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It was another glorious day of unending blue skies in Hyères, but the shift right from 6-8-knot offshore northeasterlies to a bigger south-southwesterly breeze did not materialise and many struggled for consistency as they watched their podium places disappear.
It was the first day of gold fleet racing at the French Olympic Week regatta Hyères, and with all eyes now set on Saturday’s medal races the intensity of the competition went up a notch.
New Zealand’s windfoilers didn’t really know how they would go in their first foray into international competition so are very encouraged to have two sailors in and around the top 10 at the French Olympic Regatta in Hyeres.
Beautiful conditions graced the first day of gold fleet in the 53rd Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères
Antigua Sailing Week Race Manager, Jaime Torres runs through the runners and riders and the provisional class splits for the world-famous Antigua Sailing Week celebrating the 53rd edition of the bucket-list Caribbean regatta.
A few more hours and it will be time for some Melges 24 regattas again: exactly one month after the season-opener!
Day 3 at the 53rd edition of the French Olympic Week regatta saw the end of the qualifying series with multiple Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes making the first cut and qualifying for their respective gold fleets.
Alex Maloney and Olivia Hobbs feel like they’re finding their feet as a combination and it showed in today’s results at the French Olympic Week regatta in Hyeres, with the pair notching three good results to put them right in the hunt.
After three days of racing in the 53rd Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – TPM we have the first qualification cut – let the gold fleets begin.
Olympic champion Matt Wearn (WA) continued his winning streak at the French Olympic Week Hyères, finishing first in both his fleet races on the second day of the regatta.
The wind might have dropped on day 2 of the 53rd Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – TPM, but the pressure kept rising for the sailors either getting to know their new crews or crafts.
Day 2 of the French Olympic Week regatta bought more strong winds, not what our kiwis were hoping for.
The famous Hyères mistral cracked in for the opening day of racing at the French Olympic Week 2022, throwing up challenges to competitors and race organisers alike
The 53rd Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – TPM opened in classic Côte d’Azur style on Monday with the world’s best rising to the strong winds through a field of 751 sailors from over 50 countries. It was like they had never been away.
The New Zealand sailors are well placed after the first day of the French Olympic Week regatta in Hyeres, with five boats in the top 10!
Three teams took part in both Grand Prix, among them the winners of GP1.1, Fin1Racing, who reconfirmed themselves the best of the week winning also GP1.2.
Five-time winner of Les Voiles de St. Barth Richard Mille, American Jim Swartz and company won the Maxi class with their JV 72 Vesper and earned the Richard Mille RM 028 Richard Mille Automatic Diver Watch.
The day included its share of perfect results shaken, but nothing compared to the drama that unfolded on the CSA 1, 2 and 3 course, which shares the same starting line and includes boats ranging from the 52s down to Arabella, a Cape 31.
Oyster Yachts officially launched its new sub-50′ blue water cruiser, the Oyster 495, at London Luxury Afloat, which is taking place at St. Katharine Docks from 21-24 April.
World Sailing has launched a global campaign for sailing to be reinstated at the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. Learn how you can help!
David Camilo spoke with US Sailing about his introduction to the sport and his time with Special Olympics sailing for Autism Acceptance Month.
Olympic Champions Matt Wearn OAM (WA) and Tom Burton OAM (NSW) will spearhead the Australian Sailing Team (AST) when the world’s best crews return to the Semaine Olympique Francaise – the French Olympic Week at Hyères, France, for the first time since 2019 next week (23 – 30 April 2022).
Muscat will extend a warm welcome to the fleet of ten high-performance one-design RC44s, which will be based in and racing on the warm waters off Al Mouj Marina in the heart of the Omani capital.
The 33 Figarists involved in the 19th edition of the Solo Maître CoQ got to the heart of the matter on Tuesday.
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