2013 World Championships – Can Anyone Knock Off the Favorites
Marseille, France is the host venue of the 2013 Seiko 49er & 49erFX World Championships. This championship has the largest attendance for the 49er since 2001, with over 96 49ers registered. Additionally, there are over 53 49erFX teams registered, so the Mediterranean Sea will be a buzz with skiff sailing action. Catch all the action […]
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Delivers the Great Racing Sailing Needs!
At the half way point of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup the sailing world is getting to see some exciting racing. With the America’s Cup racing proving to be a dud other than for watching the technology, it has been wonderful to see 2 days of excellent fleet racing. In 4 races there have […]
49er Teams Rising to the Top Within America’s Cup
It’s long been observed in 49er sailing about how long teams stick together for. There have been so many brother combinations some joke about the edge they get training together since birth. While these observations are amusing in Olympic campaigns, there may be more to it. As America’s Cups squads decide their staring line ups, […]
Lotto 49er Grand Prix Gdynia 2013 Final Day
British crew James Peters and Ed FitzGerald GBR 999 won the medal race of the Lotto 49er Grand Prix Gdynia regatta. Thanks to this they reached the same score as German crew of Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel (GER 100) and won in general classification. Medal race was very dramatic. The Lead changed few times […]
LOTTO 49er Grand Prix Gdynia
Today we start the fourth edition of the LOTTO 49er Grand Prix Gdynia – Racing will be near the beach for the next three days where fans can watch some of the best sailboat racing in the world and some of the worlds best sailors. Today at 10:00 am in front of the ‘Klif’ shopping […]
49er and 49er FX Youth World Championships – the last day of the regatta
Gold medals went to Spanish and Finnish teams. Diego Botin and Pablo Tunado are 49er Youth World Champions and Noora Ruskola with Camilla Cedercreutz – 49er FX Youth World Champions. Due to a lack of wind in the morning, the last race for the 49er fleet wasn’t held. The Top 10 sailors have been waiting […]
49er and 49er FX Youth World Championships – 3rd Day
The elimination round has ended today, the top of the leaderboard has changed a little, but the leaders are still the same. Due to a lack of wind and a long wait onshore the boats went to race at 4.30 pm. The race committee managed to run two races in the wind up to 7 […]
49er and 49er FX Youth World Championships – 2nd day
After the second day in 49er & 49er FX Youth World Championships in Gdynia, Diego Botin, Pablo Tunado in 49er and Norra Ruskola, Camilla Cedercreutz in 49er FX are still leading. The wind in Gdynia was light again today and it was very hot. The first race starts, scheduled for midday, were postponed untill 3 […]
49er and 49er FX Youth World Championships –1st day
Day 1 – After four races in 49er & 49er FX Youth World Championships in Gdynia, Poland – Spanish and Finnish team are leading. Today in Gdynia the 49er & 49er FX Youth World Championships races have started. 44 crews from 15 countries have entered the regatta – 32 crews in the 49er and 12 […]
2013 Youth World Championships has just begun
Today – on 24th July the 49er and 49er FX Youth World Championships in Gdynia is starting. All teams are already in Gdynia and they will have official registration and measurement procedures to pass. Some teams have arrived few days earlier to train here and familiarize with the racing area. We have interviewed Xavier Rohart, double […]