Sailor Updates

2025 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 European Championships at Thessaloniki, Greece starts today!

A new chapter begins for the fast doublehanded classes. The Champions from Paris 2024 have mostly either retired or are taking breaks for various reasons, leaving the start of the...

Date03.06.2025

ILCA 6 Women’s and ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships 2025 at Qingdao – recap

Today marks the final day of the 2025 ILCA World Championships. While the champions have yet to be crowned, Qingdao’s signature northern wind has already unfurled the curtain on the...

Date18.05.2025

Semaine Olympique Française Preview: See you in Hyères

A few days to go until the 56th edition of the Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – Toulon Provence Méditerranée (France’s famous Olympic sailing week) the intense level of competition...

Date18.04.2025

Valerian Lebrun is the 2025 Finn European Champion

Valerian Lebrun, from France, has won the 2025 Open Finn European Championship in Naples, Italy, after two final races on Saturday, in a drama packed day that nearly cost him...

Date14.04.2025

54th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca by FERGUS – Overall

The showcase curtain-raiser to the new Los Angeles 2028 Olympic cycle, Mallorca’s famous 54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels started in perfect sunshine and seabreezes last Monday and...

Date05.04.2025

POLLARD’S PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF WITH SB20 WORLDS VICTORY IN SINGAPORE

After competing in 14 previous editions of the SB20 World Championship going back as far as 2009, British sailor John Pollard has finally fulfilled his ambition of winning the big...

Date01.02.2025

11th RORC Transatlantic Race launches the RORC centenary year

The 11th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race begins on Sunday January 12th, 2025. An impressive, highly diverse fleet will depart Calero Marinas Marina Lanzarote to tackle the 3,000-mile oceanic...

Date12.01.2025

Finn Open Europeans – Alessandro Marega seals it in Cannes

Italy’s Alessandro Marega has won the Finn European Championship in Cannes after the final day brought even more drama and turnarounds. Valerian Lebrun, from France, ended up second, and also...

Date30.10.2024

SSL sailors nominated for World Sailing 2024 awards!

World Sailing announced the finalists for the year’s male and female Rolex World Sailor of the Year, male and female Young World Sailor of the Year, 11th Hour Racing Sustainability...

Date25.10.2024

A-Class World Championships Repost – Centro Velico Punta Ala

Gustavo Doreste Blanco and Jakub Surowiec are the new A-Class World Champions 2024 With 180 boats competing under extreme weather conditions and organizational challenges, the event in Punta Ala became...

Date17.09.2024

Another Gold for Wearn (ILCA 7) and Bouwmeester (ILCA 6) at the Paris Games

Matt Wearn (AUS) successfully defended his Olympic title with a well-executed performance in the Men’s Dinghy Medal Race. The Australian added another gold medal to his collection in style by...

Date30.08.2024

Light wind conclusion to 53rd Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Iberostar

Very light winds curtailed the final day of racing in Palma and the 49erFX, iQFOiL Men and Women and the 470 Mixed events had their medal race cancelled and their...

Date08.04.2024

Aussies fight back on day 2 of the 2024 Etchells Worlds at Fremantle

After the Brits started strongly on day 1 of the 2024 Etchells World Championships in Fremantle, the home nation fought back on day 2, and are now in second and...

Date19.03.2024

The split into Gold brought tears of Sorrow and Joy

Today, being Women’s Day, we are focusing on the highlights of the 49er FX sailors at Day 3 of the 49er and 49er FX World Champs! Yesterday was a tough...

Date08.03.2024

Australia’s Matt Wearn claims back-to-back ILCA 7 World Championships

Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist sealed the win in the ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club in emphatic style, by winning the medal race. Matt Wearn wins the...

Date31.01.2024

ILCA 7 World Championship podium battle heating up in Adelaide

The breeze is up, and so is the competition, in this Olympic year. The ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club in Australia has gathered the world’s best men’s...

Date29.01.2024

On this day in 1983…

40 years ago today Australia II won the America’s Cup off Newport, Rhode Island. This momentous occasion was the first time New York Yacht Club had been defeated in the...

Date26.09.2023

Paris 2024 Olympic qualification – who’s in so far?

Sailing has 330 athletes (165 male and 165 female) competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and the competition to qualify for the Games is fierce. The first qualification event was...

Date31.08.2023

Winners crowned at 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships

The 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships (SSL 2500), took place at The Hague in the Netherlands between the 10th and 20th August. The massive event delivered, offering sailors a range of conditions,...

Date22.08.2023

Big moves in the SSL Global Skipper Ranking

It’s been a week full of movement on the SSL Global Skipper Ranking, with a host of Olympic class stars moving up the charts. SSL Ranking Update Near the top,...

Date21.07.2023

Sailors to watch following the Paris 2024 Test Event

The Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event isn’t just a dress rehearsal for the organisers, it’s a valuable benchmark for the sailors to see how they are performing against some of...

Date16.07.2023

Lack of wind at the International Moth Worlds

It wasn’t supposed to go like this. After being initially postponed in 2020 for obvious reasons, the 2023 Wetsuit Outlet and Zhik International Moth World Championship at the Weymouth and...

Date21.06.2023

SSL super-crew powers Veracity to Etchells Worlds victory

What happens when two of the top crew on the SSL Global Ranking are paired on the same boat at a major event? It certainly increases your chances of winning,...

Date23.04.2023

Who can catch Tonci?

The latest SSL Rankings are out and recently-crowned ILCA 7 European Champion Tonci Stipanovic has extended his lead at the top. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallist, who also finished second in...

Date22.03.2023

Age is no barrier for SSL Team Australia Captain John Bertrand

In many ways he’s already done it all in sailing and has nothing to prove, but that doesn’t stop the America’s Cup winning skipper and Olympic medallist from still showing...

Date16.01.2023

MAT BELCHER RETIRES FROM OLYMPIC SAILING, ANNE-MARIE RINDOM MARCHES ON

The dedication to become an Olympian in any sport is extraordinary. Most are committed to their sport from a very young age, rising through the rankings, becoming a member of...

Date20.10.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – DAY 2: ITALIANS LEADING IN 470 AND NACRA17

All series raced today for Day 2 of World Cup Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofía in Palma. Here’s today’s wrap-up. In ILCA7 (Men Laser), British Michael Beckett (4 pts) takes the lead finishing 1&2 in today’s races....

Date05.04.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – DAY 1: KONTIDES LEADS ILCA7, ITALY AND SPAIN HEAD-TO-HEAD IN 470

Day 1 of the World Cup Series 1 in Mallorca at Trofeo Princesa Sofia and Pavlos Kontides (2 pts) leads ILCA7 (Men Laser) after two races. The Cypriot sailor is closely followed by British Michael Beckett (3 pts) and Germany’s Philipp Buhl (3pts). Not...

Date04.04.2022