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#AmericasCup
Youth America’s Cup: a brand new class of foiling mono-hull, the AC9F, for 2020 and 2021
The Youth America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup is a joint initiative between the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS), the China Sports Industry Group (CSIG), and Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ). The multi-leg event will begin with a fleet racing seeding event in China in November 2020 and then a match racing event in (...) -
#WorldSailing #WomenInSailing
Women in Sailing: increasing gender diversity across the sport
The World Sailing Trust is pleased to release its Strategic Review into Women in Sailing, a report that explores gender balance and makes a case for change to address disparities within the sport. -
#OffshoreSailing
Offshore World Championship : L30 adopted BY World Sailing
World Sailing announceD that the L30, a 30-foot one design keelboat, has been selected as the supplied equipment for World Sailing’s Offshore World Championship from 2020. -
#VolvoOceanRace
Media: Record-breaking results from 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race
The latest edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, which started in Alicante, Spain in October 2017 and finished in The Hague in the Netherlands in June 2018, will be remembered as the closest in race history, as well as a record Record #sailingrecord -breaking event on many (...) -
#Imoca @BWR_2018
Barcelona World Race: 2018-19 edition suspended, organisers aim for a fourth edition in 2022-23
In view of the political and institutional difficulties faced in Spain, the FNOB (Barcelona Ocean Sailing Foundation) Board of Trustees has decided to suspend the upcoming edition of the Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace , due to start on the 12th of January (...) -
#TheTransat #Ultim #Multi50 #Imoca #Class40
The Transat 2020: City of Plymouth confirmed as start venue
Britain’s Ocean City, Plymouth, has won the bid to host the start of the next edition of The Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar in 2020, the first and oldest single-handed transatlantic race in history. -
Offshore racing
Vendée Globe 2016-2017 : a hugely popular event and media success
The results of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe show huge increases everywhere: many more people attending the event, unprecedented media Media #media coverage and feedback, a record Record #sailingrecord level of international coverage without talking about the very positive race outcome in terms of the rankings. With 29 skippers lining up, (...) -
#AC50
America’s Cup: a two-yearly cycle for AC36 (2019) and AC37 (2021)
A vision for the future of the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup has been agreed by current competitors that would see long-sought stability and continuity in the competition for the oldest trophy in international sport. “This is a hugely significant moment for the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup ,” (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018
Volvo Ocean Race changes rules to maintain growth in top level female participation
In the first of a series of ten announcements that the Volvo Ocean Race will make over the next two weeks, the rules Rules #irc #ims of the race will limit all-male teams to seven sailors, one fewer than in 2014-15, and give mixed teams a significant numerical advantage (full story (...) -
#surf
MARTINIQUE SURF PRO 2015 : Victory for the Portuguese surfer Frederico Morais
Top class world surfers, the best waves possible, huge crowds enjoying the show. Everything came together on Sunday at Basse-Pointe for an exciting final day at the Martinique Surf Surf #Surf Pro. In the end, it was the Portuguese surfer Frederico Morais (24), who won the only Caribbean leg in the Qualifying Series (QS) in 2016. He won the (...)