2019-08-25
2019-09-01
Enoshima, Japan
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Italy topped the 49er and Nacra 17 fleets, Poland took the 49erFX crown with a race to spare, and the 2026 Junior World Championship wrapped up with three tight, dramatic finishes MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 26, 2026 Racing wrapped up today at the 2026 Junior World Championship. Organizers moved the start up earlier than the rest […]
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A day after being stuck on the beach, sailors got close to perfect conditions, even if they came with plenty of shifts and gusts, and both the 49er gold fleet and the 49erFX fleet have brand new leaders MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 25, 2026 After yesterday’s washout, today more than made up for it. Conditions in […]
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An abandoned race seven and a fleet wide postponement mean today’s standings carry over unchanged, with a much friendlier forecast on tap for tomorrow MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 24, 2026 Today’s racing in Medemblik came down to patience more than anything else. The 49er fleet’s yellow and blue groups were due on the water at 11:00, […]
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Still breezy but a notch down from yesterday, three more races in the books for every fleet, and a c ouple of familiar names starting to make their move MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 23, 2026 The running order flipped today, with the 49er fleet first off the line, yellow and blue groups both racing from 11:00. […]
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Forecast breeze arrived right on cue, three races went off in every fleet without delay, and the first real look at this year’s title contenders is starting to take shape MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 22, 2026 Racing finally got going in Medemblik today, and the wind did not disappoint. All four fleets, the 49er, 49erFX, FX […]
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MEDEMBLIK, NETHERLANDS, July 21, 2026 The 2026 Junior World Championship officially got underway in Medemblik today, with practice races on the water this afternoon and an opening ceremony this evening that closed with a traditional Dutch cannon blast to send the fleet into race week. Sailors ran through practice races across all four classes starting […]
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Close to 120 boats and sailors from 26 nations gather in the Netherlands for five days of racing across the 49er, 49erFX, FX Open and Nacra 17 classes MEDEMBLIK, THE NETHERLANDS, July 20, 2026 The 2026 Junior World Championship opens this week in Medemblik, Netherlands, where the best young sailors in the world will race […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 10, 2026 Day 4 brought the start of the elimination series for the 49er fleet — and another tricky, patchy forecast that turned racing into a game of chess. With the breeze light and unstable, today was all about finding the pressure on the water and tacking in the right places, […]
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https://youtu.be/4T3DshI0YOw?si=Gzas9KhV4xMNwzYJ Eckernförde, Germany — July 9, 2026 As predicted, Day 3 brought a very different Eckernförde. The big breeze of the opening days gave way to much lighter, shifty conditions that turned the racing technical and demanding — a day for patience, lane management and reading the water. And across all three fleets, it produced […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 8, 2026 Day 2 of the 2026 European Championship began bright and early, with the first fleets launching at 9:30 AM to make the long trip out to the racecourse. Due to anchoring issues and a military zone inside the bay, the race committee had to move the courses further offshore […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 7, 2026 The first day of racing at the 2026 European Championship delivered exactly what the fleet came for. Three races were scheduled for every fleet across all three classes, and the Baltic served up a full day of tough, exhausting — and brilliant — racing. The Nacra 17s […]
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Eckernförde, Germany — July 6, 2026 The 2026 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championship is officially underway. The event opened this evening with the Opening Ceremony at 6:00 PM in the boat park, where sailors, race officials and the entire organizing committee came together for a dinner hosted by the organizers — with beers […]
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The countdown is officially on. In just seven days, the best 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 sailors in Europe and plenty of visiting fleets from outside the continent will hit the water in Eckernförde, Germany, for the 2026 European Championship, running July 7–12. It’s a fitting follow-on to what’s already been a huge month […]
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There were three world titles up for grabs at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, and at the end of Sunday’s medal racing there were three brand new world champions. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 49er / 49erFX Class (@49ersailing) View this post on Instagram […]
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A brief moment of ‘Man Overboard!’ while leading a race might have done for the hopes of Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken to win their fourth 49er world title. Lambriex was adjusting his trapeze height and accidentally hoisted himself off his trapeze ring attached to the supporting wire, and overboard he fell, resulting […]
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If yesterday’s action in the Bay of Quiberon was a brutal test of survival—a day of capsizes, crashes, pitch-poles, and sailors literally reversing across the finish line to stay upright—today was a sophisticated game of high-speed chess. The “nastiness” of the Bay was replaced by a shifty, tactical northwest breeze ranging from 8 to 18 […]
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High wind, big waves and monster current required some inventive sailing techniques on day three of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championship in Quiberon, France. At one point in the 49er racing it was so windy that the fleet was unable to turn downwind at the windward mark. The boats kept on sailing […]
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James Grummett and Rhos Hawes put on a high-wind masterclass on day two of the 49er World Championship in Quiberon, France. Battling through breeze gusting over 25 knots, the British team won both of their heats in the yellow group of qualifying. Keanu Prettner and Jakob Flachberger didn’t have such a strong day as their […]
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49erFX Suarez and Henke Seize Early Initiative in Shifty Quiberon Breeze At only her second World Championship at senior level, 20 year old Melania Henke finds herself in the lead after day one of the 49erFX World Championship in Quiberon, France. Henke is crewing with her skipper Patricia Suarez and the Spanish scored a 6,2,1 […]
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Racing begins May 12, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, Brittany, France The 2026 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championship gets underway tomorrow in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, on the rugged Atlantic coast of Brittany, and the setting alone promises drama. Quiberon was selected for this championship as it blends raw Oceanic winds but the racing is hidden from the worst of […]
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