Sailing 2024 Discussion Thread

[phelps 7,637]

Mixed 470

 

2024 European Championships ( Cannes)

 

Gold:  Jordi Xammar & Nora Brugman

Silver:  Diogo Costa & Carolina João

Bronze:  Jeremie Mion & Camille Lecointre

 

Full Results & Ranking

https://www.470.org/uploaded_files/overall_470Mixed.pdf_1530_en.pdf

[phelps 7,637]

2024 Formula Kite World Championships ( Hyères)

 

women's event

 

Gold:  Lauriane Nolot

Silver:  Eleanor Aldridge

Bronze:  Jessie Kampman

 

Full Results & Ranking

https://www.formulakite.org/2024worlds

[phelps 7,637]

2024 Formula Kite World Championships ( Hyères)

 

men's event

 

Gold:  Maximilian Maeder

Silver:  Riccardo Pianosi

Bronze:  Valentin Bontus

 

Full Results & Ranking

https://www.formulakite.org/2024worlds

[phelps 7,637]

it looks that earlier Today the  crew of Ineos Britannia made the decisive break and now they're just 1 win away from the Louis Vuitton Cup and the chance to face Team Emirates New Zealand for the America's Cup

 

in Today's 2 races, for the first time there was no share of victories between the  and  crews, instead the  guys were simply better than the Italians, who made a capital mistake in the choice of the jib in the 1st race and just lost the start battle (and therefore the race) in the 2nd head-to-head

 

now Ineos Britannia leads the best-of-13 series by a score of 6-4

[phelps 7,637]

game over!

 

 Ineos Britannia wins the 11th race against  Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and takes the Louis Vuitton Cup home by a final score of 7-4

 

once again, with those boats and those rules, the start was the key of the whole race

 

winning the early engagement and gaining the advantage to choose the side of the regatta course where to go first made any effort of the opposing team useless, like in some F1 circuits (like Montecarlo) there's no chance to overtake (unless the opponent makes a capital mistake or breaks the boat -it happened twice to LR in this final series)

 

for , this is the first America's Cup match appearance since 1964, when the Royal Thames Yacht Club (boat: Sovereign) lost (4 races to 0) to the  New York Yacht Club (boat: Constellation) in  Newport

 

the 37th America's Cup match (best-of-13 races regatta) will start next Saturday, October 12th, always in  Barcelona and features the defending team  Emirates New Zealand and the challengers,  Ineos Britannia

Edited October 4 by phelps

[Grassmarket 3,362]

Aaaaaaand - we have no wind.  Just like the Olympics.