2020 Oceania Championship & Sail Melbourne

Start Date

2020-01-30

End Date

2020-02-03

Location

Geelong, Australia

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Grael and Borges Perfectly Capture Wild 49er Downwind

Grael and Borges Perfectly Capture Wild 49er Downwind

Marco Grael and Gabriel Borges (BRA) carried an onboard camera during the 2020 Oceania Championships in Geelong. There were some wild days on the water, and the duo released a video that encapsulates one of the greatest aspects of 49er sailing, survival! At first things appear fairly tame, just a windy downwind. The Brazilian pair […]

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It’s all about family for Danish Hansens – 2020 Oceanias Day 1

It’s all about family for Danish Hansens – 2020 Oceanias Day 1

Michael Hansen and Mathias Sletten (DEN) had their best ever day racing 49er to kick off proceedings in Geelong. The young duo scored a 1 – 3 on their fleets two races, a much better result than most. Coaching them was 2016 bronze medalist Jena Hansen, with Peter Hansen, the squad’s normal coach on another course […]

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Burling and Tuke want to feel on top of the world

Burling and Tuke want to feel on top of the world

Reproduced from Yachting New Zealand Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have sailed in a fair few big regattas in their time and next week’s Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships rates highly on their list. There are a number of reasons for this, not least of all the fact they are sailing at […]

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Oceania Championships providing form guide for upcoming worlds

Oceania Championships providing form guide for upcoming worlds

It was a day of contrasts on day two of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Oceania Championships. With breezes at almost the polar opposite to yesterday with a 10-12 knot seabreeze from the north, the fleets headed to the second alloted course areas off the coast of Auckland’s North Shore. These are the same waters which will play host to the 2021 America’s Cup, in which many of the 49er and Nacra 17 athletes will be competing.

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USA skiff teams lead from the front in Auckland

USA skiff teams lead from the front in Auckland

The USA 49er and 49erFX skiff teams blitzed day one of the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Oceania Championship, the women’s pairing of Stephanie Robel and Maggie Shea posting a low score, thanks to two wins and a third, to lead the fleet and Rio 2016 Gold Medallists Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze of Brazil by 7 points.

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Auckland delivers on opening day

Auckland delivers on opening day

Glamour conditions greeted the 178 international teams on the opening day of racing at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra17 Oceania Championships. The three-day warmup regatta before next weeks world championships is hosted by Auckland’s Royal Akarana Yacht Club on the shores of the Waitemata.

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Young guns out to make their mark

Young guns out to make their mark

Sailing is a sport of taking your opportunities and a big one is dangling in front of the New Zealand crews competing at next week’s Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships.

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