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Rolex Baltic Week
Scheidt & Prada crowned 2009 Star European Champions
World number one Star class sailors Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada from Brazil clinched the 2009 Star European Championships title on Saturday (11 July) at a nail-biting final day of the Rolex Baltic Week in Kiel, Germany. Topping a world-class fleet of 89 boats, Scheidt/Prada went into the last day’s racing with just a one-point lead (...) -
ISAF Sailing World Cup tour
Rolex Miami OCR makes medals with medal races
It’s not often in a sailing regatta that a single 30-minute race decides the outcome, but that’s exactly what happened on the last day of competition for US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR, serving as the second of seven stops on the 2008 - 2009 . -
Ceremony
Hutchinson and Tunnicliffe Honored at US Sailing
While it may be moored in the concrete canyons of Manhattan, the New York Yacht Club’s unequivocal ties to the sea were on full display today during US SAILING’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards luncheon. -
ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards
Sensini and Ainsli awarded by Isaf
ISAF and Rolex are proud to announce that the female and male winners of the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2008 are:Alessandra Sensini (ITA) and Ben Ainslie (GBR). -
Sexy SeaSailSurfers
Brit sailors show their desire to win gold
Showing their desire to win Gold at the 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta in Qingdao this August, five members of Skandia Team GBR selected to compete at the Beijing Games, took precious time out of their intense training schedules to be photographed in this iconic ‘golden sailors’ photo shoot. The exclusive photos are dedicated to (...) -
Star World Championships
Kusznierewicz/Zycki win Miami’ Star worlds
Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Dominik Zycki (POL) won the 2008 Star World Championships at Coral Reef Yacht Club with a fifth place in the sixth race and a total of 14 points overall. “We sailed and fought with the best sailors in the world today’” said (...) -
Rolex Miami OCR
France’s Rohart & Rambeau win Star class in Miami
After today’s short 30-minute "Medal Race" in each of four Olympic classes (Laser, Laser Radial, Star and Yngling), US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR officially concluded. The regatta, an ISAF Grade 1 world ranking event that attracts elite sailors as well as up-and-comers, hosted 369 sailors from 34 countries and yesterday crowned (...) -
ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards
Mike Sanderson and Paige Railey top sailing greats
The International Sailing Federation and Rolex have announced Laser Radial Champion Paige Railey (USA) and Mike Sanderson (NZL), winning skipper of the Volvo Ocean Race, as winners of the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2006. -
ISAF World Sailing Games
Dramatic medal races finales in Austria
The ten ISAF World Sailing Games titles have been decided on Lake Neusiedl today, with the Medal Races bringing a dramatic finale to the action in Austria. After a great performance today, Australia has claimed the King’s Trophy, led from the front by Tom SLINGSBY’s (AUS) opening victory in the (...) -
ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards
Robert Scheidt, Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa On Top Of The World
Tonight in Copenhagen, Denmark, the International Sailing Federation and Rolex announced Robert SCHEIDT (BRA), Sofia BEKATOROU and Emilia TSOULFA (GRE) as the winners of the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2004. The three sailors were honoured in recognition of their outstanding sailing achievements between 1 September 2003 and 31 (...)