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June 12, 2019 Another Around the World! The new world race will be called GLOBE 40 – The Grande Route. It starts for the first time in the summer of 2021. The inspirer of the race GLOBE 40 – The Grande Route is the French company Sirius Evenments, well-known in sailing circles, which holds several popular regattas. And here is the plan for Sirius Evenments. Firstly, it is proposed to conduct a round-the-world tour on Class40 yachts (hull length is Read more
June 5, 2019 Started the World Cup Representatives of the 41st country take part in the 2019 World Cup final, the draw of which began on Tuesday in Marseille (France). Russians are presented in four types of programs from 11. Here are the places they occupy after the first day of the regatta (southeastern breeze 7-12 knots): 470, men (29 crews). 2 races were held. … 24. Pavel Sozykin / Denis Gribanov – 44 points, parishes 24 – 20. RS: Read more
Representatives of 41 countries participate in the finals of the world Cup in 2019, the implementation of which began on Tuesday in Marseille (France). The Russians are presented in four categories out of 11. Here are some of the places they occupy after the first day of the regatta (South East breeze 7 – 12 knots): 470 men (29 crews). Held 2 races. …24. Paul Sozykin/ Denis Gribanov – 44 points, wards, 24 – 20. RS:X men (29 participants). Held Read more
Yesterday World Cup final starts In Marseille (France), the draw of the 2019 World Cup finals begins, in which 325 sailors from 40 countries will take part. The first races are tomorrow. Competitions will be held in the ten current Olympic classes, as well as in kiteboarding, which will debut at the Games-2024. And in Marseille, men and women will compete together. In five types – 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 and RS: X for men and women – medal races Read more
In Marseille (France) begins the rally world Cup-2019, with the participation of 325 sailors from 40 countries. The first race tomorrow. The competition will be held in ten of the current Olympic classes, as well as in kiteboarding debut which will take place at the Olympic Games in 2024. Moreover, in Marseille men and women will compete together. In five kinds – 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 and RS:X men and women – the medal race will take place on Saturday. Read more
January 16, 2019 The race around the world has begun !!! Today, the crew of the 40-meter maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 with skipper Jan Guichard took the start in a race around the world. The goal is to set a new world record and get the Jules Verne Trophy. © www.facebook.com/spindriftracing In the French Brest, the trimaran left the base of the Spindrift Racing team at 11 o'clock Moscow time. And before that, even after dark, the crew’s farewell to their Read more
February 7, 2019 World Cup in Zhiguli Sea In the heart of the European part of Russia – in the city of Tolyatti – on February 20 – 24, a snooking world cup stage – SNOW KITE WORLD CUP IKA 2019 will take place. A huge water area, convenient infrastructure, a decent organization, all possible disciplines of winter sailing, dozens of professional athletes and hundreds of amateur kiteers – this is what awaits the guests of this event! The highlight Read more
February 12, 2019 "The main task is to win the World Cup!" The team of Igor Rytov, Russian Bogatyrs, began the new season with a victory in Maya at the second stage of the Winter Series in the class of yachts Melges 20. In fact, she managed a “double” – because she won the first stage of the series in December 2018. We took a short blitz interview with the head of the Russian Bogatyrs Igor Rytov: Yacht Russia: – Read more
February 20, 2019 New World Sailing Rating For the first time in 2019, the International Sailing Federation published the ranking of the world's strongest yachtsmen in the Olympic classes, which is based on the results for the last two years. We give the names of those who lead in each of the ten classes, as well as the positions of Russian athletes in the first hundred of the rankings. 470 men. 1. Matthew Belcher / William Ryan (Australia) – 988 Read more
February 20, 2019 World Sailing President answers our questions In the new (116th) issue of YR, we are publishing an interview with World Sailing President Kim Andersen, who took the time to answer our questions regarding recent WS actions. Here is a small excerpt from this conversation: Yacht Russia: The latest decisions of World Sailing Council have caused a lot of questions, doubts and rumors. Could you comment on the situation and tell about possible solutions to the problems? Kim Read more