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Rolex Fastnet Race – big or a small boat race?

8 August 2021
The start of the Rolex Fastnet Race will take place from the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes on Sunday.The largest offshore race in the world, the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet represents a complete pantheon of almost 350 yachts, ranging from giant Ultime trimarans and brand new 125ft monohulls, down to 30 footers. Usually, 48 hours out from the start of this race the weather forecast provides some…
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Olympics

470 Gold Medals for Australia and Great Britain

4 August 2021
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition concluded with two Medal Races in the 470 Men and 470 Women.With the 470 becoming a Mixed Event for Paris 2024, today was the last time that these partnerships would race side by side in the same boat.The 8 to 10 knot wind conditions made for a tough cardiovascular contest combined with close quarters tactics and precision boat…
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Olympics

Gold Medals for Italy & Brazil and two for Great Britain at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition

3 August 2021
It was a sensational day of racing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition on the day that IOC President Thomas Bach experienced the sport for himself. Brazil repeated Rio gold in the Women’s Skiff – 49erFX, Italy claimed Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 gold, and Great Britain won gold medals in the Men’s Skiff – 49er and Men’s Heavyweight One Person Dinghy – Finn by…
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Olympics

Lack of wind sets up for four medal races on Tuesday

2 August 2021
HOW TO FOLLOW TOKYO 2020 – FULL RESULTS, SCHEDULE & MORE! Lack of wind across Sagami Bay meant no racing on Monday, Day 9 of the Sailing Olympic competition. This means the skiff classes, the 49erFX Women and 49er Men, will have to wait another 24 hours to decide the medals in their events.Director of Events at World Sailing, Alastair Fox, explained: “Races will…
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Olympics

Laser gold for Wearn (AUS) and Radial gold for Rindom (DEN)

2 August 2021
HOW TO FOLLOW TOKYO 2020 – FULL RESULTS, SCHEDULE & MORE! Great weather returned to Enoshima for Sunday, with sunshine and moderate winds for the sailors to really stretch their legs and put some physicality back into their racing after the light-wind stress of the past two days.Although Matt Wearn had already secured the gold medal, the Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser…
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Olympics

Tokyo 2020 windsurfing golds for Yu (CHN) and Badloe (NED)

31 July 2021
HOW TO FOLLOW TOKYO 2020 – FULL RESULTS, SCHEDULE & MORE! We thought the three-way battle for the Women’s Windsurfing – RS:X medal was exciting but then there was perhaps one of the craziest, most unpredictable Medal Races of all time in the Men’s division.As gold was all but assured for Kiran Badloe in the Men’s RS:X, silver and bronze was decided by some close…
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Adventures

Wearn secures sailing gold, Rindom wishing she’d done the same

31 July 2021
HOW TO FOLLOW TOKYO 2020 – FULL RESULTS, SCHEDULE & MORE! Matt Wearn has wrapped up the gold medal in the Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition, making him the third consecutive Australian to have achieved the feat.Denmarks’ Anne-Marie Rindom could have done the same in the Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial, but for a big…
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Olympics

Flying Dutchman with one hand on windsurfer Gold

30 July 2021
HOW TO FOLLOW TOKYO 2020 – FULL RESULTS, SCHEDULE & MORE! There were tears of joy and anguish on the boat park on the fifth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as Kiran Badloe (NED) put one hand on the Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X gold medal.Ahead of the Men’s RS:X Medal Race on Saturday, Badloe has a significant advantage in the men’s fleet and in the…
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Olympics

Big Wave Wednesday

28 July 2021
HOW TO FOLLOW TOKYO 2020 – FULL RESULTS, SCHEDULE & MORE! Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.Eight out of ten fleets were racing on Wednesday, with only the Laser and Laser Radial having a rest day. Some sailors put down some big markers with dominant performances…
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Olympics

Whacky races make for a day of special FX

27 July 2021
HOW TO FOLLOW TOKYO 2020 – FULL RESULTS, SCHEDULE AND MORE! The excitement kicked up a gear on the third day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as the women in the 49erFX Skiff put on a display of high speed boat handling and fast-thinking tactics. The wind was gusting and shifting wildly for the courses close to shore, although the breeze dropped later in the day for…
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