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Published on October 23rd, 2016
Fifteen international teams aged 16-20 raced the Flying Phantom in the Red Bull Foiling Generation World Final 2016 on October 21 to 23 in Newport, USA. Photos by Onne van der Wal. Event details – Competitors ... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2016
Newly introduced for the 2016 Olympic Games, the Nacra 17 class got launched in 2012 just prior to design developments that now allow similar sized catamarans to fully foil. With the Rio Olympics completed, the class ... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2016
San Diego, CA (October 23, 2016) – After pulling themselves up from seventh to fourth yesterday, Bill Menninger (Newport Harbor Yacht Club) and his team posted two bullets today to climb to the top of the ... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2016
Newport, RI (October 23, 2016) – In a high-energy, high emotion celebration today, New Zealand sailors Olivia Mackay and Micah Wilkinson were crowned the World Champions in the first-ever Red Bull Foiling Generation World Final. When ... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2016
Annapolis, MD (October 23, 2016) – Peter McChesney’s Alice & WondeRRRland (with crew Alice Christman, Scott Snyder and Shane Zwingelberg) earned the honor of being named the first ever J/70 Corinthian US National Champion. With 44 ... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2016
Larchmont, NY (October 23, 2016) – Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer’s Mandate won the Stella Artois J/105 North American Championship, winning the first five races before ‘stumbling’ with a 2-3 to close the series. The Canadian ... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2016
Nine new members of the US National Sailing Hall of Fame will be inducted at a ceremony on October 29-30 in San Francisco, CA. Roger Vaughan provides this report on J/Boats co-founder and boat designer Rod ... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2016
(October 23, 2016; Day 2, 1600 CET) – After scorching around the early part of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, covering over half of the 608 nautical-mile course in just 24 hours, Lloyd Thornburg’s American MOD70 ... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2016
(October 23, 2016; Day 2, 1000 CET) – Overnight the Rolex Middle Sea Race fleet made good progress up the eastern seaboard of Sicily and this morning the bulk of the entrants were approaching the Strait ... Read More →
Published on October 22nd, 2016
Newport, RI (October 22, 2016) – Crowds of sailing fans lined the banks of Newport Harbor, cheering athletes from around the globe in the Knockout rounds of the Red Bull Foiling Generation World Final. The two-person ... Read More →