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Enoshima, Japan (August 19, 2019) – As Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, the official test event for Tokyo 2020, reaches its mid-way point, it’s fair to say that all 353 athletes here have been put through their paces so far. […]

Trey Sheehan dominated the 2019 T10 North American Championship which drew 26 teams to compete August 15-18 in Mentor on the Lake, OH. For the 10 race series on Lake Erie, Sheehan’s team won half the races to finish with […]

The 2019 U.S. Team Racing Championship featured 12 teams vying for the George R. Hinman Trophy on August 16-18 in Newport Beach, CA. Topping the field was Holiday Sideshow with Johnny Norfleet/ Christopher Klevan, Greiner Hobbs/ Miranda Bakos, and Ian […]

Forty-one teams competed in the 2019 Melges 24 North American Championship held August 16-18 in Traverse City, MI. Travis Weisleder (USA), trailing Richard Reid (CAN) after the first two days, took the title on the final day when the lone […]

The infamous Inland Lakes Yachting Association Annual Championship held titles for four of the scow classes on August 14-18 in Oshkosh, WI. Light winds and storm conditions impacted the schedule for the 134 teams but titles were ultimately won by […]

Allie Blecher (Long Beach, Calif.) won the 17th U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship held August 16-18 in Detroit, MI. Blecher topped the final match 2-0 over Giselle Camet Nyenhuis (San Diego, Calif.). Blecher, the 2010 Quantum Collegiate Female Sailor of […]

Newport, RI (August 18, 2019) – Winning its final four races in the Hinman Masters Team Race put the crew from Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, CT) in a strong position for the overall title, but it didn’t quite seal the […]

Torbole, Italy (August 18, 2019) – The 2019 Kona World Championships closed today with 15 to 18 knots for two more races, continuing the streak of dream weather for the 13-race series. In the male category, Huig-Jan Tak (NED) had […]

Brazilian Jorge Zarif had a home field advantage during the Rio 2016 Olympics, though finishing just off the Finn podium in fourth leaves him wanting more. So he has his sights on Tokyo 2020, but that means adapting to an […]

Chester, NS (August 17, 2019) – With a full four days of ideal weather including steady south-east winds – unheard of in recent Chester Race Week memory – sailors were understandably tired but ready to give their best effort on […]

Torbole, Italy (August 17, 2019) – Only two races left tomorrow to decide the 2019 world title for the Kona Class, and it’s still too early to tell who might come out on top between Huig-Jan Tak (NED) and Tim […]

Ekaterinburg, Russia (August 17, 2019) – The final day of the Youth Match Racing World Championship failed to complete any racing due to a lack of wind on Verkh-Isetsky pond. With the second of the double round robin series incomplete, […]

Tom Hutchinson, 52, perished August 7 in a kite surfing accident on the Isle of Wight, UK. The incident came as the area experienced heavy winds, with his brother Riff on the beach at Compton caring for Tom until emergency […]

Filthy water plagued the Rio 2016 Olympics when promises by the South American city failed to address their insufficient sanitation system. As a result, Guanabara Bay, the venue for many of the aquatic events, Sailing included, tested high for bacteria […]

In a review of the equipment for the Men’s and Women’s Windsurfer events to be held at the Paris 2024 Olympics, World Sailing has shortlisted five tenders to attend the sea trials from September 29 to October 3, 2019. Circolo […]

Enoshima, Japan (August 17, 2019) – The official test event of Tokyo 2020, Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, got underway today with the first day of racing for the 10 Olympic events. For the 363 sailors from 47 nations, along […]

Ekaterinburg, Russia (August 16, 2019) – The fourth day of the Youth Match Racing World Championship started with a dead calm but in the afternoon a light breeze started cutting the aquatory of the Verkh-Isetsky pond and later wavelets covered […]

Four days of racing were held for the 2019 Sail Canada Youth Championships on August 13-16 in Kingston, ON. Five events attracted 249 boats and 321 sailors with titles won by Nathan Duffar-Calder/ Andreas Steinitz (29er), Moritz Heidenreich/ David Frost […]

Chester, NS (August 16, 2019) – More beautiful weather greeted sailors on Day 3 of Helly Hansen Chester Race Week 2019 with sunny skies and brisk winds reaching courses across Mahone Bay. “We couldn’t have asked for better weather for […]

Point Abino, ONT (August 16, 2019) – The final day at the Lightning North American Championship failed to deliver sufficient wind for the sixth and final race, leaving Ched Proctor and his team of Samuel Blouin and Monica Morgan as […]

Torbole, Italy (August 16, 2019) – While the opening four races yesterday at the 2019 Kona One Worlds were all about the kids duking it out with the wily veterans of the fleet, today the old guys came out swinging, […]

The 2019 J/111 World Championship has attracted 23 entries for the August 20-23 title fight on Lake Michigan in Chicago, IL. The field includes 2018 J/111 North American Champion and 2017 J/111 World Champion Peter Wagner on Skeleton Key, sailors […]

It is always a big deal in any America’s Cup cycle when the first tranche of AC Class yachts is revealed. Fans and teams alike pore over every photograph and video they can get their hands on to analyse what […]

The 2019 U.S. Team Racing Championship for the historic George R. Hinman Trophy will be held August 16 through 18 in Newport Beach, CA. This US Sailing National Championship, hosted by Newport Harbor Yacht Club, features 12 teams competing in […]

It will be a monumental shift for Olympic Sailing when one of the ten events leaves the controlled venue at the Paris 2024 Games and goes offshore. Here’s a report and video regarding this new direction: For the first time […]

It came as a shocker in January 2015 when it was announced the inclusion of Sailing in the Paralympic Games was coming to an end after Tokyo 2020. However, it proved to be a wake-up call within the administration of […]

Ekaterinburg, Russia (August 15, 2019) – The weather forecast for the third day of the Youth Match Racing World Championship promised a dead calm, and when the wind started blowing suddenly, it threw off a thick fog over the Verkh-Isetsky […]

This week’s “World on Water” global sailing news show produced by www.boatson.tv. In this week’s “WoW TV”: • Alex Thomson Racing launch their brand new IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss built by Brit Jason Carrington (who also built Niklas Zennstrom’s Fast […]

With Bruno Martini Bruno Martini (I-99 / Challenger Sails / AL360) is currently ranked 19th on the PWA Slalom World Tour as the Italian attempts to break into the world’s overall top 16 for the first time in his career. […]

Point Abino, ONT (August 15, 2019) – The penultimate day at the Lightning North American Championship completed two more races with Ched Proctor and his team of Samuel Blouin and Monica Morgan owning the day with a 3-1 to take […]

Chester, NS (August 15, 2019) – As if on cue, a threatening fog off Blandford rolled back and fresh winds picked up just as races started for Day 2 of Helly Hansen Chester Race Week 2019 on Mahone Bay on […]

Trento, Italy (August 15, 2019) – The opening day at the 2019 Kona One Worlds saw the Ora (the famous thermal southern wind in the region) deliver 15-20 knots and solid chop in the afternoon to show the fleet it […]

The 2019 Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic Sailing Test Event will offer a preview of what to expect in one year’s time at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Three hundred sixty-three competitors are ramping up for racing on August 17 to […]