Race

Cover photo: Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/2/2021 – Andy Rice, World Sailing – Lack of wind across Sagami Bay meant no racing on Monday, Day 9 of the Sailing Olympic competition. This means the skiff classes, the 49erFX Women and 49er Men, will have to wait another 24 hours to decide the medals in their events. Director of Events at World Sailing, Alastair Fox, explained: “Races will not be started in less than an average of 5 knots of wind established over the entire course area. This lower limit may be higher if there […]

Kingston – August 1, 2021 – By Sail Canada – Photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – At her first Olympic Games, Sarah Douglas achieved Canada’s best individual performance in women’s sailing in Olympic history by finishing in 6th position overall in Laser Radial in Tokyo. In the Medal Race held overnight Saturday into Sunday (Eastern Time), Sarah Douglas from Toronto took 9th position in the Laser Radial final race to finish 6th overall. “I’m a bit disappointed, but I’m still really proud of what I did this past week, in that I had an opportunity to win a […]

Cover photo: Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) In the mixed Nacra 17 foiling multihull, August 1, 2021, © Sailing Energy / World Sailing Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/1/2021 – By Allison Chenard, U.S. Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – On day eight of racing off Enoshima, US Sailing Team athletes qualified for the Tokyo 2020 medal race in the Mixed Nacra 17 event and exited the regatta in the Men’s Heavyweight Finn class. Team USA also continued qualifying action in the Men’s and […]

Cover photo: Man’s Windsurfer, RS:X, Badloe of Netherlands wins the Gold Medal. Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 7/31/2021 – By Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © by Sailing Energy / World Sailing – We thought the three-way battle for the Women’s Windsurfing – RS:X medal was exciting but then there was perhaps one of the craziest, most unpredictable Medal Races of all time in the Men’s division. As gold was all but assured for Kiran Badloe in the Men’s RS:X, silver and bronze was decided by some close calls. Further out to […]

Cover photo: Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.) and Maggie Shea (Wilmette, Ill.) round the gate on day six of the competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. July 30, 2021, © Sailing Energy / World Sailing © Sailing Energy / World Sailing …… Enoshima, Japan – 7/30/2021 – by U.S. Sailing – Enoshima, Japan – Very light winds descended on Enoshima for day six of the Tokyo 2020 sailing events, providing a tense and unforgiving field of play for several key races featuring the US Sailing Team. See Also: Results, NBC replays, Race Tracking, and More In the 49erFX, Stephanie Roble (East Troy, […]

Enoshima, Japan – 7/30/2021 – By World Sailing – Today’s racing will take place in: 49erFX Women 49er Men 470 Men 470 Women Laser Men Laser Radial Women Lighter winds for Day 6 of the Sailing competition. The water is flatter too. Will that make Enoshima Course less of a washing machine, with the waves less likely to be bouncing so strongly off the beach?  In the Laser Men and Laser Radial Women’s fleets due to compete on Enoshima from midday, there are some sailors who will be hoping for all the random chaos they can get from the conditions, […]