2027-05-08
2027-05-09
Weymouth and Portland District, UK
The latest news from across the class. Event coverage will appear here once it starts.
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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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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