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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…
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
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
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…
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…
All the highlights from a thrilling weekend of racing in Britain’s Ocean City of Plymouth. – SailGP
With 44 athletes in total, the Laser Radial has the biggest sailing fleet at #Tokyo2020. Packed with Olympic medallists, world champions and up-and-coming talent, it’s going to be a fierce fight out there! – World Sailing
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…
Balaton Lake, Hungary: HUN307 Tranquilo has won the 2021 EUROSAF L30 European Championship, after winning two out of three races on the final day of racing.
Southern Aegean, Greece: The first race of the Rodos Cup 2021 saw 28 boats start with a low headwind that allowed a very technical race. Once the competitors reached the halfway point, the low side winds allowed the crews to use their spinnakers. In…
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Take a walk through this Nautor’s Swan 100ft Sailing Yacht, worth $5,400,000. Don’t let looks deceive you, although unbelievably comfortable, she is also a very competitive performance yacht.
For the last two Olympic Games, the Mens Laser Olympic event has been dominated by Australia, with Tom Slingsby taking home gold in 2012 and then Tom Burton doing the same in 2016. And Australia’s Matt Wearn looks like he…
Today’s show focuses on: Ho’okolohe reaching the halfway point When and where Pyewacket might pass Ho’okolohe The steady sailing conditions
Only the most powerful and instinctive sailors can truly tame the Finn, the oldest boat at the Olympic Games. In the smallest fleet of the largest athletes, here’s a look at who you can expect to challenge for the medals…
The Impact League is designed to make sustainability action essential to the fabric of elite sport and our goal is to inspire other sports to do the same. Together we all have the power to make a difference. Better Sport,…
Third wave of the fastest boats get the fastest start in the 2021 Transpac. Powered by the best breeze of the week – 10-15 knots at the start off Point Fermin – today’s final 19 entries in four divisions vaulted…
A long waiting game and some suspense ashore among the 65 athletes and the organizers at the Hang Loose Beach in Gizzeria, Italy, for an interminable morning characterized by storms passing in the area and light and super shifty wind. At around 1pm a steady…
Gizzeria, Italy: Another windy, wet and wild day on the water for the 65 young athletes competing at the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil World Championship.
Get flying with the Persico 69F – an exciting new way of learning to how to sail a foiling class.
Season 2’s second episode of ‘SailGP: Racing on the Edge’ in partnership with Rolex shines a light on underdogs Phil Robertson and the Spain SailGP Team, who against all odds are currently on top of the overall leaderboard. There is…
On July 4th, in front of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio, Athens, 37 teams from all around the world, in both multihull and monohull yachts, started a 605 nautical mile non-stop race through the Aegean archipelago in the…
Seeing his sister, Lo Man Yi, compete at Beijing 2008 made Ryan Lo even more determined to reach the Olympics one day. Fast forward 13 years, and now he’s ready to make his debut at Tokyo 2020.
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…
Los Angeles, California: After over a year of careful planning, tremendous uncertainty, yet dogged determination to run this race, the Transpacific Yacht Club has unleashed the first wave of entries on their long westward journey to Honolulu in the 51st…
Hang Loose Beach, Italy: Day one of the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil Individual World Championships was nothing but easy, as the 65 young kiters had to face strong winds over 25 knots and really big waves.
The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe is a solo transatlantic race, and it is set to return in 2022. For more, see: https://www.routedurhum.com/en
Nikola Girke is packed and ready for her fifth Olympic Games! She gave us a little insight into what an RS:X windsurfer will typically bring to Tokyo 2020…
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…
Check out the final day of racing at the KiteFoil World Series in Gizzeria, Italy.
Race Day 5 highlights – 2021 420 World Championships – San Remo, Italy. Video by YCS / Alberto Origone. For results, see: https://2021worlds.420sailing.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall
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…
After a voyage lasting 28 days and covering an estimated 2,250 nautical miles, an uncrewed, autonomous vessel mostly powered by wind and solar energy is arriving at the dock in Honolulu, Hawaii this afternoon, July 8. The Saildrone Surveyor, a 14…
At the end of first-ever edition of The Ocean Race Europe, both veterans and debutants were asked what they thought of it and what their plans are for 2022.
Sanremo, Italy: The fourth day of the 2021 420 World Championships delivered nice medium winds of around 10-15 knots, allowing the race committee to run three races. Full results: https://2021worlds.420sailing.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall
This is the first event since Covid and the teams are thrilled to be racing again. 111 teams from around the world are competing in Gdynia, Poland. For results, see: https://49er.org/event/2021-junior-world-championship/#49erresults
The long-awaited KiteFoil World Series is back. The first event of the year kicks off tomorrow at Hang Loose Beach Club, Gizzeria, Italy, a much loved spot for kiters around Europe. Racing will take place from July 8th – 11th.
An all-female team, sponsored by GAC Pindar, is participating in the second event of the Persico 69F Cup in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, from the 5-10 July.
Cowes, England: The highlights of the 2021, and 90th, Round The Island Race.
In the lead-up to Tokyo Australian Sailing are going to be telling the story of the Coaching Chain through the eyes and voices of our world class Olympic athletes. Each and every coach has had a role to play in…
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