Matt McGovern and Ryan Seaton are hoping to qualify for the London Olympics next summer.The duo sail the fastest boat in the Olympic fleet, the men’s 49er, which is a double handed twin trapeze skiff and the world championships and Olympic qualifying regatta get underway this weekend in Perth, Australia.It’s a second attempt for Matt, […]
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Italians Diego Negri and Enrico Voltolini sealed their series-long domination and overall victory at the Star European Championship (2nd-10th September) at Dun Laoghaire. Light and shifty conditions followed by a sea breeze completed the regatta that delivered a full range of conditions for the 27-boat fleet from 18 nations. Negri and Voltolini kept their form
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All 32 boats for the Star European Championship (2nd-10th September) have arrived in Dun Laoghaire (Co. Dublin, Ireland) and are busy training on Dublin Bay prior to Sunday’s first race. Current world champions and double Olympic Gold medallists Iain Percy (GBR) with Andrew Simpson top the entry list while defending title-holders Johannes Polgar (GER) with
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Boost for London 2012 Sailing campaign
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Annalise Murphy ahead in Laser radial class
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ISAF World Cup regatta in Holland
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Sailing competition is run in different classes, or types of boats. In any race, only boats of the same class compete against each other. The classes used in the Olympic Games are known as ‘one-design’, meaning they are built the same to strict rules, so no competitor has a design advantage over another with their boat.
The classes of boats used in the Olympic Games are single-handed, double-handed or three-person and can be either women’s, men’s or open disciplines. The International Sailing Federation selects the classes for each Olympic Games and the classes do, and have changed over the years. For contact details of Irish Sailing Association please click on Full story
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Irish Sailing's Star Keelboat rivalry continues during the 2012 Olympiad. Royal Cork's Peter O'Leary plans to get his bid on track again for London 2012 after his split up with fellow 2008 Olympian Tim Goodbody, after this years World Championships.
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Annalise Murphy has produced Ireland’s first top-10 result at an Olympic class world championships in six years to provide a much-needed boost to Irish sailing chances in London 2012.
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Despite a black flag in the penultimate race, Dun Laoghaire sailor Matty O'Dowd has clinched his first Laser Radial Europa Cup win in Denmark, just one month before he heads to the ISAF Youth Worlds in Brazil. The victory is Ireland’s second consecutive Europa Cup win on the trot following the win by Annalise Murphy in Europa Cup Netherlands.
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The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) became the first world governing body to announce the technical officials for the 2012 Olympics.
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