ILCA Sailing Interviews
Interview with Micky Beckett
You are currently ranked as the number-one ILCA 7 sailor in the world. There are undoubtedly a number of factors that lead you there, but what would you say played the biggest role in pushing you to earn that spot? I think a lot of ILCA sailing for me has just been about persisting even…
Silvia Zennaro, Two-Time Olympian and New Mother
Italian two-time Olympic ILCA 6 sailor Silvia Zennaro is proof that you can have the best of both worlds. In the summer of 2021, Zennaro competed in the Tokyo Olympics and placed 7th in the 44-boat fleet. In March 2022, she gave birth to a baby girl named Olimpia, by May she was back on…
ILCA Dinghy Proves Popular in Virtual Regatta
Via World Sailing During the online Kieler Woche event in June 2020, players were able to race in the Laser dinghy on Virtual Regatta Inshore for the first time. 9,471 unique players tested out the virtual version of the Laser, with 1,808 races (featuring 25 boats per race) completed. The famous Olympic dinghy is the…
ILCA Presents Free Laser Sailing Webinars Hosted by SailCoach
As most of us Laser sailors are at home for the foreseeable future due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, ILCA and SailCoach are teaming up to bring you free Zoom coaching webinar classes starting in April 2020. The SailCoach coaching classes by remote learning hopes to provide Laser sailors with free coaching input over the…
Interview with Karl-Martin Rammo
How old were you when you started sailing and how did you get involved? I started when I was 8 when my dad took me to a sailing practice and I’ve never looked back. My dad used to sail when he was young and as my coach and he were friends, it made a lot…
Laser Training Cabarete: Interview with Alexandra Behrens
Via Laser Training Cabarete While many of Laser Master sailors began racing sailboats at a very young age, you started racing as a Master. What brought you into the sport, and what keeps you motivated to keep on improving? My way into sailing was not really traditional. I got interested in sailing as an adult when…