After five days of intense competition, the 2025 Youth Sailing World Championships came to a thrilling conclusion. In the ILCA 6 events, David Coates USA and Irene De Tomas ESP clinched Gold in their respective categories, with both sailors reflecting on the emotional journey that led to their victories. Full results from the regatta are available here.
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By World Sailing Australian Wearn surpasses Brit Beckett in commanding finale at Paris 2024 Test Event Olympic champion Matt Wearn (AUS) snatched gold from under the nose of Micky Beckett (GBR) in a dramatic medal race at the Paris 2024 Test Event in Marseille. Wearn dominated the ILCA 7 medal race to overhaul a nine-point
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Palma de Mallorca, Spain – At the 52 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar on the Bay of Palma, Great Britain’s Michael Beckett and Marit Bouwmeester of The Netherlands both secured gold on the penultimate day before the medal race would be sailed, due to their sizable leads. This event was the first of two World Cup
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Via World Sailing Karachaliou match races her way to ILCA 6 gold Almere, The Netherlands – [On the final day of the event,] Vasileia Karachaliou (GRE) left nothing to chance in her bid to retain the yellow jersey. She engaged her rival Emma Plasschaert (BEL) in an aggressive match race before the start. But then
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(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) — Over the past four days, St. Francis Yacht Club played host to the 2021 ILCA North American Championship, sponsored by West Coast Sailing. With 124 competitors racing in three different fleets, the scene on San Francisco Bay’s city front was action-packed and lively across ten races. “It was great to see so
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Photo by Chris Ray (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) — On July 14–18, 2021, St. Francis Yacht Club will welcome 125 sailors for four days of racing in the ILCA North American Championships on San Francisco Bay. Delayed for a year due to the global pandemic, sailors from all points of the continent plus several nations will be
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Via Sail World by Diana Valia Chen A world record attempt of 200+ ILCA dinghies will sail in a parade from Sydney Opera House to South Head, starting at 10.00am on Sunday 30 May 2021, to celebrate 50 years of the popular sailing class. Andrew Cox, Commodore of Double Bay Sailing Club, said, “This is
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Photos by João Ferreira It was an exciting final day of racing in Vilamoura, with tough conditions pushing the strength of the sailors chasing the Olympic qualifications and the podium. After all 12 races, Spain and the Netherlands locked in their slots for Tokyo in the ILCA 7 class, as the top two out of
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Photos by João Ferreira On a day marked by high winds, which reached 22 knots, the athletes were forced to their physical extremes and the experience and technical mastery of the veterans showed in the finals. Vilamoura Sailing offered live streaming of the racing again today for races 9 and 10 of the European Continental
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Photo by João Ferreira The men’s and women’s fleets were divided into gold and silver fleets today to complete two more races at the European Continental Qualification for Tokyo. Vilamoura Sailing launched live streaming of the event, available through the final two days of racing. In the men’s fleet, Great Britain’s Michael Beckett has been
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Photo by João Ferreira After two more races today in Vilamoura at the European Qualification for Tokyo, the two Olympic slots were determined in the women’s ILCA 6 fleet—secured for Israel and Portugal. The fight for the men’s ILCA 7 slots is still heated, but Spain and the Netherlands are the top two contenders after
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Photo by João Ferreira Two more races were completed today at the European Olympic qualifiers in Vilamoura, Portugal. In the women’s fleet, Israel’s Shay Kakon and Portuguese Carolina João are the top contenders for the two ILCA 6 slots for Tokyo, and Spanish Joel Rodriguez Perez and Belgian William De Smet are the top two
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Photo by João Ferreira Today the racing kicked off in Vilamoura, Portugal at the ILCA Vilamoura European Continental Qualification. Organized by Vilamoura Sailing, this qualifier event is held for European countries to claim their remaining four slots for the Tokyo Olympic Games: two in the women’s ILCA 6 fleet and two in the men’s ILCA
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The Mussanah Open Championship, organized by Oman Sail, was the final qualification event where the African and Asian sailors could secure their countries a chance to compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games. After a week of sailing, India’s Nethra Kumanan and Hong Kong’s Stephanie Norton qualified their countries in the ILCA 6 and Singapore’s Ryan
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by Gary Martin Sometimes sailing adventures just happen and the Gove Sailing Regatta was just such an adventure. What started as a discussion between sailors at the Dinah Beach Cruising Yacht Association (DBCYA) bar after a wet season race, planted a seed to host a regatta at the Gove Boat Club (GBC). Gove is situated
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The Olympic part of the Kieler Woche started with a day for the light-wind sailors, testing tactics. With the sun shining brightly, two races were completed in the shifting winds for the Laser Radial and Laser Standard fleets. The tension in the women’s Laser Radial fleet is palpable. The Kieler Woche is an important milestone
