470 Mixed Europeans – Diesch and Markfort take Gold Fleet lead

A dramatic change at the top of the leaderboard with Germany’s Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort winning all three of their qualifying races to take a five point lead. In second place are the defending European champions from Sweden Anton…

World Sailing Statement welcomes new guidance from the International Olympic Committee

World Sailing welcomes the new guidance from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board

Paris 2024 Sailing Test Event to reveal GBR Olympic team members

The Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Test Event which will take place from 7 to 16 July 2023 is expected to reveal the likely entries for the British GB team

Paris 2024 unveiles Olympic Pictograms

Paris 2024 has unveiled the Look of the Games as well as pictograms for each event at the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

1948 London Olympic sailor Felix Sienra dies at 107

The world’s oldest surviving Olympian, Felix Sienra, died peacefully in his sleep 30 January 2023 at the age of 107

Paris 2024 ticket registration open 1 December 2022

From Thursday 1 December 2022, fans of Team GB will have their very first opportunity to register for tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

RYA release Selection Policy for Paris 2024 Olympics

The Royal yachting Association has released its selection policy for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The application process will close at 5pm on February 1, 2023.

IOC release solidarity funds to Ukraine

It is good to hear that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that it will be releasing an initial $200,000 (£150,000) to support the Ukrainian Olympic community impacted by the war

Olympics for UK in 2040?

According to the newly published Levelling Up White Paper, Britain could launch another bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Happy New Year to all as we stumble into 2022

With even the few UK sailing events at this time of the year already being cancelled, it seems that little has changed despite the best efforts of national governments.

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.

Olympic Sailing – Success comes at a cost

Britain took the title of top sailing nation . . . All this success comes at a cost, in the case of British Sailing £22.3+ million over the four-year Olympic cycle . . . equating to 4.5 million per medal