s first real season of the LA28 cycle is over. It ran from the World Championship in Cagliari last October to San Pedro OCR on the LA 2028 waters in August: seven big regattas, 21 podium places, 16 different teams from 15 nations. Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush (NZL 94) won the two […]
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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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