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Evening Report: Flying Dutchman with one hand on RS:X Windsurfer Gold

July 29, 2021

Enoshima, Japan – 7/29/2021 – By Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – There were tears of joy and anguish on the boat park on the fifth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as Kiran Badloe (NED) put one hand on the Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X gold medal. Ahead of the Men’s RS:X Medal Race on Saturday, Badloe has a significant advantage in the men’s fleet and in the women’s, the Chinese, British and French sailors are certain of a medal each. It was another day of good breeze in Enoshima, […]

Team USA Top-10 in Four Classes

July 28, 2021

Cover photo: Nikki Barnes & Lara Dallman-Weiss heading upwind on their first day of competition where they ended the day in 10th place. © Sailing Energy / World Sailing … Enoshima, Japan – 7/28/2021 – by U.S. Sailing – Four days into the 11-day Tokyo 2020 Olympic sailing regatta, all US Sailing Team athletes competing across nine classes have now logged at least two races in their event. Americans finished the day in the top 10 overall in four events as large swells and varied winds from 5-15 knots returned to Enoshima. In the 49erFX, Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.) […]

Evening Report: Big wave Wednesday

July 28, 2021

Enoshima, Japan – 7/28/2021 – By Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Eight out of ten fleets were racing on Wednesday, with only the Laser and Laser Radial having a rest day. Some sailors put down some big markers with dominant performances in the 470 Women and Nacra 17. In the Men’s and Women’s Skiff events, both halves of an engaged couple are sharing the limelight […]

Evening report: Whacky races make for a day of Special FX

July 27, 2021

Cover photo: Turkey’s Alican Kaynar enjoyed a dream start to Tokyo 2020, the Turkish sailor winning both races in the Finn on the first day of their competition. All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing … Enoshima, Japan – July 27, 2021 – By World Sailing – The excitement kicked up a gear on the third day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as the women in the 49erFX Skiff put on a display of high speed boat handling and fast-thinking tactics. The wind was gusting and shifting wildly for the courses close to shore, although the breeze dropped […]

Evening Report: Making sense of the chaos at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing competition

July 26, 2021

Cover photo: Enoshima, Japan – July 26, 2021 © Sailing Energy / World Sailing … Enoshima, Japan – July 26, 2021 – By World Sailing – There was more wind than expected for the second day of racing at the Olympic Sailing Competition which was just as well as the lumpy, confused wave pattern made it hard to get into the groove. When the Pacific swell hits the shoreline of Enoshima and the concrete harbour walls, it reverberates back out to sea, turning the field of play into something akin to a washing machine. Finding a rhythm through the water […]

Australia won its first event of Season 2, as Great Britain delights home fans with race victory on Plymouth Sound

July 18, 2021

Plymouth, United Kingdom – 7/18/2021 – By SailGP – The Australia SailGP Team on Sunday celebrated its first event win of SailGP Season 2, being crowned champion of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix on Plymouth Sound, as a sun-drenched crowd was also treated to a race win for the home British team. The Aussies, skippered by Tom Slingsby, beat France and the United States in the three-team winner-takes-all Final to move up to first in the Season Championship. The Season 1 champion was defeated by Great Britain in the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix Final earlier this season, but got its […]

Japan crowned Italy SailGP champion after a thrilling day of racing in front of sold-out crowds in Taranto

June 6, 2021

Taranto, Italy – 6/6/2021 – By SailGP – Photos courtesy of SailGP – SailGP fans were out in force in Taranto on Sunday to watch Japan win the Italy Sail Grand Prix and be crowned the second event champion of Season 2. With on-shore tickets sold out and nearly 1,000 boats on the water watching the Race Day 2 action, Season 1 runner up Japan beat Spain and the United States – the latter of whom broke down in dreadfully unfortunate circumstances – in the winner-takes-all podium Final to claim ItalySGP victory and add ten points to its total in […]

Ben Ainslie’s British team wins opening event of SailGP Season 2

April 25, 2021

Dramatic final day on Bermuda’s Great Sound sees overtakes, crashes and a capsize for the sport’s best athletes … Bermuda – 4/25/2021 – Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailGP Team was crowned winners of the opening event of SailGP Season 2. In a dramatic day that saw overtakes, crashes and a capsize, the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess was decided in a winner-takes-all final podium race that saw Ainslie come out on top from Tom Slingsby’s Australia team and Billy Besson of France. Up until that point, reigning champions Australia had been the dominant team, winning four of […]

Railey & Buckingham Finish Top 10 at the 2021 ILCA European Continental Qualifier in Vilamoura, Portugal

April 24, 2021

Vilamoura, Portugal – 4/24/2021 – The 2021 ILCA European Continental Qualifiers ended on Saturday, April 24 following a week of varying breeze and swell in Vilamoura. USA Tokyo 2020 representatives Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) and Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, Calif.) finished in the top 10 among fleets of 89 and 139, respectively. Railey ended her event in tenth and Buckingham finished off his week in a three-way tie for fifth but ultimately in seventh after tie-breaker procedures. On the ILCA 6 podium for this event sits Anne-Marie Rindom from Denmark in first, Josefin Olsson from Sweden in second, and Manami Doi from Japan in third. In the ILCA 7 class, the current world champion Philipp Buhl from […]

The sport’s best athletes go head-to-head as SailGP Season 2 kicks off in Bermuda

April 23, 2021

Bermuda – 4/23/2021 – SailGP returns with the strongest line-up ever seen in the sport with world champions, Olympic medalists and America’s Cup winners battling it out in identical, foiling catamarans over eight global events for the ultimate bragging rights and the sport’s biggest monetary prize. SailGP Season 2 kicks off this weekend with the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess and will see a star-studded line up. Season 1 champion Tom Slingsby at the helm of the Australia SailGP Team will have to defend his title against Great Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor of all time Sir […]