Day 6 – And the Olympic Berths go to…
Day 6 of the 2015 World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 49er In the 49er fleet, fellow leaders Peter Burling and Blair Tuke also struggled somewhat posting a 13th, 8th, and 8th, but with the Alonso brothers falling back they secured their 3rd straight 49er World Championship and 23rd straight 49er victory! Climbing up the […]
Day 5 – Alonsos win the Day, but Burling and Tuke On Top
The 2015 49er & 49er FX World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina is now one day away from crowning World Champions, along with announcing three more countries who will be heading to the Rio 2016 games. The Gold fleet was sent out to a beautiful morning on the water with a light Southerly wind, but […]
Day 4 – Wet and Wild
Day 4 of the 2015 World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina has been completed as the surrounding area has been inundated with thunderstorms and high winds since around midday. Silver fleet was sent out to a morning of cloudy skies and winds around 10 knots and building, shifting more and more East, then South East. […]
Top Country Contenders
The 2015 49er and 49er FX World Championships are very much underway and starting to reveal some coveted information regarding Olympic berths. For some countries vying for Olympic spots, the conditions just didn’t seem favorable and many were left just at the cusp of contention into the much sought after Gold fleet. Clean starts, varying […]
Drama Filled Day Decides 49er Gold Fleet and Olympic Contention
The 49er Story – 2015 World Championships (49erFX to follow after their racing) The qualifying series could not have been more challenging for the teams vying for Gold fleet inclusion, Olympic berths, and Olympic selection. Starting the day, the teams vying for Olympic berths were huddled at the top of the 49er leaderboard, with 4 of […]
Day 2 – Conditions Variable
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Day two of the 2015 49er and 49er FX World Championship. Day one proved challenging for most teams out on the waters off San Isidro. Many sailors noted the brown tint to the water makes it extremely difficult to read wind patterns. Even though most sailors were able to train and compete […]
2015 Worlds Day 1: And So It Begins…
Buenos Aires, Argentina. The sun has risen and the men and women of the 49er and 49er FX fleets have begun the first day of the 2015 World Championship. The weather for day one presented an ENE early with a bit of hazy sunlight, and reasonably warm temperature of 26 degrees. Just hot enough to get the […]
Man Down
The French 49er squad announced today that veteran skiff sailor Julien D’Ortoli will return to France, abandoning any hopes for the 2015 World Championship and putting his Olympic qualification bid unto peril. While launching his boat on day 1 of the 2015 South American Championship Julien slipped on the launch ramp while holding the bow […]
Adios 2015 South Americans
The 2015 South American Championship concluded under blue skies and perfect winds in Buenos Aires, Argentina today. The event served as a high level warm up event for the world’s best skiff sailors who will compete next week for the World Championship in the same venue and against the same competitors. The condensed schedule produced […]
SEIKO Development Program on the Junior World Championship 2015
Coach: Francisco Andrade This program has an important role in young sailors that have recently started to sail the 49er and 49erFX and also for sailors that don´t have a coach. Each year Seiko allows the 49er class to hire top talent to assist and coach teams and coaches that request for help. For 2015 […]