Team USA Qualifies For Paris 2024 In 49er, FX, Kitefoil And ILCA 6!

Mission accomplished in the 49er & 49er FX, achieved by:
Andrew Mollerus / Ian MacDiarmid (USST 49er), Ian Barrows / Hans Henken (USST 49er), and Steph Roble OLY / Maggie Shea OLY (USST 49er FX)



The path to Paris 2024 consists of two parts: "qualifying a country" (earning a spot in each sailing class) and deciding which athlete(s) will fill the spots the country has qualified for.



The 2023 Sailing...

Jarudd and Jonsson (SWE) Snatch Bronze and Italians and Brits hold for gold and silver
The Gold and Silver were all but decided heading into her medal race, but the fight for bronze was among five boats. Laila van de Meer with Bjarne Bouwer (NED) were fourth overnight and won the pin end of the startline. They charged forward into the lead and took mathematical control of the bronze medal.



Dutch win the pin and foil into the race lead.
Meanwhile,...

The Allianz Sailing World Championships got off to a flying start in The Hague with strong Italian, American and Spanish showings.
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti caught the eye with three bullets in the Nacra 17, while in the 49er, there were two wins apiece for Diego Botin and Florian Trittel (ESP) and Nevin Snow and Mac Agnese (USA).

Elsewhere, there were some surprise results in the Mixed 470 and 49erFX classes, while Betsy Alison’s strong start in the...

In brief:

11th Hour Racing Team has left The Hague, The Netherlands, bound for Genoa, Italy.

The “race-within-a-race” is now on for the team to deliver the boat to Genoa in time for the In-Port Race on July 1

Routing for the 2,500 nautical mile delivery currently has team arriving on June 30

Skipper, Enright: “We are very tight on time, but we will do everything we can to get to Genoa to join the rest of the fleet for...

The Hague, The Netherlands
Sunday, June 18, 2023



11th Hour Racing Team has announced its plan to deliver its 60-foot race boat, Mālama, to Genoa, Italy, after the huge collision during the inshore section of the Leg 7 start, which saw the team forced to retire from the final leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23. 11th Hour Racing Team’s boat was hit by competitor GUYOT environnement - Team Europe just 17 minutes into the start of the leg, on its port side, leaving...

It might be hard to believe, given the scale of disappointment felt yesterday but these images were taken just an hour after the team docked back into The Hague.
"The team is okay. It's been a tough afternoon but the most important thing is that everyone's okay," says Team CEO Mark Towill. "In my opinion, we've got one of the best tech teams in the world, so they're diagnosing exactly where we're at so we can make a plan."
When the going gets tough......

GUYOT environnement-Team Europe lead the way in fast and furious foiling conditions
A fantastic first win for the popular IMOCA team at the In Port Race in The Hague




The Hague served up some of the best racing conditions the IMOCA fleet has seen in this edition of The Ocean Race on Tuesday afternoon. Bright sunshine and strong winds approaching 20 knots made for fast and furious foiling for the In-Port Race.

Benjamin Dutreux’s GUYOT environnement...

The result was in doubt until the final moments of leg 6, with 11th Hour Racing Team along with Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia racing within shouting distance of each other during most of Sunday morning.

The final approach to The Hague required one short upwind section where the boats were crisscrossing within metres with each tack, but skipper Charlie Enright's 11th Hour Racing Team held their nerve and made the final turn south with a small lead they would manage...