Notable Entries for Palma 2017

It’s Palma time again, and that means it’s the first chance to drool at sun soaked Mediterranean photos of the worlds best sailors, and those who wish to become them. Especially fun is Palma in the year after the games, as it’s the first large regatta where many of the top sailors will get back […]

Spinnaker Watches Sponsors the 49er Class

Spinnaker Watches have sponsored the 49er sailing class and are partnering for 2017 competitive sailing season to be the Official Timekeeping Partners. Combining both the need for impeccable technical and physical ability, the 49er sailing class provides well rounded entertainment to the sailing world from March through to August. The circuit in 2016 saw the […]

Introducing the Combined 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 European Championship

The notices of race was made public today for the combined 2017 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 European Championships from Kiel, Germany.  This regatta marks the second time these three Olympic events have gotten together for a major championship, and it also will be the first time ever the Full Foiling Nacra 17’s will race! […]

Shifty conditions make Medal Races a test of nerve

With the World Cup Series secure going into the Medal Race, 49er sailors Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Stuart Bithell (GBR) sailed a clean race and largely stayed out of the fray. They finished fifth, capping off an impressive start to the Tokyo 2020 quad for this new team. “It feels like we’ve gelled pretty well,” said […]

Skiff Summer Season Set for 2017

Rio played out just as it should have, with the most dominant 49er team ever winning by a landslide, and the most even of the Olympic fleets, the 49erFX, coming down to a 4-way shootout.  The lasting image of Brazil’s Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze being carried by their countrymen out of the water and […]

2017 Junior Worlds To Be Contested in Canada

Junior 49er Sailors, Want to race against the best in the World among your age group? Want to prove that you’re the best Under 23 49er/9erFX team out there? Then come race the 2017 49er & 49erFX Junior World Championships in Kingston, Canada! The International 49er Class will be hosting two back to back championships […]

Reviewing Squad Strategies at the 49erFX Junior World Championship

Just after the Olympic games, the next generation of skiff stars lined up to see who was the best U23 team in the World.  Like all events with the skiffs, both 49er and 49erFX were competing at the same time and in the same venue.  Unlike other skiff events, the 2016 version became the first […]

2016 49er & 49erFX North American Championships in Memory of Trevor Moore

Even in the shadow of the Olympics, the 49er sailboat class is alive and kicking in North America.  Only one week after the Rio Games wrapped up, Newport, Rhode Island played host to the 49er and 49erFX North American Championships.  Class vets and newbies congregated at Sail Newport at Fort Adams for a good old […]

Intense Racing Decides Junior World Championship

Thirty teams awoke with unease in their bellies on this final day of the 2016 Junior World Championship.  The format put each set of teams ranked 8th through 15th into a semi final, with one advancing to join teams 1 through 7 already guaranteed a spot in the finals. First up were the 49erFX semi’s, […]

Germany and France having multiple teams in the 49er FINAL

The 49er teams have sailed ten races. The following seven teams have reached it to the finals. FRA – Erwan Fischer, Thibault Julien – 46 points GER – Tim Fischer, Fabian Graf – 55 points ESP – Martin Llena, Santiago Alegre – 71 points AUS – Harry Price, Harry Morton – 76 points GER – […]