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 […]
Call for World Championship Venues 2017-2020
The 49er class is calling all world class sailing venues to bid for future 49er and 49erFX World Championships. With a tight sailing calendar we have highlighted the dates that make sense and call request that any venues wishing to hold a future World Championship be in contact with the class and start preparing bid […]
I Find This Photo Odd: How Hard Is It To Sail With A Sibling?
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. Moments after securing their first ever top level victory in the 49erFX, the camera catches sisters Anne-Julie and Maiken Schutt celebrating their win. This Danish duo have been somewhat in the […]
Gold Fleets Set in Palma
After two crazy day of racing the 49er and 49erFX fleets are all set for Gold fleet racing. With only four racing in qualifying there was a huge importance on starting out this event well, made especially challenging by the unstable conditions. Day 2 proved slightly less extreme than day 1 where boats were toppled […]
Which 49er World Champion Will Win a Volvo or America’s Cup First?
July marks the 20 year anniversary of the ISAF evaluation camp that flung the 49er onto the sailing world. The 49er showed up from down under to take on the likes of the 5o5, the Boss, the laser 5000, and the I14. Instantly the world knew the 49er was a beast to be tamed, and those […]
Super Shifty Racing Not Unlike Rio!
49erFX Alex Maloney and Molly Meech (NZL) hold a mammoth 56 point lead in the 49erFX. It’s still mathematically possible for them to lose their lead – but it’s hard to bet against the 2013 World Champions losing such an advantage. Below the breakaway Kiwis, there’s a real ding dong battle forming for the remaining […]
2014 Sail Melbourne Report
Day 1 49er Nathan Outteridge and his crew Iain Jensen won a major victory just getting to the start line for their series opening three races. The 49er gold medallists from London missed a connecting flight and left San Francisco on Saturday night, which put them into Melbourne at 9.30am this morning. Sister Haylee drove […]
2014 Sailing World Cup Final Abu Dhabi
49erFX – Day 1 New Zealand’s Alex Maloney and Molly Meech started the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final with a bang by taking the opening race victory in the 17-boat 49erFX fleet. The pair picked up a second victory in the third race of the day but a sandwiched tenth tarnishes their good start. Nonetheless […]
New Zealand stars shine in the Intergalactics on 49er, Jana and Katja, of Denmark, were the brightest of the universe in 49erFX
The 2nd Intergalactic Championship of 49er and 49erFX, which gathered the cream of the world’s fastest and radical Olympic monotype, ended with a different race. The third and final race of Friday counted double points and brought the crews inverted: the skippers on the bow and bowmen at the helm. Thus, the only Brazilian duo […]