Dobson and Tidey (GBR) win in Cascais

After leading the championship since day one, Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey from GBR bid farewell to Cascais from the highest place on the podium. Dobson and Tidey, after a less successful first race of the day, regained the breakneck pace having been runner up and a bullet on the last two fleet races. The […]

Dobson (GBR) holds lead – Echegoyen (ESP) and Grael (BRA) close gap

British Charlotte Dobson and Sakia Tidey continue in the lead although they lost punctual distance to the competition having made 7-12-3 today. In second place is the Spanish team Tamara Echegoyen and Paula Barcelo who after a fairly regular day, 5-5-2, consolidated second place and were two points from the highest place on the podium. […]

France and the United States lead the first day in Cascais

38 boats in the Portuguese sailing Mecca On the first day of the 2021 Cascais 49er & 49er Fx Championship, the Olympic fleet composed of 28 boats, of the 49erFx class, plus 10 boats, of the 49er class, fulfilled the day’s schedule when holding the three scheduled races for each class. The ladies’ fleet, which […]

Cascais hosts 49er and 49erFX Teams qualified for the Olympic Games

Clube Naval de Cascais will organize two events, one of them, closed to 49er and 49erFX that are already guaranteed a place in Tokyo This spring, Clube Naval de Cascais will host two competitions of the Olympic classes 49er and 49er Fx. The 1st event, from the 4th to the 9th of May, is open […]

Challengers for the Crown Stepping Up

No team was hotter at the end of the 2019 World Championship than Diego Botin and Iago Marra (ESP). The Spanish sensations were up against he ropes, almost missing gold fleet, which would have cost them an Olympic berth. With the pressure on them at maximum they tore up the final four days of the […]

4-Way Showdown In Women’s Skiff – Brazil – Denmark – Spain – New Zealand

Brazilian Martine Grael headlines a fleet of champions heading into a medal race showdown.  After 12 races there are four previous champions all tied for the lead heading into the 49erFX medal race.  The pundits couldn’t choose a favorite heading into the Rio skiff regatta, and they were correct.  Of the eight teams that were […]

German Men and Danish Women Grab Momentum in Classic Conditions

Men’s Skiff – 49er Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel (GER) were flying in the medium winds on the Aeroporto course on a day that demanded four tiring races from the Men’s 49er crews. A race win at the start of the day combined with some other top five scores has brought the Germans to just […]

Spaniards on a Roll – An Armada In the Making

Tamara Echegoyen emerged as an afterthought in London to claim the Gold medal in the women’s Match racing in 2012.  The pundits all promoted their favorites, some of the biggest names in the sport of sailing but Echegoyen was unflappable and beat them all to claim gold.  Teaming up with Berta Betanzos, a 470 World […]