Sailing News

World Sailing reveal the Paris 2024 Sailing Programme

Normally World Sailing feature their major interest output on their flagship website to achieve maximuim coverage. But they somehow ignored this insight into how Sailing will look at Paris 2024

Finn class world champion faces doping ban

Brazilian Jorge Zarif, the 2013 Finn class world champion, has revealed that he used a substance banned by the World Anti-Doping Code during the Tokyo Olympics Test Event in Japan in August 2019

Sail Melbourne – Day 1 and a blustery start to racing

Day 1 of the Sail Melbourne Regatta with hte classes split between the Royal Brighton YC and the Sandringham YC

Denmark SailGP Team confirmed following New Zealand selection camp

With just over a month until the start of SailGP Season 2, the roster for the Denmark SailGP Team presented by Rockwall is confirmed for its debut campaign in the global championship

Patience and Grube take 470 North American Championship

The Team GB Olympic pair Luke Patience and Chris Grube won the men’s 470 North American Championship hosted by the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, Florida

SailGP Musical Chairs continue with Bruno Dubois switch to France team

French SailGP Team has announced former team China boss Bruno Dubois as their Team Manager for the 2020 season

America’s Cup – Britannia takes flight in Cagliari

The British America’s Cup AC75, Britannia takes flight in Cagliari. INEOS Team UK have settled in at their new base in Cagliari, Sardinia and have carried out their first flights

Pete Keeping Atlantic Sailing on-board for Olympic windsurfer

Pete Keeping Atlantic Sailing, a luxury Atlantic Sailing Holiday Charter Company, are to support top female windsurfer Emma Wilson

Blowers takes first weekend of Winter Match Racing at WPNSA

The weekend of January 11 and 12 saw the long running Winter Match Racing series kick off in big breeze at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy

America’s Cup – Kiwis refit their bowsprit for light air trials

Emirates Team New Zealand apparently decided that the light wind conditions on Waitemata Harbour meant they could refit their bowsprit and test the Code Zero

Artemis XIV secures 5.5 world title in Pittwater

Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne and Anders Pedersen sailng Artemis XIV (NOR 57) have won the 2020 5.5 Metre World Championship

Miami and Melbourne open the Olympic 2020 Championship season

Two major International events for the Olympic classes kick-off at the end of the week . . . The Miami World Cup and Sail Melbourne, with the final Olympic selection places for Team GB to be decided