First Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Medals Claimed
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August 12, 2016) – Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED) has won the gold medal in the Men’s Windsurfer (RS:X) and Nick Dempsey (GBR) has won the silver, both without having to contest...
View ArticleWorld on Water
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week Day 1, Pantaenius Sail Power Insurance’s Skip Novak’s Storm Sailing Techniques – Reefing, our exclusive chat with Skipper David Witt “Scallywag” after their Keel...
View ArticleWet and Windy for Quarters at Lysekil Women’s Match
Lysekil, Sweden (August 12, 2016) – In The Swedish west coast offered a fresh breeze and heavy rain as the quarterfinals of Lysekil Women’s Match, the 2nd event on the 2016 WIM Series, were decided...
View ArticleSpectacular Day at Cowes Week
Cowes, UK (August 12, 2016) – Competitors and spectators enjoyed simply stunning weather on the penultimate day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The Isle of Wight and Solent were bathed with...
View ArticleRio 2016 – 470’s leading the way for Team USA
Day 5 of sailing competition at Rio Olympic Games was a momentous one, as RS:X fleets concluded full-fleet competition… For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleCold Case Solved
Back in 2009, a routine hydrographic survey by NOAA revealed a wreck on the ocean floor only a few miles from Southeast Farallon Island. No big surprise – hundreds of vessels have foundered over the...
View ArticleOlympics Daily Debrief, Day 5 — Running Away With It
Racing In two of the Olympic classes, there’s no denying who’s dominant. In two of the Olympic classes, there’s no denying who’s dominant. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleFinn focus at Rio Olympics – A day to recover and a day to reflect
No one has been consistent. Everyone has had scores in top and bottom half of the fleet. Nine sailors have letter scores… For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View Article2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games – Day 4 action-shots
Sailing Energy / World Sailing provided this gallery of images from 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games – Day 4 action For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleRio 2016 – Belgians suspect dirty water for Laser sailor illness
World Sailing has said it regularly tests the water and that it is within international standards. For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleLet’s go wakeboarding!
French 2014 Slalom champion Estelle Barré wakeboarding @ Gruissan towed by Dynamique Voile / Homkia
View Articleconflicted
What would you think if a World Sailing VP, who is also the immediate past President of US Sailing and current NBC Olympic broadcaster used his position to get footage of an incident involving a US...
View ArticleIrish pair take 29er Open Championship in final race
Harry Durcan and Harry Whittaker of Ireland took the UK Zhik Open Championship – Crispin Beaumont and Tom Darling are the Zhik 29er UK National Champions For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK...
View ArticleOlympics Launch, Day 6 – Beach Day
Racing The spectator area for Olympic sailing in Rio coincides with a national pastime. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleVIDEO: Mid-Olympic Update
Team leader Josh Adams gives a mid-Olympic update following the conclusion of RS:X racing, and men’s 470 crew Dave Hughes sheds some light on Race Day 5 proceedings. How to follow the Olympics… click...
View ArticleDempsey wins first GBR sailing medal at Rio Olympics
Britain’s oldest Olympic sailing competitor turns 36 today, and he celebrated by winning the first British sailing medal of the Rio Olympic Games For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleBrilliant End to Cowes Race Week
Cowes, UK (August 13, 2016) – High pressure, brilliant sun and a solid westerly breeze again delivered perfect conditions for the final day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The wind dipped...
View ArticleVIDEO: A Tiebreaker Tossup
With his 10-4 scoreline on Day 6 Charlie Buckingham did almost everything he needed to in order to make the Laser’s top-ten Medal Race. With 109 points he tied for tenth but lost the tiebreaker based...
View ArticleFour Races Complete at Chubb U.S. Junior Champs
San Diego, CA (August 13, 2016) – The 2016 Chubb U.S. Junior Sailing Championships, hosted by Mission Bay Yacht Club, started Saturday morning in San Diego. The single-, double- and triplehanded fleets...
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