Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing (RBAR) has launched the first catamaran of the America’s Cup.
The name of the yacht is Rita and it is the end result of the work of 85,000 man hours who worked for more than years with a strong team of 120. Rita is the yacht that will be used by the British America’s Cup teams in the ACC yacht. The British team will use this boat in the championship and all the hopes of the team are laid on them only. (more…)
With the 2016 Bermuda National Optimist Championships having come to a close this weekend, the highlight has been on Ahzai Smith, who has had an incredible run in this regatta. Indeed, the sailing honors that he has gathered have been immense.
Last month this twelve years old was able to showcase his skills at the RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup. He stood in the seventh position where there had been a total of 41 competitors. At the Bermuda event that took place now he again emerged as the best competitor where there were about 70 sailors who competed. (more…)
Annual conference of World Sailing 2016 concluded on November 12 at Barcelona, Spain.
Various decisions were taken with regards to future of sailing sports like offshore sailing, the Olympic Games, Paralympic sailing, and planned priorities for coming years were made.
IOC agenda 2020
IOC Sports Department Pierre Fratter-Bardy presented Agenda 2020 in the conference. He outlined the roadmap of upcoming sports event Olympic. The agenda put the sailing athletes in front, unity in diversity. (more…)
