Category «Sailing»

Who’s Top Dog in World’s best sailing nations?

Interesting table showing which nations are leading in the ISAF World Cup standings. Not sure that ISAF rankings really rate that highly in the sailors’ considerations though, except for those whose Olympic selections are based on such criteria. Medals at major events are what matter, and few more so than this coming week at Skandia …

What did we learn from Skandia Sail for Gold?

Some stand-out performances in Weymouth this week from the Australians, notably Tom Slingsby in the Laser and Nathan Outteridge/Iain Jensen in the 49er. These Aussies have gone undefeated in Weymouth for the past three years. Current form marks them as hot favourites for gold in the Olympics just over a year from now, although both …