Olympic Classes

Sail Melbourne 2022
Sail Melbourne – Opening day for Olympic and invited class regatta

Australia’s pinnacle Olympic and invited class regatta, Sail Melbourne opened on Port Phillip with a 32-degree day, and 20 knots of shifty easterly breeze to keep the sailors happy

Kitefoil Europeans - Ellie Aldridge
World Sailing Rankings – First ranking update for 2022

World Sailing have published the Olympic classes World Rankings for 2022 updated as at 11 January. These rankings reflect the classes to be used in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Sail Melbourne 2020
Sail Melbourne opens the route to Paris 2024

Aussie Olympic aspirants will get an early start on the Paris 2024 selection trail with the return of Australia’s pinnacle Olympic and invited class regatta, Sail Melbourne on Port Phillip

Team GB Sailing Team 2020
Gongs Galore for Olympic Sailing Stars

British Sailing Team’s Tokyo 2020 stars have been recognised in the New Year Honours List for services to sailing

Olympic Rings Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020/1 Olympics come in under budget!

Tokyo 2020/1 organizers have claimed that the estimated official costs for the Games were US$1.8 billion less than anticipated at US$13.6 billion.

Sailing Team GB - Retired
Team GB Olympic sailing stars announce retirement ahead of Paris 2024

The British Sailing Team is getting a shake-up with the announcement that at least eight Olympians are calling time on their Olympic careers

49er to go short . . . How short can you Go?

The 0lympic 49er and 49erFX classes are to roll-out a Short Track World Championship format next summer

ILCA Radial Worlds 2021
ILCA6 Radial World Championships – Titles to Plasschaert and Pletikos

After two final nerve-wracking races on Monday, Emma Plasschaert of Belgium and Nik Pletikos of Slovenia are the 2021 ILCA 6 (Radial) World Champions

2021 ILCA Radial Worlds DEN
ILCA6 Radial World Championships – Day 5 and everything is up for grabs

The penultimate day of the ILCA 6 World Championship set-up a two-boat showdown for both classes on Monday.

2021 Kitefoil Gran Canaria - Connor Bainbridge
IKA KiteFoil World Series – Double Silver for Connor Bainbridge

Connor Bainbridge finished second in the Gran Canaria IKA KiteFoil World Series, completing the double with second overall in the 2021 World Series

2021 ILCA Radial Worlds D3 AUS
ILCA6 Radial World Championships – Agata Barwinska leads after Day 4

After two races Saturday, Agata Barwinska (3, 10) of Poland takes a five point lead in the Women’s championship, with two days of racing remainng.

2021 ILCA Radial Worlds BEL 211552
ILCA6 Radial World Championships – BFD Rules on Day 3

With the discad kicking in, Plasschaert’s win in race 4 takes her into a one point lead on 16 points, now ahead of Julia Buesselberg of Germany