The British Youth Team is launching a series of training films in cooperation with the National Squad to prepare for the regatta season from home. The first episode features the 470 Olympic medalists Luke Patience/Chris Grube GBR and windsurfer Saskia Sills. The first episode today at 12 CET (11 GMT) on the Youtube channel of the British Sailing Teams. The news.
Banished from the water during the Corona crises, homeschooling is also the name of the came for sail training sessions. As of today, North Sails is offering regular training in the form of webinars: Tonight from 9pm UTC (4pm EST), the J/70 cracks Tim Healy USA, Ruairidh Scott USA and Allan Terhune USA will explain what it takes to have a good boat speed. Here the program of the coming days.
The postponement of the Olympic Games is very expensive for the Organizing Authorities, and as a consequence also for the IOC. Missing or delayed sponsor money will have a major impact on the revenue streams of the IOC and with it also the quadrennial payments to the International Sports Federations, the major income for small Federations to run their operations. Extremely affected is the financially mismanaged World Sailing that spent the 2016 money by the end of last year already. The situation will be tight. A must-read comment by Sailing Illustrated.
France is undoubtedly the heart of offshore sail racing, an attractive playing field for a large community of professional and amateur sailors. Well run and initiative Class Organisations (Figaro, IMOCA, 650Mini, etc) ensure potential major sponsors that their investments are paying and sustainable. On top of this - and key - are race organisers such as OC Sport Pen Duick, launched in 1998 by Ellen MacArthur and Mark Turner for Ellen's Offshore Challenges. ------ Hervé Favre SUI, President and Offshore Sailing Events Director, gives an overview of major offshore events in the present Corona crisis situation. An interview published on the 'Tip and Shaft' website.
Yesterday, World Sailing published the updated Olympic Classes World Rankings after the various World Championships down under. In four classes, new names are on top of the classifications. ----- With their top performance at the Worlds, Benjamin Bildstein/David Hussl AUT have taken the lead in the 49ers. Andrew Mollerus/Ian MacDiarmid USA are 20th.----- In the 49ersFX, Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz NED are new on rank 1. Stephanie Roble/Maggie Shea USA are excellent 4th. Paris Henken/Anna Tobias USA follow on 12th. ----- The top position in the RS:X women windsurfers changed as the leading Yunxiu Lu CHN could not start at the Worlds due to the Coronavirus. The new number one is Katy Spychakov ISR. ----- Leader change in the RS:X men with Louis Giard FRA now on first. Pedro Pascual USA is 9th, his best-ever ranking. ----- Pavlos Kontides CYP moved on top of the Lasers Standard. Charlie Buckingham USA is 24th. ----- In the Lasers Radial, Anne-Marie Rindom DEN defended rank 1. Erika Reinecke USA follows as 8th. ----- Mathew Belcher/William Ryan AUS remain first in the 470 men. Stuart McNay/Dave Hughes USA are 11th. ----- Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA stay in the first place in the 470 women. ----- The new Nacra17 leaders are John Gimson/Anna Burdet GBR. Riley Gibbs/Anna Weis USA are 14th. ----- Nicholas Heiner NED remains first in the Finns. Caleb Paine 8th, Tom Ramshaw CAN 13th and Luke Muller USA 16th are in the top-20 as well. ----- All ranking lists.
We report daily about the cancellations of international and national regattas. There is a total break until at least the end of April. World Sailing published a provisional calendar yesterday. The next big event that has not (yet) been cancelled or postponed is the 470 European Championships in Hyères. The news.
Yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo JPN and IOC President Thomas Bach GER announced that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be postponed to 2021. In view of the widening Corona crisis, this decision was to be expected and was also unanimously welcomed. The IOC-Communiqué. ----- World Sailing is fully supporting this decision. In the short term, the pending Olympic qualification events for Africa, Asia or Europe will be delayed. Together with the IOC, an updated qualification system will be established with events in late 2020 or early 2021.The news
With the cancellation of the two European AC World Series Events in Cagliari ITA and Portsmouth GBR, the already reduced program of the America's Cup has been even further limited. Only at the end of 2020, the four teams will meet for the first time at the Auckland World Series, too late to make any changes in the boat designs after a direct comparison with opponents on the water. In January 2021, the Prada Cup, the Challenger Series to determine the team to face the Cup defender 'Team New Zealand' for the Cup fight in early March 2021, will already begin. ----- For the moment, the Kiwis are the most affected by this situation as their AC75 is on a cargo ship to Europe. However, their smaller training boat will allow continuing the training on a high level. As far as the design of the allowed second boat is concerned, all teams are in a similar situation, as no live race tests have been possible.
The postponement of the Olympic Games in July / August this year is getting closer. Numerous countries have already asked the IOC to do so. Yesterday Canada, a major sports nation, has announced that it will not send any athletes to Tokyo, if the games take place this year. The Communiqué, ------- The International Olympic Committee wants to keep an eye on developments and decide soon. A shift brings major logistical problems: Among other things, the Olympic village has already been sold to private individuals, and a new solution for the accommodation of around 10,000 athletes would have to be found in 2021 ... to name just one of the problems. The news.
Today Saturday, March 20, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) cancelled the 2020 Ice Hockey World Championship to be held in Switzerland, the key event of the IIHF, of interest also for many sports enthusiasts in North America with many NHL players no longer engaged in the Stanley Cup on the rosters of different teams. ----- The first matches scheduled for May 8 were Canada - Germany and USA - Finland. ----- The news.
Major events in all sports - soccer, ice-hockey, cycling ... you name it, and obviously also in sailing have been or will be cancelled or postponed. Not only competitions, including Olympic qualification events, but also training activities have come to a halt until at least end of April. A level playing field for athletes can hardly by guaranteed under these circumstances, and there is more and more pressure on the IOC, to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo to 2021. The IOC, together with the Tokyo Organising Committee, is closely following up the situation and will make a decision by end of April at the latest. ----- Here an article of AP on this subject.
Sailracing without your health at risk in Corona pandemia times ! Starting tomorrow, you can participate in a series of virtual regattas organised by Sail Newport/Sail online from your living-room. Here all details on this first event of the Sail Newport / Sailonline Series 2020 organised as long as the Corona crisis is not over.
'Honda Marine' with David McDiarmid/Matt Steven/Brad Collins NZL won the first race this morning UTC and grasped the title before the final race of the JJ Giltinan Trophy, the third victory in a row for David McDiarmid NZL. 'Winning Group' with Seve Jarvin/Scott Babbage/Sam Newton AUS, day ranks 2 and 1, clearly defended rank 2 overall. Close was the race for 3rd where 'Smeg' (Micah Lane/Ricky Bridge/Peter Harris AUS) had the upper hand on 'Shaw & Partners' (James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Tim Westwood AUS) two points behind. ----- Moderate 10 to 15kn winds prevailed during the last two races on Sydney Harbour today. ----- A full-length video replay is available on top of our www.sailing-news.com website. ----- The final results and the event-website, where the final report will be posted today by noon UTC.
Due to the Corona pandemia, the organizers of the 2020 Optimist World Championship, with the support of Class Association IODA, have made the decision to postpone the event scheduled to take place July 1 to 11th in Riva del Garda, ITA. Concerned by this decision is obviously also the Easter Optimist Garda Regatta, the largest sailrace with 1200 participants, rescheduled two days ago on end of June. ----- The news.
