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WASZP, the innovative one-design foiling class, and SailGP, the global racing championship, have announced a strategic restructuring of their original partnership to introduce a WASZP Grand Final Event and Global Qualification Series, beginning in 2025 with the first event staged during the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney (8-9 February).
WASZP is proud to announce its formal application to become an official World Sailing class.
After a week of high-intensity racing at the 2024 International WASZP Games, Danish sailor Magnus Overbeck of the KDY club emerged victorious, clinching the title by two points ahead of Norway’s Markus Berthet. In a reversal of last year’s WASZP European Championships, where Berthet claimed the win, the 2024 title race once again went down to the wire.
The penultimate day of the 2024 International WASZP Games brought a dramatic shift in conditions, challenging sailors with everything Mother Nature could throw at the fleet. Torrential rain and winds exceeding 30 knots delayed the start until 4:00 PM, as race officials waited for conditions to moderate. But when the fleet finally launched, summer returned to WASZP Island with 20 knots of breeze an
The third day of the 2024 International WASZP Games delivered one of the most extraordinary days of WASZP racing ever seen—a day that will be etched in the memories of the sailors and spectators and a day that transcended the sport of sailing and foiling. It was nothing short of epic.
The second day of the WASZP competition in Sandefjord saw moderate conditions and a reasonable sea state on the outer course. This shift in conditions led to a day focused as much on boat handling as strategy, providing a fresh challenge for the 180 WASZP sailors.
The highly anticipated 2024 International WASZP Games commenced under perfect conditions, with sunshine and flat water providing an ideal backdrop for the first day of competition. Each fleet completed three races, mostly all foiling, despite frequent light patches that turned the races into really strategic pressure-based races.
Final preparations are complete for the International WASZP Games, hosted by Sandefjord Seilforening in Norway. As WASZP Island gets ready to host 180 boats in the largest WASZP event ever, the newly branded “City of Foiling” is set to come alive with excitement.
Danish sailor Magnus Overbeck from the Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub in Denmark continues to demostrate exceptional form in the 2024 season. Following a strong performance and a 2nd place finish at the 2023 International WASZP Games in Australia, Overbeck remains unbeaten in WASZP events this year. Winning the Americas Championships, Foiling Week, Atlantic Coast Championships (USA) and SailGP INSPIRE.
The Spaniard Pablo Astiazaran Perez, 18 years old, won the Waszp 2024 French Championship down to the wire. A title he won thanks to his victory in the very last round, to the detriment of the Danish world No. 1 Magnus Overbeck who dominated until -there. The two men engaged in a very good duel throughout the duration of the competition.
At the end of the second day of competition – 5 races contested – in front of the beaches of La Grande Motte, Magnus Overbeck (DEN), Pablo Aztiazaran Perez and Alberto Morales Hernandez (ESP) lead the ranking of the 2024 Waszp French Championship.
The serious things begin Thursday July 4
In Bellano (Lake Como, Italy), a conclusion under the banner of new racing formats for ACT 2 of the Italian Cup foil class Waszp, organised over the weekend of 24-26 May by Circolo Vela Bellano and animated by over 50 helmsmen from 6 nations.
It has taken just 1hour for the 8.2m section of the Foiling Week WASZP8.2m fleet to sell out! This is the 2nd major event that has sold out in the space of months.
The Italian Waszp class continues with commitment the project developed for young people and does so thinking not only of sailing
The 2024 US National Championships and the WASZP Americas are unfolding under the radiant skies of Hawaii, setting the stage for a showcase of some of the best WASZP sailors in the world in an amazing venue
The WASZP Class, renowned as the premier one-design foiling dinghy globally, is making waves with unprecedented growth and record-breaking participation.
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