Tokyo 2020: sailing flag bearers
Sailing was represented by 11 flagbearers from 8 nations at the #Tokyo2020 #OpeningCeremony, and their families and friends were watching with pride back at home! – World Sailing
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Tokyo 2020 in Numbers
All the facts and figures surrounding #Sailing at #Tokyo2020! Here’s all the stats you need to know about the athletes, the venue and the competition. – World Sailing
Day 1 Highlights | Tokyo 2020
The #Tokyo2020 Olympic Sailing Competition is officially underway! Here’s a recap of the big news from the Laser, Laser Radial and RS:X Men and Women fleets on the opening day of competition. Read the full Day 1 report: https://bit.ly/Tokyo2020-D1Report –…
Tokyo 2020: Lasers experience light air on Day 1
July 25: Australian sailors were faced with light winds, a delay and a postponement on the first day of action at the long-awaited Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Team Leader Iain Murray shared his thoughts on the day with us here. “Today…
Tokyo 2020: favourites struggle to dominate on tricky opening day
After two weeks of training in steady onshore breezes, the sailors were dealt a very different and more difficult hand for the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. On the Enoshima course, close to the sailing centre,…
Tokyo 2020 Finn stories: British defender – Dutch contender
There are always many stories to come out of the Olympic Games, but for the 19 Finn sailors at Enoshima, these are all the more poignant as they contemplate the Finn’s final appearance at the Games and maybe their only…
Tokyo 2020: Meech confident of turning things around
Laser sailor Sam Meech (NZL) knows one bad race doesn’t make a regatta, especially at the Olympics, and has made a habit of navigating his way to the front of the fleet throughout his career. The Rio bronze medallist was 19th…
Teams continue to finish strongly at 51st Transpac
More than half of the fleet of 41 entries of the 51st edition of the Los Angeles-Honolulu Transpac are expected to be in to their berths before another large wave of 18 finishers are expected tomorrow night. Having start dates staggered…
Tokyo 2020 Finn stories: Kiwi challenger – Spanish ambition
Tokyo 2020: Everyone is ready on the eve of the start of the last Olympic Finn event; most have been ready for at least a year, but in the next eight days, many years of hard work will come to…
Margate Marina: Major improvements continue
Nestled in the quiet waters of North West Bay south of Margate, one of Tasmania’s newest and best equipped marinas is continuing its major redevelopment. Margate Marina represents one of Tasmania’s largest private marina investments, ideally situated on the gateway…
Tokyo 2020: 59 year old Lange to defend Nacra 17 title
Five years ago, Santiago Lange and Cecilia Caranza Saroli (ARG) set the Games alight with their victory in the Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 event at Rio 2016. First was the fact that Lange was 54 years old competing in…
Olympic Sailing Competition starts today
It’s the eve of competition for sailing at Tokyo 2020, and the boat park has been a place of focus and precision in the final 24 hours before battle commences in the Laser, Laser Radial and Men’s and Women’s RS:X….
Epic final battle looming for Finn class titans at Tokyo 2020
An epic final battle is looming for the Finn class in Tokyo; all bets are off with one of the strongest line-ups of potential medalists in a generation, as the Finn class making its final appearance at Tokyo 2020 after…
World Sailing prepared to deliver safe and successful Olympic Sailing Competition
As sailors, you need resilience and there are times when you are tested beyond the limits of human endeavours, whether you are sailing around the world non-stop on your own or testing yourself in the smallest of dinghies in strong…
Measuring boats not a popularity contest
You can’t win an Olympic medal in sailing without having a fast boat. Just like in motor racing where winning comes from a combination of man and machine working together in harmony, the same is true in Olympic sailing. To…
Pyewacket takes Transpac line honours
Honolulu, Hawaii : Five days, 16 hours, 53 minutes and 20 seconds since starting off San Pedro in Los Angeles last Saturday, the team on Roy Disney’s turbo Volvo 70 Pyewacket crossed Diamond Head finish line at 2:53am, first to…
ORC attracts 14 nations to 39 Copa del Rey
Up to 45 boats from 14 countries will compete in the three BMW ORC classes at the 39 Copa del Rey Mapfre, including several 2019 champions returning to defend their titles against a varied fleet. From the start in 1982,…
Sailing flies flags at Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony
There is no greater honour than carrying your national flag into the Olympic Stadium, and for the chosen few who become flag bearers for their nation, this evening’s Opening Ceremony was one of the most special of their lives, including…
Transpac Race: First finishers on final approach
Honolulu, Hawaii: All eyes are on the trackers to anticipate the arrival of the first finishers in the 2021 Transpac, as the favorable weather in this year’s 2225-mile race, from Los Angeles to Honolulu, has resulted in shorter distances and…
AST Coaching Chain Series – Matt Wearn
It takes a team of coaches to produce an Olympic athlete. The Australian Sailing High Performance program supports a “coaching chain” where each coach contributes to the development of the athlete at their age and stage of development on and…
Triple amputee sails the world
Triple amputee army veteran Craig Wood is cruising around the world to raise awareness of sailing with disabilities. He shared his story with Katy Stickland. Three months after his 18th birthday, Craig Wood’s life changed forever while on deployment to…
New launch: SVR-LAZARTIGUE trimaran
The exceptional SVR-LAZARTIGUE trimaran, launched on July 22, breaks the codes in terms of current technologies, and it is no exaggeration to say that she’s a machine from a whole other era. For a great many years, the CDK Technologies…
Viper WRL System: effective lubrication for mooring ropes
The cleaning and lubrication of mooring ropes are typically done by hand, which is unsafe, time-consuming, ineffective, and very messy. The Viper WRL System has been designed to provide safe, simple and effective lubrication of your wire ropes by: Reducing direct contact with the rope and the…
GC32s return to Lagos
Lagos, Portugal: Coming in race fit to the GC32 Lagos Cup 2 kicking off next week will be several skippers and crew who competed last weekend at the British stopover of SailGP in Plymouth. Alinghi’s co-helmsman Arnaud Psarofaghis was standing…
Fastnet Race: Division 4 dares to dream
The 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race is a labour of love for the 500 sailors spread across the 70 plus strong fleet racing in IRC Division Four; especially seeing that many of these yachts consist of amateur sailors competing in boats…
Tokyo 2020: Laser sailor Luc Chevrier (LCA)
Hard work and determination – plus a lot of natural talent – helped Luc Chevrier of Saint Lucia qualify for #Tokyo 2020 as a tripartite athlete. After staying focused during quarantine and forming a solid training group, he’s more than…
Flagbearer’s Honour: Santiago Lange (ARG) | Tokyo 2020
What better way to mark your seventh Olympics than as flagbearer for your country at the Opening Ceremony? Rio 2016 gold medallist Santiago Lange, alongside team-mate Cecilia Carranza Saroli, will have this honour for Argentina at #Tokyo2020. – World Sailing
Inaugural Brisbane Yachting Expo
Yachtshare and the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron are proud to present the inaugural Brisbane Yachting Expo. Spread over three days from the 30th July – 1st August, the Expo showcases leading sailing and motor yacht brands in the heart of Brisbane’s yachting…
Bollé International Youth Match Racing Regatta returns to CYCA
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, in conjunction with Ocean Clothing Group, is pleased to announce the Bollé International Youth Match Racing Regatta will return from 22-26 November 2021. Following the cancellation of the 2020 regatta due to the COVID-19 pandemic, competitors will…
Tokyo 2020: Australian 470 sailors fight for supremacy
For most part of the past five years since Rio, the fight for 470 supremacy has swung back and forth between three men’s teams – the Swedes, the Spanish and the Australians. In recent times, however, things have got more…
Tokyo 2020: sailors receive an Enoshima welcome
This morning, #Tokyo2020 athletes (Australian sailors included) and officials were greeted by dancers performing the #TokyoGorinOndo on their arrival in Enoshima – it certainly brightened everyone’s day! – World Sailing
Tokyo 2020: Japan celebrates Ocean Day
Thursday 22 July: Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, Japan’s Ocean Day (also known as Marine Day) is being celebrated across the nation; a cause that hits close to home for the ambassadors of the world’s waterways –…
470 Men: Technique and Tactics | Tokyo 2020
To succeed in the 470 Men’s class, you need a strong tactical mind and the technique to back it up. The physicality and skillsets of the sailors has changed in recent years but the leading contenders have adapted. For most…
America’s Cup: Covid slashes cash haul
The 36th America’s Cup in Auckland returned 79 cents for every dollar invested by the Government and the Auckland Council, a new study has shown. The pandemic ensured the event fell far short of providing the $600m to $1 billion expected boost to the…
Nacra 17: The Foiling Beast | Tokyo 2020
Strap in for a wild ride with the Nacra 17! These foiling beasts are a joy to watch and a thrill to sail, with the mixed crews having to ensure they are on the same wavelength throughout – one mistake…
Capturing moments: Onne van der Wal
Known throughout the sailing world by his first name only, Onne (pronounced “on-ah”) is still creating indelible images, 40 years after his photos first made a splash in Sail magazine in 1982. He was a professional sailor back in those days, sailing…
GSC: Frenchman turns dream into a reality
Frenchman Pierre-Etienne Rault is set to turn his childhood dream of sailing around the world into a reality, after becoming the 27th person to enter the 2023 Global Solo Challenge Race. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the…
Transpac 2021: the home stretch
The predictions of this year’s 51st edition of the biennial Transpac race from LA to Honolulu as being a fast race appear to be holding true: all teams that left the mainland starting about a week ago through the end…
Tokyo 2020: 49erFX field wide open
The 49erFX made its first Olympic appearance at Rio five years ago, when the battle for gold and silver remained in the balance until the final stages of the Medal Race. The gold and silver medallists from Rio 2016 –…
Tokyo 2020: Tough competition among 49er sailors
Since winning Olympic gold in the Men’s Skiff – 49er at Rio 2016 five years ago, Pete Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) have packed a whole lifetime of sailing achievement into their busy careers. In 2017 Burling steered Emirates Team…
