Wednesday, November 6, 2024
World Sailors of the year 2024: Marit Bouwmeester NED and Diego Botin/Florian Trittel ESP
The Annual Conference of the World Sailing Federation began in Singapore on Sunday. The individual committees have met so far, and last night the awards ceremony was on the programme. ILCA 6 Olympic champion Marit Bouwmeester NED and the 49er gold medallists and Sail-GP winners Diego Botin/Florian Trittel ESP won the trophies. Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA, who dominated the Nacra 17 all year and won their second Olympic gold medal in Marseille, were honoured as Team of the Year.For the first time, trophies were also awarded for the best young sailors: 29er helmswoman Ewa Lewandowska POL won the women's category, while kite foiler Max Maeder SGP won a home victory. The report with all other award winners.
Four years ago, Clarisse Cremer FRA took part in the Vendée Globe for the first time as a high-flyer and finished the race in 13th place, setting the women's round-the-world record (87 days 2 hours). As one of 6 women in the fleet, she wants to improve further, and with ‘Occitane en Provence’, she has a 2nd generation foiling IMOCA at her disposal. ----- A 
Excellent conditions (sun, easterly wind, 15 knots) in Hyères for the Autumn Prize. ----- In the 
After yesterday's practice race, the first races of the Nacra European Championship will start in Sicily today. Two races are on the program. The 
This year's Vendée Globe is breaking all records and has definitely reached the top league of major sporting events worldwide! In addition to the record number of participants (40 skippers, 11 nations), media interest and spectator numbers are also breaking all previous records: in the first week since the Race Village opened, 325,000 visitors have already dropped by the harbor. On the start day next Sunday, 500,000 spectators are expected. 60 TV stations around the world will broadcast the start live, and we will also switch on the live broadcast on Sunday. And records are also being broken on the Internet: compared to the Vendée 2020, the event website has recorded 25% more hits so far, and the virtual Vendée Globe has also seen an increase of 20% of participants - 4 years ago, more than one million gamers went to the start - the 
The European Championship of the Olympic Nacra 17 catamarans begins today in Sferracavallo (Sicily, near Palermo). At the start are 
In a close duel, Johnie Berntsson SWE, defending Champion, defeated 
The third round of the Star Autumn Series came to an end yesterday in Riva. ----- After 5 races, Flavio Favini/Nicolas Serravalle ITA won with a narrow one-point lead over Giovanni Coppo/Frithjof Kleen ITA/GER. Hubert Merkelbach/CHristian Nehammer GER/AUT follow in third place. There were 29 teams from 9 nations at the start, including the USA and ARG. ----- The 
Rainy weather prevented further races on the final day of the OK Dinghy European Championship. ----- After 4 races, Luke Deegan NZL won ahead of Charlie Cumbley GBR and Mats Edler SWE. Damian Strittmatter SUI is 55th of the 84 participants from 14 nations. ----- The 
Yesterday was a rest day at the Gold Cup, today the finals are on the program: 
The Junior Olympic Windsurfing World Championships in Mallorca came to an end yesterday without any further races. Too much wind on Friday, too little yesterday. The titles went to Darcy Shaw GBR (U19 women) and Federico Pilloni ITA (U19 men), Alba Klein ISR (U17 women) and Itamar Levi ISR (U17 men). Robin Zeley SUI was the best Swiss in 16th place in the U19 men's competition. The 
The start of the single-handed round-the-world race will take place in Les Sables d'Olonne in a week's time today - the first 
The Snipe World Championship ended yesterday in Argentina with two races and a home win for Julio Alsogaray/Malena Sciarra ARG. Ernesto Rodriguez/Taylor Scheuermann USA came 2nd, 2 points behind. 84 teams from 13 nations took part. ----- The 
Storm warning also on the Bay of Palma, and the races of the OK Europeans had to be canceled yesterday. ----- After the 3 races sailed so far, Charlie Cumbley GBR is clearly in the lead. Damian Strittmatter SUI is 63rd. ----- The 
Yesterday, two races were sailed again in winds of initially 8 knots, increasing to 14 knots. ----- With a 31-point lead, Julio Alsogaray/Malena Sciarra ARG are unlikely to let victory slip from their grasp today. Alsogaray ARG was runner-up in the ILCA 7 World Championship in 2008. Alfredo González/Cristian Sánchez ESP moved up to 6th place as the best Europeans. ----- The 
Meanwhile, sailing is a full-year sport, and this winter, it's not just the Vendée Globe that will bring us plenty of spectacles; there are numerous other highlights on the program in the Southern Hemisphere, such as the Optimist World Championship in Mar del Plata ARG in December. We will keep you up to date daily with everything you need to know, but we are still dependent on 
