AMERICANS MUST/MOORE LEAD SEIKO SPEED CHALLENGE

PALMA 2010: A predominantly light wind regatta did not lend itself to ideal speed conditions. Despite this, a number of teams put down some impressive markers.  First up were the French team of Vincent Berthed adn Sebastien Durand with a 14.9 knots.  Simon Hiscocks and Simon Marks then topped that with 15.4 but it was […]

DYEN/CHRISTIDIS WIN IN SPAIN

Manu Dyan and Stephane Christidis of France won the Princesa Sofia MAPFRE World Cup #3 in Palma, Mallorca, Spain.  The British teams of Chris Draper/Peter Greenhalgh and Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes rounded out the podium with respective 2nd & 3rd place.  Full results here Photos and video now uploaded to Channel 49er  Next stop: Hyeres, France.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

SCUTTLEBUTT VIDEO OF THE WEEK When the 29er and 49er classes went to Freeport, Grand Bahama in January for their World Championship, their high performance boats were a perfect fit for the waters of this island paradise. To insure that the event was recorded, the class brought in photographer Fried Elliott and videographer Chris Love to […]