Opti Kids Supporting the Olympians | Tokyo 2020
All around the world, Opti kids are watching sailing at Tokyo2020 and cheering on their heroes! Our Olympians are certainly inspiring the next generation. – World Sailing
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Day 4 Sailing Highlights | Tokyo 2020
With the 470 Men & Women and Nacra 17 added into the mix, all 10 classes have now officially raced at #Tokyo2020! Check out who dealt with the breeze and the chop the best to top their fleet… Read the…
Show Your Support for Sailing | Tokyo 2020
Are you loving watching Olympic sailing at #Tokyo2020? We want to see your pictures and videos as you watch the racing a home, at work or at your sailing club. Email them to content@sailing.org or send us a direct message…
Tokyo 2020: Big wave Wednesday
Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Eight out of ten fleets were racing on Wednesday, with only the Laser and…
Australian sailors in Tokyo
Australia had six classes in action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today, hear from them below. Men’s Two Person Dinghy (470) The Men’s 470 is expected to be one of the most closely fought classes in Tokyo, with seasoned campaigners…
GC32 crews brace for big breeze
An exciting four days of flying catamaran racing is guaranteed for the GC32 fleet when the second event of the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour season commences on Thursday in Lagos on Portugal’s Algarve coast. The forecast is for winds into…
Tokyo 2020: Defending Finn Champion Giles Scott bounces back
Giles Scott, the British defending Olympic champion from Britain, won both races on the second day of competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, following a lacklustre performance on the opening day left him in ninth place. The top three…
2021 Transpac comes to an end
Mark Ashmore’s Cal 40 Nalu V may not have had the fastest ride to Hawaii in the 51st edition of the Transpac, having broken their spinnaker a few days in, but they did raise $31K USD for ALS research (a rare neurological disease) in…
How to Install a Harken Battcar System
Follow along as the Tech Tech performs an installation of a Harken Battcar system. This video is meant to be a compliment to the product manual. – Harken
Seabed 2030 Project Races to Map Ocean and Sea Floors
Mapping the seabed is an ancient practice engaged in by the ancient Greeks and Egyptians as they plied the waters of the Mediterranean — but an ambitious plan called Seabed 2030 means to take this to an entirely new level….
Foiling First: Learn to Foil Camp | United States SailGP Team
The United States SailGP Team held its inaugural ‘Learn to Foil’ camp with the Bristol Yacht Club & East Bay Sailing Foundation (EBSF) on July 20-21. ‘Foiling First’ is a breakthrough athlete development program created to advance diversity and inclusion…
Tokyo 2020: Day 4 preview
“Today the Laser classes will have their first rest day after a particularly big day for the men with three races and some big waits yesterday. Those two classes are now over half way through their program; having completed six…
Tokyo 2020: Perfect start for Turkey as Finns begin racing
On one of the most difficult course areas in Enoshima, Turkey’s Alican Kaynar made a perfect start to his third Olympic Games with two bullets, followed by Hungary’s Zsombor Berecz who picked up two second places while Spain’s Joan Cardona,…
Tokyo 2020: Comeback for pre-event favourites
The excitement kicked up a gear on the third day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as the women in the 49erFX Skiff put on a display of high speed boat handling and fast-thinking tactics. The wind was gusting…
Day 3 Sailing Highlights | Tokyo 2020
The 49er, 49erFX and Finn fleets joined the Laser and Laser Radial out on the water for Day 3 of #Tokyo2020. Conditions were tricky and wide-ranging, with capsizes in the 49erFX to start with, and light-wind delays to the 49er…
Tokyo 2020: Matt Wearn shoots to second
July 27: It was another action-packed day of sailing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with five classes in action. Hear from our sailors below, and remember that you can a full list of results here. Men’s One Person Dinghy (Laser) Perth’s Matt Wearn…
Transpac Trophy Haul for Warrior Won
Transpacific Yacht Club recognised more than just the top sailors at the Transpac award ceremonies (there were several), but the unsung heroes of the race, including the navigators and most valued crew members. TPYC acknowledges the historic importance of navigators in…
Czech Republic win Tornado European Championship
Germany: The 2021 Tornado European Championship, saw Michaela Pavlisova and Marek Pavlis from the Czech Republic, secure the European Championship titles in all three categories (Open, Mixed, and Youth). The event was ran by the Füssen Forggensee Sailing Club for the…
Tokyo 2020: Day 2 Sailing Highlights
Sailors in the Laser, Laser Radial and RS:X Men and Women fleets at #Tokyo2020 were met with shifty winds and choppy waters on Day 2 of racing. Who read the conditions the best to come out on top? Read the…
Cape to cape
The three great capes that mark a non-stop circumnavigation include the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Lleeuwin and the most legendary and feared of all three capes – Cape Horn. Starting from Europe, the first to round is precisely the…
Tokyo 2020: Day 3 weather report
Day 3 Weather: Iain Murray’s report is in for today’s conditions with more Aussies hitting the water this afternoon. Murray said, “Today is the kind of day where you can lose the regatta but not win the regatta. We are caught…
Cork Harbour’s 2024 America’s Cup bid
Cork Harbour‘s goal to host the 2024 America’s Cup is understood to be a step closer after initial assessments in June saw the Irish venue as a ‘strong possibility.’ It appears more unlikely that the 37th America’s Cup will not be staged…
Tokyo 2020: Samoan sailor makes history
As the first ever sailor from Samoa to compete at the Olympics, Eroni Leilua is looking forward to making history by representing his country on the world stage at #Tokyo2020, and hopes to inspire others in the process. (Photos provided…
Tokyo 2020: Making sense of the chaos
There was more wind than expected for the second day of racing at the Olympic Sailing Competition which was just as well, as the lumpy, confused wave pattern made it hard to get into the groove. When the Pacific swell…
Podcast: Sailing medal hopefuls at Tokyo 2020
Who’s going to win the Medals at Tokyo 2020? That’s what Andy Rice is discussing with TV commentators Alec Wilkinson (GBR) and Peter Lester (NZL). They go through all 10 sailing events… To listen to the podcast, see: https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-whos-going-win-sailing-medals-tokyo-2020 –…
Tokyo 2020: Moments of brilliance for Australian sailors on Day 2
July 26: The Laser and Laser Radial classes were back in action on Day Two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Hear from our sailors below, and remember that you can a full list of results here. Mixed day for Matt Perth sailor…
Transpac: Father-son sailing
Honolulu, Hawaii: Several entries in this year’s Transpac, even class winners whose crew lists were peppered with pro sailors, had father-son pairs on board; seeing many father’s passing on the lessons learned in offshore racing to their offspring, including how…
2021 Bermuda Gold Cup postponed
Organisers for the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Bermuda Gold Cup match racing tournament regret to announce that the 2021 regatta will not be held in September as planned, but instead will be rescheduled to next year (the date is yet…
Perfect partnership for reef preservation
Thousands of visitors are set to arrive on the Whitsunday coast for the annual Great Barrier Reef Festival (August 5 – 8), as Airlie Beach comes alive to celebrate the Whitsundays’ lifestyle and the communities at the heart of the Great…
Happy days at Swan European Regatta 2021
Turku Archipelago, Finland: Swan 45 Aurora (winner of ORC1 Class) and Swan 37 Tarantella II (winner of ORC2 Class) came away with the Swan European Trophy at the Swan European Regatta 2021 over the weekend. More than 40 Swans (representing the…
Tokyo 2020: sailing flag bearers
Sailing was represented by 11 flagbearers from 8 nations at the #Tokyo2020 #OpeningCeremony, and their families and friends were watching with pride back at home! – World Sailing
Tokyo 2020 in Numbers
All the facts and figures surrounding #Sailing at #Tokyo2020! Here’s all the stats you need to know about the athletes, the venue and the competition. – World Sailing
Day 1 Highlights | Tokyo 2020
The #Tokyo2020 Olympic Sailing Competition is officially underway! Here’s a recap of the big news from the Laser, Laser Radial and RS:X Men and Women fleets on the opening day of competition. Read the full Day 1 report: https://bit.ly/Tokyo2020-D1Report –…
Tokyo 2020: Lasers experience light air on Day 1
July 25: Australian sailors were faced with light winds, a delay and a postponement on the first day of action at the long-awaited Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Team Leader Iain Murray shared his thoughts on the day with us here. “Today…
Tokyo 2020: favourites struggle to dominate on tricky opening day
After two weeks of training in steady onshore breezes, the sailors were dealt a very different and more difficult hand for the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. On the Enoshima course, close to the sailing centre,…
Tokyo 2020 Finn stories: British defender – Dutch contender
There are always many stories to come out of the Olympic Games, but for the 19 Finn sailors at Enoshima, these are all the more poignant as they contemplate the Finn’s final appearance at the Games and maybe their only…
Tokyo 2020: Meech confident of turning things around
Laser sailor Sam Meech (NZL) knows one bad race doesn’t make a regatta, especially at the Olympics, and has made a habit of navigating his way to the front of the fleet throughout his career. The Rio bronze medallist was 19th…
Teams continue to finish strongly at 51st Transpac
More than half of the fleet of 41 entries of the 51st edition of the Los Angeles-Honolulu Transpac are expected to be in to their berths before another large wave of 18 finishers are expected tomorrow night. Having start dates staggered…
Tokyo 2020 Finn stories: Kiwi challenger – Spanish ambition
Tokyo 2020: Everyone is ready on the eve of the start of the last Olympic Finn event; most have been ready for at least a year, but in the next eight days, many years of hard work will come to…
Margate Marina: Major improvements continue
Nestled in the quiet waters of North West Bay south of Margate, one of Tasmania’s newest and best equipped marinas is continuing its major redevelopment. Margate Marina represents one of Tasmania’s largest private marina investments, ideally situated on the gateway…
