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Spaniards take the World Championship title for the second time in a row!

Last day of the 470 World Championships in Gdynia is a wrap! The competition was very tight and full of emotions, as battle for World Championship came to the last...

Date14.07.2025

2025 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 European Championships at Thessaloniki, Greece – Overall

Georgia and Antonia Lewin Lafrance have been on the rise for the last six years, and now find themselves on top. Over a weeklong series of 13 races, the Nova...

Date09.06.2025

COMPETITIVE START TO THE 2025 470 OPEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN SPLIT

The 2025 470 Open European Championship opened yesterday in Split, Croatia, with three races completed on the first day of competition. Hosted by J.K. Mornar, in collaboration with the International...

Date13.05.2025

56th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – recap

The final day of the 56th edition of French Olympic Week (Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – Toulon Provence Méditerranée) saw Italy join China at the top of the medal...

Date26.04.2025

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

World Sailing Awards Announced!

On Tuesday, November 5, in Singapore, the best sailors of 2024 were honored across several categories. The main Rolex World Sailing Award went to Olympic gold medalist Marit Bouwmeester, the...

Date09.11.2024

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

The 2024 ILCA Master European Champions crowned

The 2024 ILCA Master European Championships finished in Vilamoura, Portugal, after five days of competition. Days began with a long postponement on shore due to a lack of wind. It was surprising...

Date18.10.2024

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

Spectacular Medal Race and Beautiful Victory for Diego Botin and Florian Trittel

Diego Botin and Florian Trittel won only one race throughout the entire Olympic Games, and it was the most significant one—the medal race. Despite not having the best start to...

Date26.08.2024

Kings of the light wind: Lara Vadlau and Lukas Maehr, Olympic champions!

Paris 2024 470 class Olympic recap. The 470 class has been part of the Olympic Games since 1976. Initially, it was an open class, but from 1988, men and women...

Date19.08.2024

And your 2024 Youth World Champions are…

A great week of sailing was wrapped up with Italy celebrating retaining their Nations Trophy at the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships with six titles, culminating in a grand closing...

Date20.07.2024

Bring on Youth Worlds!

The 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships started on July 14 at the picturesque Riva del Garda, Italy. The up-and-coming sailing talents from across the globe, competing across 11 sailing classes...

Date17.07.2024

Light wind 470 European Championship in Cannes

Spain’s Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman wrapped up a comprehensive win in the 470 European Championship, held at the idyllic location of Cannes in the French Riviera. Spain’s Jordi Xammar...

Date13.05.2024

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

Two classes decided at Trofeo Princesa Sofía

Going into the final day of the Trofeo Princesa Sofía, medals and qualification is on the line. Three sailors are already assured of Palma gold though, with Great Britain’s Micky...

Date06.04.2024

Introducing the 2024 49er and 49er FX World Champions

The French duo of Erwan Fischer and Clement Pequin make history as the first French team to win a 49er World Championship title. They won the top spot on the...

Date11.03.2024

Spain wins 470 Worlds by a convincing 11 point lead!

We waited with bated breath for hours to watch the Medal Race of the 2024 470 World Championships. However, there was no medal race due to stormy conditions which included...

Date04.03.2024

Podium gets rearranged at the 470 Worlds

The second day of racing in the gold fleet was the windiest day the sailors have seen at this event with 18 – 20 knots of breeze. Jordi Xammar and...

Date02.03.2024

SSL Nations Ranking: All change again! The Netherlands go top

There has been another seismic shift in the SSL Nations Ranking, with The Netherlands, who weren’t even in the top five of the August rankings, rocketing to the top. SSL...

Date08.09.2023

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

2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships mid-regatta update

We’re at the halfway point of the massive 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships (SSL 2500), taking place at The Hague in the Netherlands. All the Olympic classes are competing, and...

Date16.08.2023

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

Stunning victory for Wigforss at Optimist World Championship

There was drama to the last at the Optimist World Championship in Costa Brava, Spain, with the title going down to the final race. Optimist World Championship Podium (c) Marc...

Date25.06.2023

USA leapfrog Spain into #2 in SSL Nations Ranking

The USA are continuing their climb up the SSL Nations Ranking, moving into the number 2 spot, behind Great Britain in the May 2023 update. This comes at the expense...

Date15.05.2023

Allez les Bleus!

The March SSL Nations Ranking is out, and the big winners are the French, rising up four places up to second. SSL Nations Ranking – March 2023 Top 3 Their...

Date09.03.2023

SSL Gold Cup sailors set for The Ocean Race

There is strong representation from SSL Gold Cup team sailors in The Ocean Race, set to depart Alicante, Spain on January 15. Nations represented are Lithuania, Mexico, Spain, The Netherlands...

Date05.01.2023

SSL NATIONS RANKING NOVEMBER UPDATE: USA MOVE INTO THE TOP 3

A great feature of the SSL Rankings, thanks to having 113,000 athletes’ event statistics, is the ability to rank nations according to their top sailors and, once a month, the...

Date09.11.2022

SSL RANKINGS: 470 WORLDS PODIUM SAILORS RISE

The latest SSL Rankings are out and there are some big movers on the leaderboards. The 470 World Championship was the major event last week and, as we predicted in...

Date03.11.2022

NEW BEGINNINGS AT THE 470 WORLDS

With the 470 changing from separate Men’s and Women’s fleets to a single Mixed discipline at the Olympics, it’s been a time of great change in the class. Some of...

Date31.10.2022

DOUBLE DUTCH DELIGHT IN NOVA SCOTIA

49er and 49erFX Worlds wins for Team Netherlands SSL Gold Cup sailors There were huge celebrations for the Dutch in Nova Scotia, Canada at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17...

Date05.09.2022

BRAZILIAN MARTINE GRAEL BACK ON THE TOP OF SSL WOMEN RANKING

By winning her first European 49erFX title this week-end in Aarhus (Denmark), Brazilian double Olympic champion Martine Grael won back SSL Women World n°1 spot from Anne-Marie Rindom, who was reigning for the last 6...

Date12.07.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – FINAL DAY: TITA/ BANTI DOMINATE NACRA17, SARAH DOUGLAS QUEEN OF ILCA6

For this last day of World Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma, Ruggero Tita/ Caterina Banti (16 pts) majestically claimed the Nacra17 title and Medal Race. The Italian won 9 races out of 13. Their worst...

Date09.04.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – DAY 5: IT’S ALL DOWN TO MEDAL RACE NOW

If some leaders are comfortable with their lead on Day 5 of World Cup Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofía (SSL 1000), it’s now all down to tomorrow’s Medal Race, where only the top...

Date08.04.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – DAY 3: BERNAZ CLIMBS BACK IN ILCA7

Another breezy and cold day in Palma for the World Cup Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofía (SSL 1000). In ILCA7 (Men Laser), French Jean-Baptist Bernaz (12 pts) made the strongest come back, leading the fleet in...

Date06.04.2022

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