No Kings: Seven Regattas Say the 49er Is Wide Open for LA28
The 49er’s first real season of the LA28 cycle is over. It ran from the World Championship in Cagliari last October to San Pedro OCR on the LA 2028 waters in August: seven big regattas, 21 podium places, 16 different teams from 15 nations. Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush (NZL 94) won the two […]
Calculating the probability of the leader winning gold for all formats
The Olympic sailing community is focused on the critical question of format. Last week the current option from World Sailing was compared against three options we thought were better. Here, we break down the probability of the fleet racing leader winning gold in each scenario, and introduce three more options submitted by the community. Speaking […]
The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic cycle will start in Mallorca
The 54th edition of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca will be the starting signal for the race for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028. The first qualifying event for the 2025 Sailing Grand Slam (SGS) will muster all ten sailing disciplines of the new Olympic cycle in the Bay of Palma from March 28 […]
California Dreaming – 2026 Worlds to Long Beach
2026 World Championship for 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 set for Long Beach, CA Olympians looking to LA 2028 have their first marker on that path as the 2026 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 will be held on Olympic waters in Long Beach, California, USA. The classes signed an MOU with the Long Beach Olympic […]