Laser Class News Highlights
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We made it again! For the third time in a row a Laser class sailor is recognized by World Sailing as the Rolex World Sailor of the Year! The World Sailing Awards celebrate outstanding achievement and exceptional contributions to the sport of Sailing, and this time was Danish sailor Anne Marie Rindom who received the […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Régis Berenguier beat us for the last time tonight to sail among the stars. It was with him that the Laser has taken off in France. He was the inventor of the European Laser Cup, ancestor of the Laser Europa Cup, and the creator of the Mediterranean Laser Championship that he has long animated. He
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 2019 European & World Laser Radial Women’s champion Anne Marie Rindom DEN has been announced today as one of nominees for the 2019 Rolex World Sailor of the Year. From Tuesday 22nd, members of the public will be invited to vote for who they think should be awarded with this prize. The public vote
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At World Sailing’s 2019 Mid-Year Meeting in London, Great Britain, World Sailing’s Council voted to retain the Equipment for the Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. The World Sailing Board informed Council in May 2019 that it would only continue contractual discussions until 1 August 2019 with the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Olympic Test Event concluded today in Enoshima, Japan. Unfortunately no Medal Races due to lack of wind. After 10 races with a mix of strong and light winds, 5 of 6 Laser medals were for European sailors, with Jesper Stalheim SWE and Emma Plasschaert BEL winning Gold. Emma Plasschaert and Jesper Stalheim won the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]And she made it! After conquering the 2019 European championship for the first time this year, Danish sailor Anne Marie Rindom DEN could also get the World title for her second time in Sakaiminato, Japan. Congrats Marie! 2019 Laser Radial Women’s World Championships – Final results 50 points on 11 races to crown Anne-Marie as
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 2019 Youth Sailing World Championships concluded in Gdynia, Poland, after 9 races in 5 days of competition. Great event for our European sailors, winning 5 of 6 Laser medals. 2019 Youth Sailing World Championship – Laser Radial Girls Italian sailor Chiara Benini ITA could manage first spot from the beginning of competition and crowned
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear sailors and Sailing community, we’re starting today our Sustainability Programme to help saving our oceans, rivers and lakes, and join many people all around the World concerned about our planet and our future. This initiative is intending to aware people about pollution and encourage them to help stopping it with simple actions that make
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Second EurILCA’s Solidarity Programme successfully concluded the last week in Hyeres, France, where 11 youth sailors from Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Portugal and Serbia were invited to participate of the 2019 Laser 4.7 Youth European Championships & Open European Trophy, coached by Gintare Scheidt and headed by Burcu Algon Giorgianni. This programme is intended to ask
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mr. Zlatko Jakelic was recently elected new EurILCA’s Vice-chairman at the Annual General Meeting in Warsaw, Poland, replacing Mr. Macrino Macri. Just a few days before the 2018 Laser Europa Cup Finals in his country, Croatia, we wanted to ask him about this regatta and also his vision of the Laser class and the sport
