Steph Roble and Maggie Shea had to win the Medal Race at the 2020 49erFX Worlds if they were going to secure their spot to represent USA at the Tokyo Olympics. In this tense replay of the race, Steph and Maggie talk through their hopes and fears in this blow by blow account of the most critical race of their careers...
The 49erFX made its first Olympic appearance at Rio five years ago, when the battle for gold and silver remained in the balance until the final stages of the Medal Race.
A good start in the 49erFX requires intense focus, superb boathandling and acute spatial awareness. One of the US Sailing Team's top 49erFX duos explain how it’s done....
Join the 2020 49erFX World Champions for an enlightening review of on one of the final races at the 2020 Worlds in Geelong, Australia...
Hannah Mills won silver at her first Olympic Games in London, competing with Saskia Clark in the 470 women’s event. Since London, she’s taken time out of the sport, returning to Olympic Classes sailing only this month as she and Clark prepare for their World Championships in August as a first step back on the Road to Rio
Lucy Macgregor is competing in the first ever World Championship in the new Nacra 17 multihull class, which she switched to after her Women’s Match Racing event was removed from the Games programme. Lucy finished seventh at the 2012 Games, where she competed with younger sister Kate and Annie Lush....
Austria's Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl finished in 4th place at the 2020 49er World Championships in Geelong, just 1 point off the podium. The Austrians tell Aussie Olympic medallist Nina Curtis about some of the tweaks and customisations on their 49er skiff...
Larry Lemieux: forsaking an Olympic medal to save lives. The Canadian Finn sailor had a very serious shot at winning a medal at the 1988 Olympic Regatta at windy Pusan in Korea. But there were bigger things at stake...
Mark Jardine talks to Olympic Sailing 'Coach To The Stars' David Howlett, the secret weapon behind the runaway success of GBR's domination of the Finn class.
2016 Gold medalist and North Sails expert Sîme Fantela answers your questions about sailing the 470...
Kevin Burnham, Olympic gold and silver medallist in the 470, has died at the age of 63, just week after the passing of another legend of the class, Dave Barnes. This photo says so much about the force of nature that was Kevin Burnham...
Vittorio Bissaro tells Andy Rice how he won the Nacra 17 Worlds in Auckland at the end of 2019...