Sailors news

  127 weeks. That’s the time NZ’s Peter Burling has been SSL World n°1. Since the SSL ranking exists (2013), never a sailor has dominated the International Sailor league for so long....

                 Pavlos Kontides | Sailing Energy for SOF 2022 Biggest jump in SSL World Ranking top 50 is from Diego Negri, former SSL n°1. The...

Dominik Buksak and Szymon Wierzbicki / Sailing Energy for SOF 2022 Poland snatch two gold medals at 53rd Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères (April 23-30). Agata Barwinska (SSL Poland n°2) took the first gold with...

Ian Williams (GBR) and Team Gladstone’s Long Beach have won the 57th Congressional Cup – Photo by Ian Roman / WMRT SSL Team GBR Captain Ian Williams (SSL GBR n°8) has won the 57th Congressional Cup...

Taylor Canfield on Stars+Stripes (Photos by Ian Roman / WMRT | 56th Congressional Cup 2021) The 57th Congressional Cup (April 19-23) welcomes ten teams for what will be the start event of WMRT...

Trofeo Princesa Sofia, World Series 1, delivered up to 1000 points in SSL Rankings. Starting from Olympic Champion Ruggero Tita. Ranked 6th (+3), the Italian Nacra17’s helmsman enters SSL Top 10 Global Ranking for the first time,...

Another breezy and cold day in Palma for the World Cup Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofía (SSL 1000). In ILCA7 (Men Laser), French Jean-Baptist Bernaz (12 pts) made the strongest come back, leading the fleet in...

All series raced today for Day 2 of World Cup Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofía in Palma. Here’s today’s wrap-up. In ILCA7 (Men Laser), British Michael Beckett (4 pts) takes the lead finishing 1&2 in today’s races....

Day 1 of the World Cup Series 1 in Mallorca at Trofeo Princesa Sofia and Pavlos Kontides (2 pts) leads ILCA7 (Men Laser) after two races. The Cypriot sailor is closely followed by British Michael Beckett (3 pts) and Germany’s Philipp Buhl (3pts). Not...

All the top sailors will be racing  in Palma (Spain) at Trofeo Princesa Sofia, which kicks off on April 4th till the 9th. All Olympic classes, including ILCA6 (Women Laser), ILCA7 (Men...

  We left Emma Plasschaert at the top of her form last December in Oman, where she won for a second time the ILCA6 Women Laser World title. Four months later, the SSL Belgium...

  Just one week to go to Trofeo Princess Sofia, France’s ILCA7 Men Laser specialist Jean-Baptiste Bernaz has already Olympics Paris 2024 in his scope. “After finishing 6th at Tokyo 2020, I did not know where I stood,” confesses SSL France n°2 to StarSailors.com. “I...

  SSL Team Poland Captain and Olympic hero Mateusz Kusznierewicz (SSL World Skipper n°39) and Brazil Bruno Prada (SSL World Crew n°46) won an historical third consecutive Star Class title at Bacardi Cup (March 6-12). They...

Most of Olympic Series sailors were at Mallorca Sailing Center Regatta (March 10-13) for a Test event in preparation to major Princess Sofia Trophy (April 2-9).   Will it ever stop for Martine Grael (SSL Women...

India SSL n°1 KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar won the gold in the men’s 49ers category at the Asian Sailing Championships 2022 (27th February to 6th March) as India finished with an impressive nine medals at the Abu...

SSL Gold Cup 1st Edition is now fast approaching! The Football World Cup but in Sailing is “THE” ultimate challenge between Sailing nations to be crowned Sailing World Champion. Like the World...

What a start for the 2022 season! Winter is not yet finished in Northern Hemisphere but two regattas kicked off the Sailing season with great spirit at 4th Portugal Grand Prix (Vilamoura, Portugal)...

“Captains Chats” Instagram Live premiered on February 17, featured two SSL Gold Cup Team captains from Qualifying Series Round 1 taking place from May 2022: SSL Team Antigua & Barbuda Captain Shannon Falcone and SSL Team...

The SSL Gold Cup is the ultimate trophy that all Sailing fans were waiting for! The SSL Gold Cup gives the opportunity to all nations to be represented by their...