2026-08-03
2026-08-08
San Pedro, Los Angeles, USA
The latest news from across the class. Event coverage will appear here once it starts.
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 […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 10, 2026 Day 4 brought the start of the elimination series for the 49er fleet — and another tricky, patchy forecast that turned racing into a game of chess. With the breeze light and unstable, today was all about finding the pressure on the water and tacking in the right places, […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 9, 2026 As predicted, Day 3 brought a very different Eckernförde. The big breeze of the opening days gave way to much lighter, shifty conditions that turned the racing technical and demanding — a day for patience, lane management and reading the water. And across all three fleets, it produced some […]
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If you needed any further proof that the 49er is the ultimate proving ground for high-performance sailing, look no further than the Canada Sail Grand Prix in Halifax two weeks ago. In a dramatic four-boat final on the F50 catamarans, the top three places were claimed by sailors whose careers were shaped in the 49er […]
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The countdown is officially on. In just seven days, the best 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 sailors in Europe and plenty of visiting fleets from outside the continent will hit the water in Eckernförde, Germany, for the 2026 European Championship, running July 7–12. It’s a fitting follow-on to what’s already been a huge month […]
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Kiel Week 2026 is a wrap. The wind was light and tricky all week, which — combined with the new format — made for a pretty unforgiving regatta. With fewer races than a traditional series and points being reset between phases, there was no room to write off a bad day and hope to claw […]
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📅 June 20, 2026 | Kiel-Schilksee, Germany The countdown is over. Today, the 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 fleets hit the water at Kiel Week 2026 — one of the most iconic regattas on the planet and another unmissable chapter of the Sailing Grand Slam ⛵ 🌊 Welcome to the Baltic Kiel Week is no […]
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Pia Dahl Andersen and Nora Edland are the new 49erFX World Champions, and their story is one of patience, resilience, and a comeback that couldn’t have been scripted better. On May 17, 2026 — Norway’s national day — Pia Dahl Andersen and Nora Edland crossed the finish line first in the final race of the […]
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There were three world titles up for grabs at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, and at the end of Sunday’s medal racing there were three brand new world champions. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 49er / 49erFX Class (@49ersailing) View this post on Instagram […]
Read MoreSAN PEDRO, CA – More than 300 competitors from 47 countries will race in San Pedro OCR over 6 days, including 70+ Olympians. Among them are 19 winners of a collective 22 Olympic medals, including 3 gold, 12 silver, and 7 bronze.
San Pedro OCR is the first Olympic Class regatta to take place at the Port of Los Angeles in the history of Olympic sailing, including the 1984 Games which was held east of this new site. Along with Long Beach OCR, it is one of only two major Olympic Class events that take place in the United States.
San Pedro OCR is a part of the Olympic Class Sailing Grand Slam Series, which includes The Princess Sofia Trophy in Mallorca, Spain; French Olympic Week in Hyeres, France; Dutch Water Week in Almere, The Netherlands; Kiel Week in Kiel, Germany; and the Long Beach and San Pedro OCRs.
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