Adelaide, Australia – Nine new ILCA World Champions have been crowned as the 2024 ILCA Masters Worlds came to a close at the Adelaide Sailing Club today. The event will be remembered for strong winds and big swells, some stunning Adelaide conditions that remained for the entirety of the event, and gave sailors some tough […]
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Adelaide, Australia – Sailors are just two races away from the end of the 2024 ILCA Masters Worlds at the Adelaide Sailing Club, with two more races to close out the series scheduled for tomorrow. The breeze at this event has been spectacular, with an opportunity for sailors to experience Adelaide’s exciting windy, wavy conditions
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Adelaide, Australia – As the 2024 ILCA Masters Worlds gets closer to completion, it was a chance to take a closer look at some of the more senior members of the fleet, specifically the ILCA 6 Legends division, made up of sailors more than 75 years old. There are 20 Legends in Adelaide competing this
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Adelaide, Australia – After another day of solid Adelaide sea breeze, the 2024 ILCA Masters Worlds fleet heads into a well-earned rest day with all six scheduled races completed. It sets up an exciting final three days from Thursday onwards as some great battles in a number of divisions begin to take shape. It also
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Adelaide, Australia – The opening day of the 2024 ILCA Masters Worlds in Adelaide threw up a few challenges. Adelaide brought some sweltering conditions, delaying the afternoon breeze by a few hours. A hot northwestern wind filled in early in the day. However, with an unstable direction and a forecasted shift to the southwest, the
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Adelaide, Australia – Adelaide witnessed an exhilarating medal race on the final day of the ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships. Australia’s Matt Wearn has clinched his second ILCA 7 World Championship in the last 12 months after a strong week of sailing. Wearn had a consistent event from start to finish, only once falling outside
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Adelaide, Australia – In near nuclear conditions off Adelaide that saw 25-plus knot winds and more than two-meter seas, sailors gave it their best on the fifth day of the ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships. Australian Matt Wearn held the top spot after his strong performance in the last two gold fleet races today. “Points
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Adelaide, Australia – Big breeze and steep swells were on the menu for the first day of Finals racing at the 2024 Wireless Communications ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship in Adelaide. The gold fleet was eager to get started as sailors forced four general recalls in the opening race, three of them under the black
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Adelaide, Australia – It was another sunny day on the water with glamour sailing conditions for the third day of the 2024 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship. Two of the favorites have walked away from the six qualifying races at the top of the fleet, while the battle for gold fleet heated up in Adelaide.
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Adelaide, Australia – Tricky and variable conditions may have halted the start of Day 2 of the 2024 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship, sponsored by Wireless Communications. Still, a late afternoon sea breeze ensured everything got back on track. The day’s first race got underway just after the scheduled start time but was soon abandoned,
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Adelaide, Australia – The 2024 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships are being held in Adelaide, Australia, and hosted by the Adelaide Sailing Club. Racing will take place on the St. Vincent Gulf, often home to a nice sea breeze during the Australian summer months. The club is a volunteer-run “off the beach” sailing club that
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Who has set the world record for fastest boat speed in a Laser? Without formal class records to compare against, two Australian contenders have surfaced this week. Daniel Costandi is a 17-year-old Laser Radial sailor who has competed in four Laser World Championships. On November 30, it was blowing 40+ knots just north of Sydney
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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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By Brett Beyer The top mark is a hot spot for rule infringements. While most of the yelling and bumping rarely results in a penalty turn (even with a jury present), care needs to be taken because the consequences of a penalty turn or two during a chaotic rounding situation can be a massive distance
By Brett Beyer The pre-start period is probably where the most protests occur, most often as a result of windward/leeward situations. Most of these protests end with leeward boats being disqualified. The main things to note are: Rule 11 applies — on the same tack and overlapped, the windward boat must KEEP CLEAR. There is
Photo | John Feder By Associate Editor Nick Tabakoff, via The Australian on July 10, 2018 A fortnight ago, a little-known 17-year-old Fremantle sailor shocked the yachting world by becoming Australia’s youngest open-class world champion. What made the feat even more unusual is that it was driven — literally and figuratively — by his grandmother. In
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