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Italian foiling stars Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti have won their fourth Nacra 17 world title in La Grande Motte, France. It was also a great day for first-time winners of a major championship for teams from Uruguay and Belgium in the 49er and 49erFX European Championships.
A few weeks before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and whose sailing events will be held in Marseille at the beginning of August, this 470 European Championship had a very special flavor in a typically Mediterranean weather, and low to moderate thermal breezes.
As the 77th edition of the Film Festival looms from 14 to 25 May, the 470 European Championship ends in Cannes this Sunday with the Medal Race, a final round reserved for the top ten in the general classification, contested in front of the Yacht Club de Cannes, and whose points count double.
Among the nine teams competing at the 44Cup Baiona, one, Calero Sailing Team, has a crew that has sailed together for less than 10 days.
After a wait for the wind to fill in, the Vigo River estuary and Galicia’s wider Rías Baixas estuary complex delivered for day three of the 44Cup Baiona with 15-20 knots, brilliant sunshine, a short chop and with the magnificent Caes Islands nature reserve as a backdrop.
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti are too professional to admit it, but a strong performance in Saturday’s light airs races has all but secured the Italian defence of the Nacra 17 world title.
At 13 days since the fleet left Lorient just seven solo racers are still racing across the Atlantic on the 3,500 miles Transat CIC. Two IMOCAs are still making their way towards New York.
A stable Mistral, but weak in intensity, allowed the carrying out of another three valid races for the Marina Portoroz Melges 24 Regatta, an event valid as the second appointment of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2024,
The overnight configuration change from high speed to light air boards in Bermuda caused ‘issues’ for Australia’s F50 when racing resumed on day two, according to driver Tom Slingsby.
This three-day extravaganza transcends mere competition, transforming into a vibrant celebration of the artistry, athleticism, and sheer exhilaration that define the world of kitesurfing.
Barcelona, this epic ‘Jewel in the Sun’ of a beachfront city, served up another absolutely top-class day of building afternoon ‘Garbi’ sea-breeze for the British, Swiss, American and French teams who all just keep on upping the ante in this most thrilling of Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cups.
The opening day of the Marina Portoroz Melges 24 Regatta, the second event of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2024, proved to be a spectacular start for competitors, with enthusiastic comments from Peter Karrie, owner of Nefeli, who secured a commanding lead with two impressive wins.
Calero Sailing Team has a very high calibre, 100% Spanish crew which includes several Olympic sailors such as the reigning World Champion in the former Olympic Women’s 470 class, Silvia Más and Pablo Arrarte, who represented Spain in the Star keelboat in Athens in 2004.
History was made on the 44Cup today when, for the first time, a team representing land-locked Switzerland was top scoring boat of the day.
Uruguay has never qualified a 49er to the Olympic Games. In fact across the whole history of the modern Olympics the South American nation has just won 10 medals, none yet in sailing.
Italy’s Ambrogio Beccaria on his all Italian designed and built Musa 40 Alla Grande Pirelli added the hugely prestigious Transat CIC Class 40 title to his steadily growing collection of solo and short handed ocean racing honours
Pacific Rally is departing from Opua this morning and the Gold Coast on Sunday. With over 100 vessels (yachts and power boats) entered this is our biggest ever! We are also very excited to be partnering with Citizens of the Sea to undertake ocean sampling on passage to help scientists better understand our Oceans.
It’s that time of the year again when Portoroz beckons the international Melges 24 fleet as the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2024 makes its next stop in this picturesque Slovenian coastal town.
At the skippers’ briefing held at 14th century Monterreal Castle, home to the host club, the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona (MRCYB), a two hour postponement was announced and it wasn’t until 1415 that the first race got underway.
A drop in wind strength brought huge changes to the 49erFX leaderboard on day three of the European Championship in La Grande Motte in the South of France.
With less than 140 miles to go to the finish line of the Transat CIC solo race across the North Atlantic from Lorient to New York Italy’s Ambrogio Beccaria appears to have dealt with the last weather hurdle earlier today
A drop in wind strength brought huge changes to the 49erFX leaderboard on day three of the European Championship in La Grande Motte in the South of France.
After a week of uncertainty following the discovery of major damage on her boat during The Transat CIC race onboard the IMOCA L’Occitane en Provence, Clarisse Crémer hopes to soon be able to continue her race towards New York.
The fourth season of the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran will kick off this month in Nyon, Switzerland, with the first of six events on Lake Geneva.
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