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Surfs Up In Enoshima

Published on 08-08-2019 09:20 AM

Race day 5 on Thursday 8 August was the day of reckoning at the 2019 470 World Championship in Enoshima, as the top-10 medal race line-up was decided in the 470 Men and Women and Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification spots earned.

With three races to decide the four nation qualification places on offer in the 470 Men and six in the 470 Women the fight was fierce and points close. Racing got underway on schedule at 1200 hours with the wind between 11-13 knots and big, long waves. Enoshima Bay provided a spectacular stage of breeze and ocean racing that so suits the 470 Class.

The medal race line-up is confirmed and teams will be led out onto the race track by the series leaders, Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez (ESP) in the men and Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) in the women. With just 1 point between the first and second placed ...

60th Pearl Race Cancelled Due To Approaching Typhoon

Published on 07-25-2019 11:08 AM

Disappointed Scallwags ☹️

After a lot of planning and logistics for the 60th Pearl Race it was cancelled today by the race committee ...

Aussies Lead At Laser Worlds

Published on 07-07-2019 11:11 AM

Today marked the first day of the final series at the 2019 ILCA Laser Standard Men’s Worlds. With the top sailors now all grouped in the Gold Fleet, the battle of the worlds best will now unfold. Today’s conditions were challenging and it showed on the score sheet with some sailors near top of the standings ...

Joyon Seeks New Challenges With Asian Tour

Published on 04-12-2019 08:30 AM

FRANCIS JOYON READY TO EXPLORE SOME NEW HORIZONS

After his incredible victory in the 2018 Route du Rhum, this year, Francis Joyon will be tackling some very different challenges, most of which are brand new. After a tour in the Mediterranean in the spring, he will begin his 2019-2020 IDEC SPORT ASIAN TOUR with a programme including two famous records (The Mauritius record between Port-Louis in Brittany and Mauritius and the Clipper Route between Hong Kong and London), as well as four new courses in the China Sea for which he will set the ...

Joyon Seeks Asian Course Records

Published on 12-04-2018 08:52 AM

FRANCIS JOYON WILL BE HEADING FOR ASIA

After two solo round the world records (2004 and 2007), three Atlantic records (2005, 2013 and 2017), winning the Jules Verne Trophy (2017), and his recent victory in the 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, Francis Joyon and his loyal partner, the IDEC GROUP, are dreaming of new challenges with horizons beyond the ...

Outteridge Is Turning Japanese

Published on 11-20-2018 08:48 AM

Japan SailGP Team ready to supercharge Japanese sailing with SailGP season one title challenge

Japan SailGP Team prepares for February start with an eye on Japan’s next generation of sailors

Team featuring talented Japanese sailors to be helmed by Olympic champion Nathan Outteridge
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2018 China Cup: It's the Battle of Oz in the Beneteaus

Published on 11-13-2018 01:48 PM

Ray Roberts gets better every day and has now manoeuvred BoomEgg - JoyOurs Team to just two points off the lead in the hotly contested Beneteau 40.7 at the China Cup International Regatta in Shenzhen. The Australian veteran of many Rolex Sydney Hobart Races scored 2,1 in some beautiful, windy, wavy conditions in Daya Bay, and now sits just two points behind the leader, Wanhang Longcheer. The Longcheer crew notched up the reverse numbers ...