Olympic Sailors Bettering Pro Sailors At America’s Cup
The 2017 America’s Cup is the first real racing we’ve seen since 2007. After a deed of gifts Cup and then a learning to foil cup, 2017 has brought great racing to the biggest stage, and things have changed drastically since 2007. Gone are the huge crews and teams that can man 2 massive monohulls. […]
Champs Rounding Into Form
2012 Gold Medalists Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS) have won the final warm up regatta before the 2016 Olympic games. The 2016 South American Championship was only a 2-day regatta, but the whole Olympic fleet and a few training partners showed up for the last test before the games. Outteridge and Jensen won the […]
Rio Like Light Winds In Weymouth
Day 3 – Second Day of Racing Only the 49er fleet got racing in on Day 3 of the World Cup of Sailing – Weymouth, as light winds continue to dominate the week. Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign sit atop the 49er leaderboard after a 1, 2 on the day. The British Olympic bound duo […]
Who Will Selectors Send to Rio?
35 of the 40 skiff teams heading to Rio know it, leaving five squads awaiting the decision of their national selectors. At Sailing World Cup Hyeres a new 49erFX medal contender joined the ranks as the Dutch system winds up sending Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz to Rio, a team right at the top of […]
2016 World Championship Overview
The 2016 World Championship for the Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX all of which are in their final World Championship before Rio 2016. This combined double handed championship is the first time all three of the fastest Olympic boats have teamed up for a championship together. 49er – 2 men, first Olympic Sydney 2000 49erFX – […]
Sky Sports New Zealand To Live Broadcast 49er Worlds
Sky Sports New Zealand will broadcast the 2016 49er & 49erFX World Championship from the sunny shores of Clearwater Beach, Florida on February 12-14, 2016. The coverage will be of both the 49er and 49erFX Gold fleet racing live from the in it’s entirety. “We are proud to produce the 2016 49er Worlds live broadcast from […]
Halfway Point In Rio Reinforces Uniqueness of Area
49er and 49erFX teams have seen two days of class Rio (in August) conditions. The sea breeze establishes by early afternoon, there is time for some racing and then it calms down as the sun sets early by five-thirty. The racing is good, as in there is breeze, shifts, and generally fair racing, but it […]
Rio Rundown – Pressure – Water – Viruses – Wind
Teams are approaching the 2015 Rio Test Event in two very different manners. There are some federations that are treating the event as a full examination of their teams potential, including evaluation of teams performances with selection consequences. For other teams it is merely a test and an opportunity to learn about the location, fleet, […]
Burling – Tuke and Schutt Sisters with Rio International
The overall regatta comes to an end after two weeks and more than 120 races in 16 classes… best for last! We ended on Thursday at the Yacht Club of Rio de Janeiro the 28th International Week of Sailing. There were 14 days of competition and over 120 races held in Guanabara Bay in an […]
International Week Rio Sailing Reaches Penultimate Day
The penultimate day of the 28th International Sailing Week in Rio de Janeiro ended with foreign rule in Guanabara Bay Rays. New Zealand leads into the 49er while Denmark leads in the 49erFX. The wind came a little earlier and the Race Committee ran the full compliment of four races per fleet on the Sugarloaf course. […]