7 stages for every taste!

Today starts the St. Petersburg sailing week. The regatta consists of over 300 nautical miles will continue in the Baltic to August 15. Saint-Petersburg sailing week is one of the oldest and largest competitions in Russia. The first regatta was held in 1898. In 1997 the St. Petersburg sailing Union has decided to revive the regatta. The yacht will compete in several classes: this is a yacht class “L-6”, a group of ORC 1, ORC 2 group, also in the Read more

Gone Russian yacht

According to emergency situations Ministry of Russia, 31 July 2020 in the waters of the Tatar Strait in the movement route from the village of white Salmon to the city of Sovetskaya Gavan gone sailing yacht “Lady” on Board, presumably, could be three. When a message arrives on the accident duty captain Maritime rescue coordination centre was held on notification of passing the area for passing ships search. Due to the severe stormy weather in this area the use of Read more

Birling and TUC will perform in SailGP

Next season in the racing series SailGP will attend a New Zealand team led by the famous Peter Burling and Blair Tucom. It would seem that the upcoming season for inseparable friends, Burling and Tuke (they perform together since 2006!) and so it will be swarnakamalam. In spring 2021 new Zealanders (including Peter Blair) will have to defend in Auckland, the America’s Cup, which they won in 2017 in Bermuda. And immediately after this, birling and Tuck will begin to Read more

Irina Gracheva: details of the first stage

Last night in the French port of Les Sables-d’olonne passed the finish of the first stage sailing race Les Sables – Les Açores en Baie de Morlaix. Russian yachtswoman Irina Gracheva acting in the proto division, made it to second place. At the start of the first stage became 72 athletes, among them 55 employees on production boats and 17 people on yachts are prototypes, including Irina. Race, as expected, was in a very weak, variable according to the wind Read more

The ryf Presidium approved the time, place and date of meeting and agenda election conference.

August 3 on the website of the all-Russian Sailing Federation, published the rules of the election conference. 31 June 2020 at the Presidium of the all-Russian sailing Federation took decisions on the organization and conduct of the election Conference which will take place on 1 October. Herewith the scanned copies of the nomination should be sent to the Executive Committee no later than August 20, 2020 year. And the originals of the protocols shall be submitted to the Executive Committee Read more

This fall, the Nord Stream Race will not take place

Organizers and partners of the popular offshore race of the Nord Stream Race decided to abandon it in the current year. It is caused primarily by concern about the health of athletes, visitors, spectators and staff of the clubs participating, as well as existing currently significant difficulties with crossing borders. Recall that the original 9th race the Nord Stream Race route Kiel – Copenhagen – Stockholm – Helsinki – St. Petersburg was to take place in June, but then it Read more

The Olympic flame jüri Tamm

History is made by people. They write it with their actions. And while they are alive, while true to his code of honor, to rewrite history is impossible… Jüri Tamm – a real Estonian. Solid, unspectacular, but the well-organized speech, with a noticeable Finnish-Ugric accent, which cannot be confused with any other. And a real athlete, Olympian, big and good. He participated in four Games in the Royal discipline “heavy” athletics – hammer throw. He has twice won bronze medals Read more

Class 470: with Championships, not just

The steering Committee of the international Association of class 470 after discussions with the organisers of major Championships took a number of important decisions. So, canceled the Junior world and European Championships in 2020, which was held in Gdynia (Poland). Exactly the same is repealed and the adult world championship in October in Majorca (Spain). At the same time the adult Championships at the same time and in the same place in Mallorca is still planned. In this competition medals Read more

Irina Gracheva: “the Race will not be easy”

Today in the French port of Les Sables d’olonne launched the first phase of a multi-day sailing race at Les Sables – Les Açores en Baie de Morlaix. It will be attended by the Russian yachtswoman Irina Gracheva, which is preparing for the regatta Mini Transat 2021. Sailing regatta of Les Sables-d’olonne to the Azores and back held since 2006 and serves as a good test of readiness of the sailors to a single race in the Atlantic ocean. Traditionally, Read more

Not all get to Sardinia. So…

The Executive Committee of the International kiteboarding Association (International Kiteboarding Association, IKA) decided on the abolition of the 2020 world championship Formula Kite World Championships, which was held on the Italian island of Sardinia. It was planned that the male and female race will be held in Cagliari from 6 to 11 October and then the championship will move to the nearby beach Torregrande where from 13 to 18 October will be held the start of the mixed relay. As Read more