Photos by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Two races were completed today for all the ILCA 7 divisions and the ILCA 6 Masters and Grand Masters, while the one remaining race was completed for the other ILCA 6 divisions. Sailors went out again for a 9:00 first warning signal in about 6–10 knots, enough wind […]
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Photos by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Two races were completed today on the penultimate day of the ILCA Masters World Championships. With another 9:00 first warning signal and a light northwest wind, the races went off without a hitch and the sailors were back on shore by 12:00. After today’s racing, two champions were
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Photos by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Two races were completed today at the ILCA Masters World Championships. Another early start paid off, with the first warning signal at 9:00 and sailors were back on shore and finished for the day by 12:00. For the second day in a row, there’s been sunshine and stable
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Two races were completed today at the the ILCA Masters World Championships. After three gray days with unstable and light wind, the fourth day finally brought sun and stable wind. Once again, the sailors had an early start today with the first warning signal at 9:00. The ILCA
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Three races were completed for all nine divisions today at the 2021 ILCA Masters World Championships. With the first warning signal at 9:00, it was an early start to try completing as many races as possible since the first two days brought unstable conditions. Day 3, however, brought
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Photos by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – One race was completed today for all the ILCA 6 divisions in about 4–8 knots, while the ILCA 7 course had more unstable conditions and none of the fleets were able to complete a race. The results for the ILCA 7 is therefore maintained from the first day’s
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Photos by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – One race was completed today in each fleet at the 2021 Laser Masters World Championships, except for the ILCA 6 Masters and Grand Masters due to unstable and lack of wind. The sailors went out on schedule for the first warning signal at 12:00, with sunshine and good
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Today marked the start of the 2021 ILCA Masters World Championships with a light-wind practice race for the sailors on the final day of registration. Tonight they held the opening ceremonies at the Barcelona International Sailing Center, where the regatta was officially kicked off by Miquel Delcós, president
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Photos by Vela Catalana Nearly 300 sailors from 29 countries are descending on Barcelona International Sailing Center (BISC) to compete November 13–20 at the 2021 ILCA Masters World Championships. Three of the last ILCA Masters world champions will participate in this championship: Britain’s Jon Emmett, ILCA 6 Apprentice champion; French Gilles Coadou, ILCA 6 Grand
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – No races were completed today on the final day of the 2021 ILCA 7 World Championships. After a period of waiting, the race committee decided that although the wind was blowing about 15–18 knots, the waves were too large and out of control to carry out successful races.
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Photos by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – On the penultimate day of the ILCA 7 World Championships, three races were completed in the gold fleet and two in the silver fleet. The first warning signal was at 9:00 and the sailors went out to race in a 7–12 knot north/northwesterly breeze. In the first race
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Three races were completed today at the 2021 ILCA 7 World Championships. The sailors went out for the first warning signal at 9:00 and successfully sailed two races with a northwesterly wind oscillating between 8 and 12 knots. In the yellow fleet’s first race, Australian Zac Littlewood was
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Two races were completed today at the 2021 ILCA 7 World Championships. The first warning signal was at 9:30, with three races scheduled for the day. Sailors went out on the water expecting 10–15 knots for the day, but the wind proved to be more unpredictable for Day
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Photo above by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – No races were completed today, due to lack of wind. Although Barcelona brought its sunshine, the wind never filled in to complete the scheduled races. Three back-to-back races are scheduled for tomorrow, with the first warning signal for the yellow fleet at 9:30, and 9:35 for the
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Barcelona, Spain – With registration, measurement, and a practice race complete, the stage is set for the 2021 ILCA 7 World Championships to launch Friday, November 5. 139 sailors from 44 countries around the world will compete in two fleets with 12 scheduled races until Wednesday, November 10. Today Barcelona brought 3–5 knots with some
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Via Sail27 With the Olympics well and truly in our rearview mirror, the focus of the Olympic ILCA 7 fleet has turned to the 2024 Olympics in Marseille. With the first major regatta of this Olympic cycle already completed, the upcoming World Championship in Barcelona will see a number of Tokyo Olympians return to racing
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