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2018 RC44 championship
RC44: Nico Poons’ Charisma secures victory in Lanzarote
Nico Poons’ Charisma clung on to her lead from yesterday to win the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup, opening event of the 2018 RC44 championship. But it all came down to the last run of the last race when a last curved ball cut the Monaco-based team’s overall lead to just one point from arch-rival, Team (...) -
World Sailing
Youth Sailing World Championship: eight gold medals decided on the final run to the finish line
Sanya, China delivered the tensest final day in the history of the Youth Sailing World Championships with eight gold medals decided on the final run to the finish line. Italy’s Margherita Porro and Sofia Leoni had confirmed gold in the Girl’s 420 but minimal points separated the front runners in the remaining eight fleets ensuring (...) -
GC32
2017 Extreme Sailing Series: SAP Extreme Sailing Team was crowned champion of the 2017 season
Danish-flagged SAP Extreme Sailing Team was crowned champion of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series Extreme Sailing Series #extremesailing ™, while Alinghi took home the Act 8, Los Cabos, presented by SAP trophy, in an electrifying season finale. -
EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour: Diam 24 becomes the official one-design class for the event
EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour will take a highly competitive international fleet on a totally new route along Oman’s striking and beautiful coastline. At the same time the modern and exciting high-performance Diam 24 Diam 24 #Diam24 multihull will become the official one-design class for the event. The eighth running of EFG (...) -
Match-racing
World Match Racing Tour 2017: Torvar Topples Robertson To Win His First World Title
Torvar Mirsky has become the Match Racing World Champion after beating defending champion Phil Robertson 3-1 in the 2017 finals in Shenzhen, China. The skipper from Western Australia tore up the script, defied the odds, and sailed out of his skin to beat the form sailor of the past two seasons, New Zealand’s Phil (...) -
Foiling cats
GC32 Racing Tour: Zoulou wins the battle, but Realteam wins the war
Esteban Garcia’s Realteam, skippered by Jérôme Clerc, is the winner of the 2017 GC32 GC32 #GC32 Racing Tour. Following her victories at Riva and a ‘come from behind’ win in Calvi, Realteam’s third place at Marseille One Design was enough for the Swiss team to claim the overall Tour prize in 2017. Six points behind (...) -
Sport Cats
Britons Saxton and Dabson Win 2017 Nacra 17 World Championship
From the closest and most exciting finish to a world championship Medal Race in the Olympic history of the multihull class, Great Britain’s Ben Saxton and Katie Dabson pipped Spanish rivals Fernando Echavarri and Tara Pacheco, foiling at full speed Speed #speedsailing across the finish line to win the 2017 Nacra 17 World Championship (...) -
International Maxi Association
Momo crowned Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship
Germany’s Dieter Schön and the crew of Momo claimed the 2017 Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship held off Porto Cervo. The event, run in conjunction with the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, was the closest yet, both events organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, this year celebrating its 50th anniversary, and the International Maxi Association, (...) -
One Design
RC44 Championship: Team Nika has won the RC44 Marstrand World Championship
Team Nika has won the RC44 Marstrand World Championship after a dominant performance across the four days of competition. The final day delivered the strongest wind of the week in Sweden, with the north-westerly breeze blowing at 15 knots and with a big, lumpy seaway. Vladimir Prosikhin may not have won any races today but he steered Nika to a (...) -
Nacra 17 & 49er and FX
German Women Conquer Skiffs, Italy Wins First Foiling Catamaran Championship In Survival Conditions
In a day characterized by huge gusts, out-of-control runs, capsizes and wild wind shifts, Tina Lutz and Susan Beucke took complete control of the 49erFX fleet. The local favorites won both medal races today by big margins to take their first European Championship, alternating positions with overnight leaders Vicky Jurczok and Anika Lorenz. (...)