Italy, Sweden And The Dutch Takc Nacra 17 Medals In The Worlds

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.
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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...

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The Allianz Sailing World Championships got off to a flying start in The Hague with strong Italian, American and Spanish showings.
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The Med’s famous Mistral pushed the sailors to their limits and beyond on day 2 of the 54th Semaine Olympique Francaise de Hyeres - TPM. Glorious sunshine and 23-knot+ westerlies building throughout the day and gusting towards 30 welcomed the fleets in the Bay of Hyeres.



Big wind specialists relished a rare chance to spread their wings, but for some - even Olympic medalists - it was the windiest conditions they had ever sailed in.



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A day when the local Embat sea breeze came in on cue at 12-13kts allowed Mallorca’s showcase 52 Trofeo Princesa Sofia to complete qualifying series for all classes, allowing tomorrow’s Finals to be contested on schedule to decide who will compete in Saturday’s titles decider.




The Bay of Palma was back to its sparkling best; speed, power and manoeuvres being tested today much more than the ability to read the changing breezes which prevailed through the two opening...

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A day when the local Embat sea breeze came in on cue at 12-13kts allowed Mallorca’s showcase 52 Trofeo Princesa Sofia to complete qualifying series...

Kiwis lead Nacra 17s, Kantor & Sills top iQFOiL


Tuesday was the start of part 2 of the Lanzarote International Regatta. After two days of the dusty Calima breeze from the Sahara, today the sunshine returned to the Canary Islands, and 10 to 14 knots of wind were blowing for the opening day of Nacra 17 and iQFOiL racing




Four days of Nacra 17 & iQFOiL windsurfer competition get underway

Race win for Mexico’s Mariana Aguilar...

The Dreaded ‘Calima’

While the huge swell and big breeze gusting up to 26 knots was certainly proving a challenge to the sailors, it was the ‘calima’, the dreaded Saharan dust carried on a strong easterly wind, that forced a halt to racing. With visibility reduced to little more than a couple of hundred metres, safety considerations prevailed and the 470s were sent back to the shelter of Marina Rubicon.

As to that 470 race, it was further evidence...

The 53rd Semaine Olympique Francaise de Hyres - TPM opened in classic Cote 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. After missing two years because of Covid, it was the most welcome and vivacious of returns for a venue and event that means so much to so many. Racing began at 11 in glorious sunshine, under cloudless skies and with strong offshore westerly winds...

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The 53rd Semaine Olympique Fran?aise de Hy?res - TPM opened in classic C?te d'Azur style on Monday with the world's best rising to the strong...

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On Monday, the 182 sailors from 45 nations demonstrated their skills on spectacular Biscayne Bay in the first of six days of racing...

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Day One: Slow Start on Sagami Bay

The Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima is off to a slow start thanks to a long...

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A long opening day of the 50th anniversary edition of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR was more frustrating for the classes which were...

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Today's second race for the Finn class at the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series Miami was something of a microcosm of the regatta so...

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It’s a sad day today. The Finn was dropped from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. There will no longer be a boat available for...