Nomination period for the World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award closes this Friday
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Youth Match Racing Worlds, DAY 1: Jeffrey Petersen (USA, Balboa YC) continues his winning ways
Youth Match Racing Worlds, DAY 1: Jeffrey Petersen (USA, Balboa YC) continues his winning ways
Newport Beach, CA (BYC Media Team – August 10, 2021) — Jeffrey Petersen (USA) of host Balboa Yacht continued his...
World Sailing prepared to deliver a safe and successful Olympic Sailing Competition
World Sailing prepared to deliver a safe and successful Olympic Sailing Competition
By World Sailing President, Quanhai Li and Chief Executive Officer, David Graham
As sailors, you need resilience. There are times when you are tested beyond the limits of human endeavours. Whether you are sailing around the world non-stop on your own or testing yourself in the smallest of dinghies in strong wind and waves. You need to remain resilient and focused on the task at hand.
In preparing for the Tokyo 2020...
Measuring boats: it’s not a popularity contest
Measuring boats: it’s not a popularity contest
| You can’t win an Olympic medal in sailing without having a fast boat. Just like in motor racing where winning comes from a combination of man and machine working together in harmony, the same is true in Olympic sailing. To have fair competition, you need to know that everyone is operating within the rules, which is why every boat, board, mast, sail and foil must be inspected and checked over by a team of Event Measurers. They are the sheriffs who... |
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/24/measuring-boats-its-not-a-popularity-contest/
How to Watch The Olympic Racing
How to Watch The Olympic Racing
| The Games are On |
| A Games unlike any other is about to begin. Normally, many of us would be in Tokyo, but since we’re all remote, let’s figure out how to be a part of it.The racing kicks off for ILCA 6/7 (formerly Laser/Radial) and RSX windsurfing tomorrow, and then other fleets are added to stagger the start and finish of racing. … and it’s sailing, so the schedule is bound to change. What days? To keep track of the schedule, have a look at our Olympic site –... |
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/24/how-to-watch-the-olympic-racing/
Fight for supremacy in the Men’s 470
Fight for supremacy in the Men’s 470
| For most of the past five years since Rio, the fight for 470 supremacy has swung back and forth between three men’s teams – the Swedes, the Spanish and the Australians. Click here for the 470 Men’s video preview. In recent times, however, things have got more complicated. There are many pretenders to the crown vacated by Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic (CRO) who retired their successful partnership after becoming Croatia’s first ever Olympic Champions in a... |
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/22/fight-for-supremacy-in-the-mens-470/
Returning Olympic medallists aiming for Radial repeat at Tokyo 2020
Returning Olympic medallists aiming for Radial repeat at Tokyo 2020
With silver and gold from the past two Olympic Games, Marit Bouwmeester (NED) looks well placed to score a hat trick of medals in the Laser Radial at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.
The Dutch sailor will be hard pushed to match gold from Rio 2016, however, with a strong field ready to push the 31-year-old all the way. No one can question her commitment to the cause. She has won four world titles over the past 10...
Scheidt to roll back the years in 35-boat Olympic Laser fleet
Scheidt to roll back the years in 35-boat Olympic Laser fleet
The simplest of all dinghies, and barely changed since it surfaced 50 years ago, the Laser made its first Olympic appearance at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
A 23-year-old Brazilian called Robert Scheidt narrowly won the gold medal in Atlanta ahead of Great Britain’s 19-year-old Ben Ainslie. Somehow, a quarter of a century and seven Games appearances later, the Brazilian magician will be vying for the podium yet again.
Winner of five...
de Geus’ Tokyo 2020 Windsurfing hopes fuelled by Rio disappointment
de Geus’ Tokyo 2020 Windsurfing hopes fuelled by Rio disappointment
Few can relate to the agony of missing out on the Olympic podium like Lilian de Geus (NED). On Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Olympic Games, the Dutch sailor missed the podium by just one point.
“That was a huge disappointment,” she commented. “But in the years that followed it gave me extra motivation to work even harder, so that I never finish fourth.”
That fear of failure is part of what drives de...
2021 Marina Militare Nastro Rosa to host Mixed Offshore European and World Championships
2021 Marina Militare Nastro Rosa to host Mixed Offshore European and World Championships
World Sailing and the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF) have confirmed that the 2021 Hempel Offshore World Championship and the EUROSAF Mixed Offshore European Championship will be held alongside the 2021 Marina MilitareNastro Rosa regatta in Italy.
In addition to today’s announcement, World Sailing is delighted to announce that Hempel, Official Coatings Partner, have extended their support of the sport...