International Sailing

In sunshine (T-shirt weather) yesterday, the European Championship of the Olympic RS:X windsurfers started with the registrations and measurement checks. Today, the Practice Race is on the program. The video of the day and the event website with the entry lists.

After qualifying for the final with a 2nd place in the semi-final, Maxime Chabloz SUI showed perfect jumps in the final and won the Freestyle Super Kite of Brazil. ----- The results (scroll down) and the video-replay of the final.

In the south of Portugal, the European Championships of the Olympic RS:X windsurfers start today. A total of 94 participants will be at the start, including all cracks with Olympic ambitions: ----- Among the women are the Olympic Champion Charline Picon FRA, the World Champion Lilian De Geus NED or Zofia Noceti-Lepacka POL. ----- The men participants include Thomas Goyard FRA, and Piotr Myszka POL. The World champion Kiran Badloe NED is missing. ----- Tomorrow the Practice Race is on the program, the first championship races will be on Tuesday. The event website.

The multiple Ski Olympic medal winner and World Champion Ivica Kostelic CRO is planning an Olympic campaign in the proposed new Olympic discipline Mixed Offshore ! Together with the experienced sailor Petra Kliba CRO, he wants to be part of it in 2024 in Marseille. The Report and the Video.

No wind in Brazil yesterday, and the semi-finals and the final had to be postponed to today. Convincing so far Maxime Chabloz SUI, and it remains to be seen whether he can meet the expectations today. ----- The daily report.

In Brazil, the Super Kite Round of 16 was on the agenda yesterday with the favorites dominating, including Maxime Chabloz SUI and Liam Whaley ESP, the latter with a knee injury. It is not yet certain if he will make it to the semi-finals today. The amazing Davi Ribeiro BRA, 12 years old, was narrowly eliminated as 3rd in his group. ----- Today the men's and women's semifinals are on the program with the top two from each group of four qualifying for the final. ----- The results, the report and the video.

Yesterday, Round 3 with all competitors engaged for the first time, was on the program. ----- The results and the daily report.

With the 7th and last race, the first series of the Australian 18 Footers League ended on Sunday with the Spring Championship. 'SMEG' with Michael Coxon AUS won the day. Thanks to a 2nd place, 'Yandoo' with John Winning AUS secured the Spring Champion's title. 'Tech2' with Jack Macartney AUS finished 3rd on Sunday and remained 2nd overall. ----- The report. ----- Next Sunday, the New South Wales Championship will start with a first race. We will again broadcast live.

The Finals yesterday marked the end of the inaugural Wing Foiler Super Grand Slam, held in Fortaleza BRA. ----- In the Freestylers, Titouan Galea FRA from New Caledonia in the Southern Seas defeated Balz Müller SUI. In the Petite Final for rank 3, Fernando Novaes BRA won against Kauli Seadi BRA. ----- The results and the event Facebook page with pictures and videos.

The good conditions continued yesterday and with Round 2, the Repechage was sailed to determine the additional quarter-finalists. ----- The women have already finished the Final, Leysa Perotti ITA took the victory----- The Ergebnisse and the event Facebook page with reports and pictures.

With 15-20kn wind and a moderate swell, the Freestyle qualifications were sailed yesterday in Fortaleza BRA. Balz Müller SUI knew to convince and won ahead of Titouan Galea FRA and Maxime Chabloz SUI. The ranking, the report and a video, which documents more the ambiance than the competitions. Additionally the Facebook page with the pictures.

In Brazil, the first Wing-Foiler Super Grand Slam, a kite-bord sport more and more hype, is being organized, as from today. To be noted, that Wing-Surfing was invented in the 80s. Here a video of the wing-pioneer Tom Magruder USA. ----- In Fortaleza, freestyle and hydro-foil competitions are on the program, with 13 participants from France, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and Switzerland. ----- The event Facebook page with the first videos and the event website, where the event can be followed over live ticker starting this afternoon.

During the last night, the hero of the first 40 hours, the Paralympic Champion Damien Séguin FRA (here his video report of day one) passed the Cape Finisterre at the most northwestern point of Spain as first. While the favored foilers were forced to follow a longer more northerly course to remain up to speed in the very light southwesterly breeze over the Bay of Biscay, the old-generation Open 60s took the direct route bringing them on top of the leader board. This morning UTC however, the wind was slackening and the boats closed up, but a frontal system over the Iberic peninsula from the West has been announced for this evening, and the fleet will, without doubt, be reshuffled. ----- With Jéremy Beyou FRA ('Charal') and Nicolas Troussel FRA ('Corum'), two foilers have now for the first time taken the lead this morning. In the 3rd position with a 6nm backlog followed Jean Le Cam FRA as the first non-foiler. Some favorites are already behind: Samantha Davies ('Initiatives Coeur') was 10th 21nm back, Alex Thomson GBR ('Hugo Boss') 13th with a 30nm deficit. ----- Tomorrow morning, the leader board will definitely look different. ----- The race tracker and the reports.

Two more races were held last Sunday in light winds at the 18-Footer Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour. With 'Bird & Bear' (Tom Clout AUS) and 'Vintec' (Tom Cunich AUS), two new teams grasped bullets. In the overall rankings, 'Yandoo' with John Winning AUS is new on top. ----- On the coming Sunday, the final race of the Championship will be on the program, again broadcast live stream on www.sailing-world.com. ----- The news.

After having lost the Nations-Cup (Team-Racing) Final against England on Friday evening, Spain hit back yesterday winning the individual e-Sailing title with Joan Cardona ESP, who is in the preparation phase for the Finn Olympics in Tokyo. Winning the Medal Race, he had the upper hand on his compatriot Ramon ESP by a small margin. ----- The report with the video replay of the Medal Race.