New 49er Class Rules in Effect

ISAF has approved new 49er Class rules that go into effect 1 March 2012.  These new rules have been posted on the ISAF website as well as the 49er website.  Full rules can be viewed here

Olympic Gennaker Orders

For those teams selected for the 2012 Olympic Games in Weymouth, orders for your Olympic gennakers must be made by April 10.  Go to the Olympic section of this website for more information on how to order your gennaker. Fourteen nations have now qualified for the London 2012 Olympics in addition to the host nation […]

49er Mainsail Flag Order Dates: 2012

Please see the order dates for the 2012 49er events.  Per Class Rules, all World Cup, Worlds & continental events require a country flag on your mainsail to compete.  Please order through the Class office  by these dates. Palma: 31 March-6 April                                     ORDER BY:     Tues 20th March Hyeres: 20-27 April                                              ORDER BY:     Tues 10th April 49er […]

2012 49er Worlds

May 5-12, Zadar, Croatia Registration is open @ www.49erworlds.org This will be the last country qualifier for the 2012 Olympic Games. Fourteen nations have qualified through the Perth 2011 Worlds (Australia, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Portugal and the United States) plus the host nation, Great Britain.  Five […]

Miami OCR Underway

Check out the latest from the ISAF World Cup where 49ers are competing in great conditions! Results

Palma Training Session

From Danish 49er Teams We are doing some training and racing in Palma in February and March, and we like to have as many 49er teams as possible to join us there. We will be doing training there From the 9th of February.  We would like to have a program where teams can do there […]

Outteridge and Jensen Win Again!

The 2011 49er World Championship begins tomorrow, December 12 with 67 entries representing 29 nations in Perth, Australia.  At stake is not only the World title and bragging rights, but for many a berth to the 2012 Olympic Games and a chance to qualify their country as well.  The 49er Class will have 20 entries […]

PERTH COMBINED WORLDS BEGINS

Worlds Sailors in colourful launch of Perth 2011 2 December 2011 Top international sailors put on a show of strength in Perth’s Forrest Place on Friday to help launch the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Several thousand people in the CBD watched as the athletes paraded from Barrack Street jetty to the heart of […]

LEHTINEN/BASK WIN AUSSIE NATIONALS

Lauri Lehtinen & Kalle Bask of Finland bested 40 other teams over 8 races in the prelude to the Worlds in Perth, Australia.  Manu Dyen & Stephane Christidis of France and Marcin Czajkowski and Jacek Piasecki of Poland. The top Aussie team was Steven Thomas with Jasper Warren in 6th overall.  Only 8 races were […]

OUTTERIDGE & JENSEN AT TOP OF ISAF RANKINGS

Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen moved to the top of the recent ISAF rankings leading into the 2011 Worlds which begin in a few weeks.  Nico delle Karth and Nicolaus Resch of Austria who have been atop the rankings for quite a while have moved to 2nd overall with Will and Sam Phillips of Australia […]