Awesome Leaping 49er At Porto Europeans
Conditions on day 3 of the 2015 49er & 49erFX European Championship were perfect on the Atlantic swell of Porto! While the team vie for the second most important championship of the year, they do it with smiles on their faces! Check out London Gold medalists Nathan Outteridge and Iain ‘Goobs’ Jensen jumping their 49er […]
River Race Sets Stage for 49er Europeans in Porto
The boat park hums with registration, measurement, last minute tuning, and last minute nerves on the Duoro River in Porto, Portugal. On Monday the 6th the 49erFX Eruopean Championship will begin followed by the 49er class on the 7th. To cut the tension and invite the city of Porto into the regatta a fun River […]
Big Breeze Medal Race Finale For Olympic Stars At Kieler Woche
24 June 2015 The breeze kicked in for Medal Race day at Kieler Woche (Kiel Week), making for some thrilling live TV coverage of the Laser, Nacra 17, 49er and 49erFX classes. The Olympic class racing saved the best for last, with multiple capsizes in the 49erFX making for great drama and unpredictability. After starting […]
Lead Remains For Spaniards on the Second Day of the Nationals – 49er
The crews of the Spanish squad lead overall after nine races. Carlos Llamas, national coach of the Class, says the teams are very close. Vilagacía de Arousa, June 24, 2015. Second day of the Championship of Spain Open 49er – Galician Sailing Centre of the Galician Sailing Federation in Vilagarcía. Today there was a delay […]
LIVE TV CAPTURES WARRER’S PERFECT PORT-TACK START
22 June 2015 Today the 2008 Olympic Champion Jonas Warrer and Anders Thomsen pulled off a perfect start, tacking and crossing the fleet to win one of the 49er qualifying races convincingly at Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) 2015. Here is the link to the fantastic start! It was one of the key moments caught on […]
Glorious Sunshine, An Uncommon Breeze And Great Race Action on Day 1
ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland, Great Britain The first day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland sprung a few surprises with an uncommon north eastern breeze testing the fleet. Ranging from 10-15 knots the breeze coupled with glorious British sunshine resulted in some great race action.49erOn the face of […]
Which 49er Teams Have a Shot at Racing in the Finals of Hyeres
After 3 days of racing the 49ers have completed 9 races and have 3 races scheduled for the last day. Only the top 10 will to qualify for the Final, so lets take a look at who’s got a shot. Here are the results to have a look through. Amazingly, Burling and Tuke already have a […]
Day 2 In Hyeres With Big Fleets
From ISAF 49er and 49erFX Ida Marie Nielsen and Marie Olsen (DEN) solidified their spot at the top of the 49erFX leaderboard. The Danes 6-1-6 scorelines sees them atop of the pack on 17 points. Tamara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos (ESP) follow on 32 points with Jena Hansen and Katja Salskov-Iversen (DEN) third on 35 […]
I Find This Photo Odd: Challenge Gold Is Trying to Blue Steel Their Way Into Zoolander 2
Borrowing from our friends in other sports, IFTPO is a new series of blog posts discussing observations from some of our favourite photos in the Olympic scene. Racing sailboats can be intense, as intense as any day on a catwalk you might say! Challenge Gold’s Victoria Jurczok gives us her best ‘Blue Steel‘ on the racecourse. With both […]
Prize Money, Live Broadcasting, Big Fleets, and Tricky Wind to Start Hyeres
The racing got under way in Hyeres today for the second major event of 2015, ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres. The 49er fleet, 40 boats strong, was up first and started in extremely light conditions. In fact, conditions were so light that five of the best sailing teams in the world could not finish the […]