Familiar faces and new challengers take the podium on the 49er and 49erFX South American Championship in Rio.
Rio de Janeiro – The wrap up of the VIII South American 49er Championship and the II 49erFX South American Championship took place in a good south by southwest breeze of 10 to 14 knots on the epicentre of the international Olympic sailing nowadays, the Guanabara bay, in Rio de Janeiro. The cloudy day began […]
Sun, protests and incredible rises on the 3rd day of the 49er South Americans
Image: Fred Hoffmann caught the flying boys on Guanabara Bay this Friday. Rio de Janeiro – The third and penultimate day of the 49er and 49erFX South American Championships was raced in a condition that lives up to Rio de Janeiro’s reputation, a clear sunny and hot day (30°C), with a 10 to 12 knots […]
Top 10 Reasons ISAF Should Approve Theatre Style In November
Since 2010 the 49er class has been investigating, testing and exploring exciting ways to conclude regattas. The Theatre Style concept is now up for a final vote this week at the ISAF Annual Conference on inclusion at the 2016 Rio Olympic games. The concept will either be killed off (and we go back to one […]
Blustery Day 1 – A Great Start to a Championship
A rainy calm greeted the sailor this morning as they arrived for Day 1 of the 2014 Seiko 49er & 49erFX Junior World Championship. Coaches and Race Officers were apprehensive as to whether there would be racing, but Denmark delivered and a full complement was races was held on schedule. The conditions were offshore, 6-12 […]
Three Opportunities to Watch 49er Racing At Kieler Woche
Once again the eyes of the sailing world will turn to Kiel, Germany, home of the largest regatta and sailing festival in the world, Kieler Woche. SAP is sponsoring the event once again, and will be live broadcasting some of the racing. 49er fans are in luck, as there will be coverage of the skiffs […]
2014 Palma World Cup Preview – 49er & 49erFX
49er Preview The 49er fleet is massive this year in Palma, reaching the 80 boat capacity set by the organizers. Qualifying will be shear madness as the two 40 boat qualifying fleets will only have two days to sort themselves into the 25 boat gold fleet. If the forecast holds, and the qualifying is held […]
49erFX Sailors Competing In Higher Gear
The twin regattas of the 2014 North American’s and Sailing World Cup of Miami kick off Saturday the 18th of January with one of the strongest fields in the short history of the 49erFX. More than 2/3 of the world’s top sailors have made the trek to Florida searching for high quality racing. The 4 year sprint to master […]
Redo of Baywatch by the German 49er Sailors!
The German 49er and 49erFX teams are the tightest squad of 49er sailors on the planet. There is a huge fleet of both 49er and 49erFX sailors stemming from their massive 29er youth system. Ahead of the 49er Worlds they certainly enjoying the beautiful surrounds of Marseille by reviving the Baywatch into Video!.. The Hoff […]
Redo of Baywatch by the German 49er Sailors!
The German 49er and 49erFX teams are the tightest squad of 49er sailors on the planet. There is a huge fleet of both 49er and 49erFX sailors stemming from their massive 29er youth system. Ahead of the 49er Worlds they certainly enjoying the beautiful surrounds of Marseille by reviving the Baywatch into Video!.. The Hoff […]