Tuesday, January 22, 2019
470, 420 - North American Championship 2019 - Coconut Grove FL, USA - Final results, US teams 5th (men) and 9th (women)
Good international attendance at the North American 470 Championship on Biscayne Bay, the venue of the Olympic Worldcup beginning next week. After 9 races, Mantis/Kagialis GRE were the clear winners ahead of Dahlberg/Bergström SWE and Xammar/Rodriguez ESP. Stuart McNay/David Hughes USA were 5th.
In the 470 women, Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA finished first with a 25 points' advance on Ai Kondo/Miho Yoshioka JPN. Fabienne Öster/Anastasiya Winkel GER were 3rd. Atlantic Brugman/Nora Brugman USA 9th.
In the all-USA 420 fleet, Thomas Hall/Mariner Fagan USA were on top.
All ranking lists and the event website.
Over the past weekend, the Olympic speed classes had their tune-up races in view of the forthcoming Miami Worldcup event as well, and most of the top teams participated. 
As a tune-up to the Waszp Games, the one-design foiler Moths sailed their Austratlian National Championship on the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia.
Apparently, there was no racing ath the Monaco Winter Series, as the YC Monaco does not contain new results, nor updated information. 
Over the past weekend, 27 boats were present at the second event of the 2018-19 Viper 640 Winter Series in Sarasota, FL. The fresh breeze allowed to complete seven races on Saturday, but on Sunday, the wind was too strong to add more races.
Three races were completed at the 2019 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series, second Act of the 3-stage inagural competition, on Biscayne Bay / Miami FL over the past weekend. 47 Melges 24s, J70s, and Flying Tigers sailed three races on day one in 10-12 knots and sunny skies, but a winter storm passing on day two changed the scene to cloudy and cold nevertheless allowing to add another two heat in a 15-18kn WSW breeze.
The island Saaremaa in Estonia, announced last Saturday as DN European Championship venue, was hit by a snow storm on the same day, and with the ice now covered with snow, another location had to be selected. The Europeans will start tomorrow on the Śniardwy Lake in Poland. 
The 3rd Act of the Monaco Winter Series began yesterday with 4 races per class.
This morning UTC, the Australian National Etchells Championship was concluded in Brisbane with the final race with some sailing celebrities on the first overall positions.
95 Club teams did qualify for the 2019 European Sailing Champions League and the selection for the Finals in St-Moritz SUI will be held in three Qualification events, i.e. in May in Palma ESP, in June in Porto Cervo ITA and three weeks later in St-Petersburg RUS. 
After a rather quiet week, the 2019 season will really be kicked-off over the past weekend. In Florida USA, several Olympic classes will held US National Championships with numerous international competitiors seizing this opportunity to prepare for the forthcoming Miami Olympic Sailing Worldcup. The Sportboats will sail the Monaco Winter Series. The traditional Ski-Yachting of Antibes will be held as well as the first act of the 2019 Laser Euro-Masters. To be followed also on early Sunday morning on this website is the next race of the 18-Footer Championship on Sydney Harbour. 
As a prelude to the forthcoming Miami Olympic Classes Worldcup Regatta, the 2019 Laser Class U.S. National Championships were held in Fort Lauderdale FL on January 11-14 with a remarkable international attention. 
The dominators of the Round Robin - YC Monaco and ARM Urla Sailing Club TUR - met in the Final of the Monaco Team Race yesterday and it was the Turkish defeating the local team with 2-1. In the Petite Final, the Royal Swedish YC had the upper hand on the USA Team.
Jeff Martin GBR passed away on 11 January 2019 while on a ski holiday with family and friends. Jeff's dedication to the sport of sailing was unparalleled, having served as the Executive Secretary of the International Laser Class Association for 40 years, and in many important functions at World Sailing (i.e. the former IYRA and ISAF). Jeff was a cornerstone of Laser events, having worked at every Laser Open World Championship except the first one in 1974 where he was a competitor. 
The 2018 Palamos 
The Round Robin is about to come to an end after 3 days' racing with only 8 duels still to go today. Leading tied with the YC Monaco now is the ARM Urla Sailing Club representing Turkey after defeating the locals. With a 12-2 score is the USA team on rank 3. 
In the final race of the 2019 Interdomnions on Syndey Harbour, the leading Nick Press/Andrew Hay AUS kept the situation under control finishing first overall with a 6 point lead of Brett Hobson/Jeremy Jones AUS, winners of the last race. 
The Australian Finn Nationals were concluded this morning with two more seabreeze regattas. At the same venue, the 2019 Finn World Championship will take place next December, and already now, a number of top sailors seized the opportunity to test the environment. 
With 10-12kn, the most moderated conditions prevailed on Sydney Harbour so far yesterday at the Interdominions. Thanks to another race win, Nick Press/Andrew Hay AUS consolidated their first place with a 6 points' advantage on Brett Hobson/Jeremy Jones AUS and cannot loose this first place in the final race today. 
The 2019 Optimist Team Race began yesterday on Monaco Harbour in light winds with 16 teams from 16 nations and 4 contintents having sailed 4 to 5 duels. The host team from the YC Monaco was the only one to win all five matches. The Royal Swedish YC, the Helsingfors SK and the Team USA follow behind with 4 wins each. 
The results of the Australian National Finn Championship have not yet been posted this morning UTC. After the six races sailed so far, the Olympic Champion Giles Scott GBR is leading ahead of Nicholas Heiner NED and Andrew Maloney NZL. 
After yesterday's lay day, the 12-Footer Interdominions Regatta will be in the crucial phase as from today. No results have yet been posted re the two races on program, but as the the situation is very close, the final outcome will only be known after the last race of the Championship anyhow. 
Fresh winds of up to 22kn prevailed yesterday on Sydney Harbour making the races quite entertaining with critical situations and capsizes. 
Today's (UTC) races have already been completed in Melbourne.
