The 2024 EurILCA Europa Cup AUT at Union-Yacht-Club Attersee concluded with a thrilling finale on a sun-drenched Sunday. Despite a calm morning, the wind picked up around 1 pm, allowing organizers to lower the AP flag and send all classes out for the sixth and final race with 5-7 knots blowing from the north to […]
The entry process for the 2024 ILCA Master European Championships has now closed following the late entry period, with a remarkable record-breaking turnout of 312 sailors. This figure highlights the incredible growth of the Masters fleet over the last decade. In 2014, the event saw 106 participants, meaning the fleet has nearly tripled in size
The ILCA class events concluded last week in Marseille, marking the end of an exciting chapter for sailing in Paris 2024. This year’s Games represented the eighth appearance for the ILCA 7 (formerly Laser Standard) and the fifth for the ILCA 6 (formerly Laser Radial) at the Olympics. Men’s Dinghy class – ILCA 7 The
Matt Wearn defended his Olympic title with a well-executed sail in the Men’s Dinghy Medal Race. The ILCA 7 / Men’s Dinghy competition finished today in Marseille –sailing venue of Paris 2024 Olympic Games– with reigning champion Matt Wearn AUS winning his second consecutive Gold Olympic medal. This victory means Australia has now won the
The Women’s Dinghy competition concluded today in Marseille –sailing venue of Paris 2024 Olympic Games– with fantastic news for our European representatives, achieving all three Olympic medals for the third time in a row, reaffirming their worldwide dominance in the ILCA 6 class. Marit Bouwmeester NED managed to win her second Gold medal today and
The 2024 ILCA 6 Youth European Championships & Open European Trophy concluded today in Bangor, Northern Ireland, with great action on the water. Light to medium winds allowed two final races for the boys and three for the girls, concluding the championships with 10 and 11 races in the standings, respectively. After a fantastic and
The Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony marked a historic moment for sailing as an Olympic sport, with 13 nautical athletes chosen as flag bearers. This breaks the previous record of 12 set at Rio 2016, making sailing the fifth most represented sport among flag bearers in Paris. Notably, nine of these 13 athletes are ILCA sailors,
Both ILCA 6 Gold medals were ultimately won by the Italian representatives Maria Vittoria Arseni and Antonio Pascali, crowning them as the new 2024 Youth Sailing World Champions in the Female and Male Dinghy championships, respectively. After 9 races over 5 days of competition on Lake Garda, the Silver medals were also secured by European
Source: Warnemünde Week. Consistency is the key to success in the tightly packed field of ILCA sailors. The conclusion of the 2024 EurILCA Europa Cup GER on Warnemünder Woche is the compelling evidence. In the overall ranking of the ILCA 7, the Dane Andreas Krabbe-Christensen DEN triumphed without having won a single race. In the
The 2024 ILCA Under 21 World Championships concluded yesterday in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, after six days of competition with all 12 scheduled races completed. ILCA 6 results Irish sailor Eve McMahon IRL retained the crown she won last year in Morocco, securing her second consecutive ILCA Under 21 world title in ILCA 6. In
