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The 32 sailors have finished this 635 mile leg from Port-La-Forêt to Charente Maritime; once again an incredible leg, full of twists and turns: upwind, downwind, strong or light winds, the skippers will have experienced it all, tried out all the onboard wardrobe…
Megan Thomson (NZL) made moves today after a huge improvement from day one. Thomson and her 2.0 team won the second round robin, which moved them up to third place in the standings, just behind Jean-Baptiste Bernaz and Chris Poole.
?There were encouraging signs from New Zealand’s top 49erFX combinations at the world championships in Nova Scotia today, with both crews firmly entrenched in the top 10 after the second day of action.
When four J Class yachts, Ranger, Svea, Topaz and Velsheda line up next week on the beautiful waters of the Costa Smeralda at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, it will be the first time that there has been stand-alone J Class racing at the annual pinnacle event since 2014.
A perfect ‘Bay Day’ with 8 to 14 knots of sea breeze in sunny St Margaret’s Bay
After the tempest comes the calm. Nice wind and sunny skies greeted the crews on St Margarets Bay for the second day’s racing at the 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships.
Sometimes getting away early can spell trouble for sailors, but for seven of the 12 Australian crews taking part in the 2022 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships, competing in the first session of the day meant they were able to race their full schedule of three races.
Most of the New Zealand crews competing escaped relatively unscathed. Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson were the best placed of the Kiwis in fifth in the Nacra 17, Jo Aleh and Molly Meech are seventh and Alex Maloney and Olivia Hobbs 16th in the 49erFX, and Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn were the leading New Zealand boat in the 49er in 17th overall.
All the pent-up pre-regatta tension was set free on a wild and wavy race track on day one of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia, Canada.
With just over 100 nautical miles to the finish line of the 655 miles Stage 2 of La Solitaire du Figaro at 17.00hrs French time this late afternoon the leading group are tightly packed, the solo skippers doing all they can to sniff out the best of the breeze.
For athletes pursuing the Olympics, World Championships are a critical piece of the journey: it’s the annual opportunity to qualify for the US Sailing Team, an important check-in with the international fleets on the way to Paris 2024, and the time for a fresh reset of world rankings.
A bag piper rang in the crowd Tuesday evening for the opening ceremonies of the 2022 World Championships as the waining seabreeze and sun filled the Hubbards waterfront.
It’s like Christmas, except if Christmas were in August and Santa is the Connect App with a new firmware to update your Atlas 2. Firmware version 0.9.1 brings a whole new range of functions to the Atlas 2.
Antigua Sailing Week (ASW) is pleased to announce that it has again secured a sponsorship agreement with Virgin Atlantic for commitment as the Official Transatlantic Airline of the 2023 event.
Dejected wasn’t the right word for the look on Odile van Aanholt’s face after she missed the Gold Fleet cut at the 2020 Melbourne Worlds. But it was certainly something a little angrier than that.
12 Australian crews are all set to take part in the 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships taking place from August 31 to September 5 on Saint Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
No races were completed today on the final day of the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind again. The scores remain unchanged from yesterday, so Germany’s U19 sailor Ole Schweckendiek and Belgium’s Eline Verstraelen were named 2022 ILCA U21 World Champions.
The Hubbards Community Waterfront has been completely transformed in preparation for the 2022 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships. What was once a thriving fish processing plant, that became derelict after decades of decline, will now be a permanent access point to amazing sailing.
Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. It was another morning without wind, so the race committee displayed the AP flag to start the day.
Racing got underway today in the seventh IRC European Championship, this year taking part in the Netherlands as part of Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend. Part of the four day competition to determine who gets this year’s title for the RORC and UNCL’s popular rating rule, is a medium coastal race which was contested today.
With the announcements of new IMOCA teams aiming for round-the-world races, whether solo or crewed, it’s got to make you think and appreciate the progress of the boats that are currently sailing around the world.
A new IMOCA team just announced with their eyes set on the 2028 Vendée Globe – Canada Ocean Racing.
Two races were completed today in all three fleets at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. With a beautiful southeast breeze of 10–13 knots, Vilamoura provided its reliable champagne sailing conditions for the first day of the championships.
65 years later, the Snipe Worlds are back in Cascais waters for 5 days, 9 races, of fierce competition for the world title.
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