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Rolex Big Boat Series to Race Under ORC Rating Rule in 2022

January 5, 2022

San Francisco, California – 1/4/2022 – This year when handicap fleets line up to compete in the Rolex Big Boat Series on September 15, 2022, they will be racing under rating rules established by the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) rather than the Offshore Rating Rule (ORR). The four-day regatta, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California, has been racing under ORR since 2014; now in 2022, the handicap divisions will be split according to ORC rules and ORC certificates will be required to compete. “The mission statement of St. Francis Yacht Club is to serve as the […]

Canada

Antonia and Georgia Lewin-Lafrance post the best Canadian performance ever at the 2021 49er fx world championships in sailing

December 11, 2021

Kingston, Canada – 11/21/2021 – Sisters Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, N.S., took the 6th spot in overall and final standings at the 2021 49er FX Sailing World Championships held from Tuesday to Sunday in Oman, posting the best Canadian performance ever at this competition that has been held since 2013. On Sunday, Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance became the first Canadians ever to qualify for the medal race of the 49er FX Sailing World Championships, which features the teams that rank among the top 10 following the first 15 preliminary races, after coming up with two first-place and three […]

Racing

Australia win Spain Sail Grand Prix on dramatic day in Cadiz as Spanish F50 seriously damaged and Great Britain capsize during Final

October 10, 2021

Cover photo: Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby celebrate victory on Race Day 2 at Spain SailGP, Event 6, Season 2 in Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain. Photo by Thomas Lovelock for SailGP. … Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain – 10/10/2021 – A dramatic afternoon in Cadiz ended with Australia winning the Spain Sail Grand Prix to return to the top of the SailGP Season Championship ahead of their home event in Sydney. The Aussies, who have now won three events this season, beat the United States and Great Britain in the winner-takes-all Final, aided in part by the Brits’ early capsize which […]

Racing

Australia crowned ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix champions and celebrate successive Season 2 event wins

August 21, 2021

Cover photo: Australia SailGP Team spray champagne as they celebrate their win in the final race on Race Day 2 at Aarhus, Denmark. Photo and copyright by Ian Roman for SailGP. … Aarhus, Denmark – 8/21/2021 – by SailGP – Australia has extended its lead at the top of the SailGP Season Championship with victory in the ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix. Having won the previous event in Great Britain, Tom Slingsby’s team headed to Aarhus leading the overall rankings, and beating Japan and the Brits in the winner-takes-all Final saw the Aussies move two points clear of Ben Ainslie’s […]

Olympics 2020

Evening Report: 470 Gold Medals for Australia and Great Britain

August 4, 2021

Cover photo  Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 Medals: Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) won gold in the 470 Men, with Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE) taking silver and Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodriguez (ESP) bronze. Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/4/2021 – Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition concluded with two Medal Races in the 470 Men and 470 Women. With the 470 becoming a Mixed Event for Paris 2024, today was the last time that these partnerships would […]

Olympics 2020

McNay/Hughes of U.S. team finished 9th overall

August 4, 2021

Cover photo: Stu McNay (Providence, RI) and Dave Hughes (Miami, Fla.) August 4, 2021, photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing Enoshima, Japan – August 4, 2021 – By U.S. Sailing – Team USA’s Stu McNay (Providence, R.I.) and Dave Hughes (Miami, Fla.) competed in the Men’s 470 medal race on Wednesday, the final day of sailing events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. McNay and Hughes finished 4th in the double-points medal race, which lifted them to 9th overall. “Prior to the start, we did our homework with the current readings, but we felt like it would be evolving […]

Olympics 2020

Mcnay/Hughes head Into 470 Medal Race; Gibbs/Weis 3rd In Nacra 17 Medal Race, 9th overall

August 3, 2021

Cover photo: Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) sail the Nacra 17 Medal Race at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, August 3, 2021, © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – By U.S. Sailining – Four medal races and the end of 470 qualifying action combined to create a memorable tenth day of sailing at Tokyo 2020, which saw the US Sailing Team compete in the Nacra 17 medal race and in both 470 fleets. In the Nacra 17, Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) submitted a strong […]

Olympics 2020

Tokyo 2020 – Day 10 – What a day, three medals and breathe

August 3, 2021

Cover photo: © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – August 3, 2021 – By Richard Aspland, British Sailing Team – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing Days like this simply don’t happen all the time. Yes, there were three Olympic medals, but the way in which they were won was just extraordinary. Where do you even start? Well, the Finn had its last ever Olympic race as the class won’t feature at Paris 2024, but what a way to finish. Defending champion Giles Scott had assured himself of a medal going into the final race, […]

Olympics 2020

Evening Report: Gold Medals for Italy & Brazil and two for Great Britain at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition

August 3, 2021

Cover photo: Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze of Brazil have won gold in the 49erFX. Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/3/2021 – Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – It was a sensational day of racing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition on the day that IOC President Thomas Bach experienced the sport for himself. Brazil repeated Rio gold in the Women’s Skiff – 49erFX, Italy claimed Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 gold, and Great Britain won gold medals in the Men’s Skiff – 49er and Men’s Heavyweight […]

Olympics 2020

Gibbs and Weis of U.S. set for Nacra 17 Medal race

August 2, 2021

Cover photo: Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/2/2021 – U.S. Sailing – A lack of wind forced the postponement of racing in all active sailing events on Monday at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. After a lengthy onshore delay, the Race Committee elected to push Monday’s scheduled races to Tuesday, including the 49er and 49erFX skiff medal races that had been planned for today. “[The latest weather information] is too uncertain to rely on and leaves too little time for launching and preparing […]