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…
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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…
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
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…
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: 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…
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: 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 –…
AST Coaching Chain Series – Matt Wearn
It takes a team of coaches to produce an Olympic athlete. The Australian Sailing High Performance program supports a “coaching chain” where each coach contributes to the development of the athlete at their age and stage of development on and…
Tokyo 2020: Laser sailor Luc Chevrier (LCA)
Hard work and determination – plus a lot of natural talent – helped Luc Chevrier of Saint Lucia qualify for #Tokyo 2020 as a tripartite athlete. After staying focused during quarantine and forming a solid training group, he’s more than…
Flagbearer’s Honour: Santiago Lange (ARG) | Tokyo 2020
What better way to mark your seventh Olympics than as flagbearer for your country at the Opening Ceremony? Rio 2016 gold medallist Santiago Lange, alongside team-mate Cecilia Carranza Saroli, will have this honour for Argentina at #Tokyo2020. – World Sailing
Tokyo 2020: sailors receive an Enoshima welcome
This morning, #Tokyo2020 athletes (Australian sailors included) and officials were greeted by dancers performing the #TokyoGorinOndo on their arrival in Enoshima – it certainly brightened everyone’s day! – World Sailing
470 Men: Technique and Tactics | Tokyo 2020
To succeed in the 470 Men’s class, you need a strong tactical mind and the technique to back it up. The physicality and skillsets of the sailors has changed in recent years but the leading contenders have adapted. For most…
Nacra 17: The Foiling Beast | Tokyo 2020
Strap in for a wild ride with the Nacra 17! These foiling beasts are a joy to watch and a thrill to sail, with the mixed crews having to ensure they are on the same wavelength throughout – one mistake…
Plymouth SailGP highlights
All the highlights from a thrilling weekend of racing in Britain’s Ocean City of Plymouth. – SailGP
Laser Radial: The Biggest Battle | Tokyo 2020
With 44 athletes in total, the Laser Radial has the biggest sailing fleet at #Tokyo2020. Packed with Olympic medallists, world champions and up-and-coming talent, it’s going to be a fierce fight out there! – World Sailing
AST Coaching Chain Series – Nia Jerwood
It takes a team of coaches to produce an Olympic athlete. The Australian Sailing High Performance program supports a “coaching chain” where each coach contributes to the development of the athlete at their age and stage of development on and…
EUROSAF L30 European Championship – Final Day
Balaton Lake, Hungary: HUN307 Tranquilo has won the 2021 EUROSAF L30 European Championship, after winning two out of three races on the final day of racing.
Rodos Cup 2021 – Day 1
Southern Aegean, Greece: The first race of the Rodos Cup 2021 saw 28 boats start with a low headwind that allowed a very technical race. Once the competitors reached the halfway point, the low side winds allowed the crews to use their spinnakers. In…
Harken Marine Grip
Harken Marine Grip is a thin, reliable, nonabrasive grip tape. It reduces slipping and stands up to extreme marine conditions for boats, docks, and stairs. Learn more at www.harken.com/en/shop/marine-grip/
Walk through Nautor’s Swan 100ft Sailing Yacht
Take a walk through this Nautor’s Swan 100ft Sailing Yacht, worth $5,400,000. Don’t let looks deceive you, although unbelievably comfortable, she is also a very competitive performance yacht.
Laser: Strength and Tactics | Tokyo 2020
For the last two Olympic Games, the Mens Laser Olympic event has been dominated by Australia, with Tom Slingsby taking home gold in 2012 and then Tom Burton doing the same in 2016. And Australia’s Matt Wearn looks like he…
Transpac Race analysis report for 17 July
Today’s show focuses on: Ho’okolohe reaching the halfway point When and where Pyewacket might pass Ho’okolohe The steady sailing conditions
Finn: Power, Skill and Tradition | Tokyo 2020
Only the most powerful and instinctive sailors can truly tame the Finn, the oldest boat at the Olympic Games. In the smallest fleet of the largest athletes, here’s a look at who you can expect to challenge for the medals…
The Impact League. A World First in Sport | SailGP
The Impact League is designed to make sustainability action essential to the fabric of elite sport and our goal is to inspire other sports to do the same. Together we all have the power to make a difference. Better Sport,…
2021 Transpac: fastest boats get underway
Third wave of the fastest boats get the fastest start in the 2021 Transpac. Powered by the best breeze of the week – 10-15 knots at the start off Point Fermin – today’s final 19 entries in four divisions vaulted…
Final day of racing for Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil World Championships
A long waiting game and some suspense ashore among the 65 athletes and the organizers at the Hang Loose Beach in Gizzeria, Italy, for an interminable morning characterized by storms passing in the area and light and super shifty wind. At around 1pm a steady…
Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil World Championships Day 2
Gizzeria, Italy: Another windy, wet and wild day on the water for the 65 young athletes competing at the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil World Championship.
Get flying with Persico 69F
Get flying with the Persico 69F – an exciting new way of learning to how to sail a foiling class.
SailGP: the underdog
Season 2’s second episode of ‘SailGP: Racing on the Edge’ in partnership with Rolex shines a light on underdogs Phil Robertson and the Spain SailGP Team, who against all odds are currently on top of the overall leaderboard. There is…
Official Award Ceremony of AEGEAN 600
On July 4th, in front of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio, Athens, 37 teams from all around the world, in both multihull and monohull yachts, started a 605 nautical mile non-stop race through the Aegean archipelago in the…
Ryan Lo (SGP) | Tokyo 2020
Seeing his sister, Lo Man Yi, compete at Beijing 2008 made Ryan Lo even more determined to reach the Olympics one day. Fast forward 13 years, and now he’s ready to make his debut at Tokyo 2020.
AST Coaching Chain Series – Mat Belcher
It takes a team of coaches to produce an Olympic athlete. The Australian Sailing High Performance program supports a “coaching chain” where each coach contributes to the development of the athlete at their age and stage of development on and…
Transpac ’51 race start
Los Angeles, California: After over a year of careful planning, tremendous uncertainty, yet dogged determination to run this race, the Transpacific Yacht Club has unleashed the first wave of entries on their long westward journey to Honolulu in the 51st…
Windy conditions for Kite Foiling events
Hang Loose Beach, Italy: Day one of the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil Individual World Championships was nothing but easy, as the 65 young kiters had to face strong winds over 25 knots and really big waves.
Teaser – Route du Rhum 2022
The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe is a solo transatlantic race, and it is set to return in 2022. For more, see: https://www.routedurhum.com/en
Canadian windsurfer packs for Tokyo
Nikola Girke is packed and ready for her fifth Olympic Games! She gave us a little insight into what an RS:X windsurfer will typically bring to Tokyo 2020…
AST Coaching Chain Series – Jaime Ryan
It takes a team of coaches to produce an Olympic athlete. The Australian Sailing High Performance program supports a “coaching chain” where each coach contributes to the development of the athlete at their age and stage of development on and…
