Sailing News

IKA Committee approves additional Formula Kite equipment

The International Kite association Committee has approved nine additional Formula Kite Registered Series Production Equipment applications

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Fewer spectators an option for Tokyo Games

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has suggested that holding the Tokyo Games next year with fewer spectators should be considered as an option

100 monohulls and multihulls to start in DRHEAM Cup

Almost 100 monohulls and multihulls will line up at the start for the 3rd edition of the DRHEAM Cup on Sunday 19 July

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Revised Olympic sailing dates released

The revised competition schedule for next year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been released.

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PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series NOR published

The race conditions of the PRADA Cup, the Challengers Selection Series to be held in January and February 2021 in Auckland, have now been published

Britannia – The Solent Sessions

The Ineos Team UK AC75, Britannia, has been putting in long, fast days on home waters this week

Dublin Bay Water Wags go Olympic

Not part of the usual training programme for Olympic sailors but Ireland’s Olympians, Finn Lynch and Annalise Murphy duly obliged by winning the first Water Wags race of the delayed 2020 season

What the easing of government restrictions mean to your club

This week’s RYA Club Zone video focusses on the latest easing of Government Restrictions in England and what they mean for your club

Thomson finalises his qualification for Vendée Globe

Alex Thomson completed a six-day solo passage onboard his IMOCA 60, HUGO BOSS, finalising his qualification for the Vendée Globe

Small but perfectly formed – RS Vareo National Championships

A rarity these ‘new normal’ days . . . I received the results of a sailing national championship

The Ocean Race reboots with a three-race ten year plan

Organisers of The Ocean Race have hit the reboot button and confirmed three races over next 10 years – in 2022-23, in 2026-27 and in 2030-31

IOC President Thomas Bach
IOC postpone Youth Olympics by four years!

The International Olympic Committee has postponed the Youth Olympics to 2026 due to the coronavirus pandemic