All Entries in the "Dinghy Racing" Category
18s dominate Bridge to Bridge but pay a price
Competitors in the ninth annual 18ft Skiff International Regatta gathered around John Craig on Crissy Field early Wednesday afternoon as the St. Francis Yacht Club race manager offered fair warning before they launched their [...]
18ft Skiff International Regatta – Top four turn the heat on in torrid San Francisco
It was a different look for sailing on Day 3 of the ninth annual 18ft Skiff International Regatta on San Francisco Bay.
On the City’s hottest day of [...]
Hayling Island SC counting down to Laser World Championships
With one week until racing starts for the 2010 Laser World Championships, hosts Hayling Island Sailing Club are primed and ready to play their role in delivering one of the biggest and most prestigious Olympic class World Championships each year.
The Laser World Championships have grown substantially since they were last [...]
Big breeze shakes up day two at Skandia Sail for Gold
Day two of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta was not for the faint-hearted, with wind speeds in Weymouth and Portland of up to 30 knots testing the skills of the host nation’s sailors at the 2012 sailing venue on Tuesday (10 August).
Current Olympic and World Champion Paul Goodison revelled in [...]
Ainslie happy with opening day of his Finn comeback
British sailing legend Ben Ainslie blew the cobwebs off his Finn dinghy on the opening day of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta at Weymouth and Portland on Monday (9 August) where he’s competing in the Olympic Class for the first time since clinching Beijing gold two years ago.
The regatta, which [...]
GBR sailing manager Park hails ‘exciting’ home World Cup regatta
British Sailing Team Manager Stephen Park is confident his charges will put up a tough challenge on the waters of Weymouth and Portland when the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta gets underway on Monday (9 August).
The regatta, which marks the seventh and final leg of the 2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup [...]
Hunger and Kleiner win the 2010 SAP 505 World Championship
A big squall hit the fleet in today’s race, at the time German skipper Wolfgang Hunger and crew Julien Kleiner were leading the race. Then a strong left shift hit the chasing pack, but the Germans to squeeze into second place of the race, and by this winning the 2010 SAP [...]
Asher and Willis aim for third 470 world title
Only three men’s crews have ever managed a hat-trick of World Championship titles in sailing’s 470 class, and Britain’s Nic Asher and Elliot Willis will aim to extend that list when they take to the waters of The Hague this week for the 2010 Delta Lloyd 470 [...]
Rogers and Green end 470 sailing campaign
Sailing’s double Olympic silver medallist Nick Rogers has decided to let go of his quest for Olympic gold at London 2012 following a frustrating regatt season.
Rogers teamed up with his current crew and best friend Pom Green in the 470 class after the Beijing Games, where [...]
GBR crews take gold and bronze at 49er Europeans
Britain’s 49er sailors proved a dominant force at the European Championship which concluded in Poland on Saturday (10 July), with Chris Draper and Peter Greenhalgh clinching the title and bronze going to teammates Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes.
This European gold marks the first major title [...]
