2022-07-21
2022-07-24
21-24 July 2022 / Kingston, Canada
It almost seems inevitable. No matter what the beginning of a race or regatta looks like, Grael/Kunz (BRA) will find a way to the top. If history is any indication, it’s going to be an exciting Gold Fleet to watch since the Brazilian pair have worked their way through the fleet to end today in […]
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Mihovil Fantella of Croatia bolted the port wing back onto his 49er early this morning after a starting line crash in Tuesday’s last race wrecked his boat, sails and rig. After some late night epoxy work and hours of rigging they hammered out a 1, 10, 2 today which dropped them in a group of […]
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Day 3, the “LEVANTE” wind kicked in today Vilamoura, champagne sailing conditions. The9er’s had a full blast today. In the FX fleet the Danish team Johanne Isaksen SCHMIDT /Andrea SCHMIDT scored 2bullets (once again) and now counting with a 3rd as their worst score, these girls are fastand furious. The Swedish Vilma BOBECK / Rebecca […]
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The 2021 49er and 49erFX titles are going to the Netherlands. Yes, both of them! Mussana, OMAN – Odile van Aanholt and Elise de Ruyter (NED) won the 49erFX world title, while countrymen Bart Lambriex and Floris van der Werken took matching golds in the 49er fleet. Both teams are new pairings since this summer, […]
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In a day described as ‘random’ by most of the fleet, van Aanholt and de Ruyter (NED) continually moved up through the fleet to take a stranglehold on the lead at the World Championship. Light winds and a delayed start meant only two races were held, and in each race, the Dutch made mammoth downwind […]
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Mussanah, OMAN – A mere three months since the closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics and less than three years from the Paris 2024 opening ceremonies, new teams are grasping their opportunity to make a name for themselves at the 2021 Nacra 17, 49erFX and 49er world championships at Mussana, Oman. The puffy easterly seabreezes […]
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New sis on the block The Schultheis sisters had a storybook start to their first ever European Championships winning all three races. Fresh out of the 29er class, with only a Youth Worlds and Kiel week in their FX experience column, they were not phased by the 37 boat fleet and used great starts and […]
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Jan Germani and Giorgia Bertuzzi (ITA) burst onto the 49erFX scene with a sixth at the 2020 Kieler Woche. Italy has been in need of a leading replacement after the retirement of Conti – Clapchich and these two young women emerged at the top of the game just before the final Olympic qualifier. Unfortunately for […]
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Dueling training regattas along the Atlantic Seaboard sees a 49er and a Nacra fleet in Santander, an FX and another 49er fleet in Cascais! Santander, Spain – An Olympic-sized 49er fleet with about half the Tokyo lineup is racing a training regatta in Santander currently. Burling and Tuke (NZL) are in contention for the lead […]
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Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke moved further ahead in the 49erFX standings after a stunningly consistent performance on day 3 of the Forward WIP 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships in Austria. Recently selected to represent Germany at next year’s Olympic Games, Lutz and Beucke’s victory at Kiel Week seems to have unleashed a […]
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