Interesting Day Sailing In Rio
The first day of the 2013 Rio Intergalactic had conditions very similar to what sailors can expect at the Rio Olympics. There are two options for the breeze here in Rio, it can be right or left of the sugarloaf and today it was left. The only difference between today and what we expect at the […]
Interesting Format Twist for First Intergalactics
10 of the best 49er teams and 4 of the best 49erFX teams face off in Olympic waters to test themselves and the race course 2 years out from the games. Teams from Britain, Austria, Ireland, Germany Denmark, have joined the Brazilian teams in a training camp and regatta to get comfortable with the area. […]
Team New Zealand Boys & Girls dominate in strong winds
Day 5 Seiko 49er & 49erFX World Championships, Marseille, France New Zealand crews sit at the top of both leaderboards going into the final day of the Seiko 49er & 49erFX World Championships in Marseille. In the 53-boat women’s FX fleet, Alex Maloney and Molly Meech took a firmer grip on the Seiko yellow jerseys […]
150 skiffs – 28 nations – 2 World Championship Titles
The wind required a bit more waiting today. Suppressed by the high heat yet registered this morning (30 °), the small breeze characteristic of the bay of Marseilles is creeps sheepishly in at 13:00. And it was time! In the starting blocks since 9:00 this morning the 300 sailors eagerly scan the horizon. For three […]