The simplest of all dinghies, and barely changed since it surfaced 50 years ago, the Laser made its first Olympic appearance at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
With silver and gold from the past two Olympic Games, Marit Bouwmeester (NED) looks well placed to score a hat trick of medals in the Laser Radial at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.
Few can relate to the agony of missing out on the Olympic podium like Lilian de Geus (NED). On Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Olympic Games, the Dutch sailor missed the podium by just one point.
Winner of the past three RS:X World Championships, Kiran Badloe (NED) is the clear favourite for Men’s Windsurfing gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition and with Lilian de Geus in the women’s division it could be a Dutch Double victory.
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...
How can sailors from small nations possibly compete against the big teams with multimillion dollar backing? A number of competitors - people like Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus and Sime Fantela of Croatia - continue to prove that with the right attitude and approach, it is possible to get to the very top. Even more remarkable has been Sime and Mihovil Fantela's rapid rise to the top of the 49er fleet, winning the Worlds just 18 months after getting into the Olympic skiff for the first time. Here Sime tells Sailjuice about his approach to the business of winning....
Andy Rice catches up with two of the world's top 49er sailors. Joining us for an entertaining look back at some perfect skiff racing conditions are Ben Bildstein & Iago Marra...
Rio 2016 Olympic Champion Santiago Lange doesn't think he's as good as you know he is: "I always pay a price because I don't have very good eyes and not really a good memory..."
