World Sailing

Aug 1, 2024 | sailing.org | Andy Rice

August 1, 2024 5 minutes reading time It was a day of medals secured, races abandoned, and some great performances on the opening day of ILCA competition. Grae Morris made an inauspicious start to his campaign a few days ago, the Australian scoring 13, DNS (25) from his first two races. As it turned out, the 20-year-old would get to drop both those results from his final scoreline. From then on the consistent Aussie kept all his scores inside the top 10 and won two races along the way.

Jul 31, 2024 | sailing.org | Andy Rice

Sadistic IslandThere’s a myth that the Marquis de Sade was once imprisoned in the château on the Île d’If. Whether or not that’s true, what’s undeniable is how the wind shadow of the rocky island and 16th century château inflicted a sadistic wind shadow on the poor competitors attempting to complete the Marathon Race in the Women’s Windsurfing.

Jul 30, 2024 | sailing.org | Andy Rice

They’re competing in the most important regatta of their lives, so why do sailors not even keep track of their results? When reporters ask sailors if they’re happy with their scores so far, quite often the sailors have no clue of the points or where they’re lying in the competition. “Don’t talk to me about results,” pleaded 49erFX sailor Jo Aleh today in the media mixed zone as journalists were lining up to talk to the New Zealand skipper.

Jul 29, 2024 | sailing.org | Andy Rice

Sailors dread the Black Flag. When they see the Black Flag flying from the race committee boat before the start, it might as well be the skull and cross bones. When the blag flag is hoisted, no boat is permitted to cross the start line at any time in the final 60 seconds before the start. “Abandon hope all ye who enter here…”The aim of the black flag is for the race committee to discourage an over-eager fleet from crossing the start line too soon.

Jul 29, 2024 | sailing.org | Andy Rice

July 29, 2024 6 minutes reading time Today saw the first ever slalom races in the history of Olympic sailing. A bit more wind in Marseille opened the window for some short-course downwind competition in the Windsurfing. Unfortunately the weather window didn’t stay open for very long, but in the Men, France’s Nicolas Goyard powered his iQFOiL board to victory in the one and only heat that took place.