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Rio Water Worries Overblown

June 23rd, 2016

by Jeb Blunt, Reuters The last thing members of Brazil’s Olympic sailing team want to talk about is the water.

June 19th, 2016

Guanabara Bay, where the Olympic sailing competition will be held this coming August, is a place of striking views —

May 24th, 2016

ROBBERY: Spain’s Olympic gold-medal winning sailor Fernando Echavarri said he was fortunate to have escaped with his life after being

May 24th, 2016

If you’re the head of World Sailing, this is your worst Olympic nightmare. A sailor nears the finish line in

May 12th, 2016

When Rio de Janeiro was selected to host the 2016 Olympic Games, hometown hero Torben Grael had high hopes, but

April 7th, 2016

Sarah Gosling, chair of the World Sailing Athletes’ Commission, provides this update on the Olympic sailing venue in Brazil for

February 18th, 2016

Rio de Janeiro’s bid for the Summer Games featured an official commitment to cleaner waters. But with less than six

February 8th, 2016

The 2016 edition of Sailors for the Sea’s magazine Ocean Watch provides this report by Christina Dykeman, Senior Assistant Scientist

January 26th, 2016

(January 26, 2016) – The former CEO of World Sailing says he was fired for pushing to get rid of

January 14th, 2016

Thousands of dead fish were found floating in Rio de Janeiro’s picturesque but polluted bay Wednesday (Jan 13), not far