Olympic Classes

2026 Junior Worlds Day 1 49er Capsize
49er, 49erFX, FX Open and Nacra 17 Junior World Championships – Day 1

The 2026 Junior World Championship got underway in Medemblik, with all four fleets, the 49er, 49erFX, FX Open and Nacra 17, completing a full three races apiece.

San Pedro OCR ILCA 7 Becket
San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta – New leaders in the ILCA gold fleets

The two ILCA class fleets move to their gold fleet stage with considerable place changing, now counting their carried forward total plus the first two gold fleet races.

San Pedro OCR ILCA 7
San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta – Day 2 discards shuffle the leaders

Second day of the the final event of the 2026 Sailing Grand Slam series at San Pedro, host venue for the 2028 Olympic Games.

San Pedro OCR 470
San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta – Day 1 for the 470 and ILCA 6 & 7

The second tranche of the the final event of the 2026 Sailing Grand Slam series has three Olympic classes – the ILCA 6 and 7 and the 470

Long Beach Olympic IQFOIL Podium
Emma Wilson wins Gold at Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta

Britain’s Emma Wilson won the women’s iQFOiL Gold at the Long Beach Olympic Board Classes Regatta, Andy Brown took the men’s Bronze

Long Beach Olympic IQFOIL
Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta – Emma Wilson leads iQFOiL at Olympic venue

Long Beach Olympic Board Classes Regatta, the final event of the 2026 Sailing Grand Slam series, has four Olympic classes, the Formula Kite and iQFOiL windsurfers competing

49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Europeans – Baltic refuses to play along for final day

The final day of the 2026 European Championship turned out to be the hardest of the whole regatta, and in the end it was the one day the Baltic refused to play along.

49erFX Euroes
Sunday morning coming down . . . 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Europeans final stage

Sunday morning coming down . . . After the England win in Miami, not pretty but got the job done. The 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championship competitors return to the water to face two races to decide the Titles

49er Euros Grummett and Hawes GBR
2026 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships

Britain’s James Grummett and Rhos Hawes scored a second place in the final 49er race of qualifying to protect their overall lead.

Olympic Flag
IOC announces US$10,000 (£7,574) grant to every athlete at the Olympic Games

International Olympic Committee has announced a new fund of US$140 million per Olympiad – Awarding a US$10,000 (£7,574) grant to every athlete at the Olympic Games

Nacra17 Euros Gimson Burnet Gold
Kiel Week 2026 – Final Olympic Class Results

The 49er, 49erFX, ILCA 6 and 7, and Nacra 17, Olympic class fleets completed their Kiel Week 2026 racing Wednesday.

Kiel Week 2026 – Day 3 Results

Day 2 of Kiel Week and continuing light winds meant constantly changing plans to get some races for the Olympic Classes completed.