Sailing News: Rolex Fastnet Race 2015, Olympic Sailing Test Event

Rolex Fastnet Race 2015

Rolex Fastnet Race 2015: "Giant crowds packed the Cowes and Western Solent shoreline this afternoon as a record-sized fleet of 356 set off on the 90th anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. With a complete lack of wind in the central Solent, the boats ghosted across the start line starting their 600 miles voyage to the Fastnet Rock and on to Plymouth with a whimper...."
more info:

• JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: Rolex Fastnet Race Starts Sunday, August 16th, LIVE Coverage
• Fleet Tracking: http://www.rolexfastnetrace.com/Tracking-Full-Page-Hidden/2015-fleet-tracking-race-player.html
• Race Website: rolexfastnetrace.com

Other Sailing NEWS:
Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta, 15-22 Aug 2015 Marina da Gloria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

US SAILING (press release)
Olympic Test Event 2015 (Sailing): USA Starts Strong In Laser, Radial
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Light air greeted 339 sailors from 52 nations during the first day of racing at the Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta 2015 ...
World sailing no plans for viral tests at Rio Olympic waters - Washington Times
Rio Hosts Another 2016 Olympic Sailing Test Event on Bay - The Rio Times


Forbes
The Corsica Classic Sailing Regatta Returns to the Mediterranean in Grand Fashion
The YCF will be giving a very special Prize at the closing ceremony to the most FairplaySailing Yacht. Created in 1867 by Napoleon III, the highest ...


CapitalGazette.com
Short Tacks: Annapolis Yacht Club will be first stop on America's Cup Trophy tour
The SpinSheet Junior Sailing Trophy will be presented to the top boats that qualify for the special category. Boats 25 feet or less in length must have at ...

Kotoun dominating Moth US Nationals
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt provides sailing news with a North American focus. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the ...


3News NZ
Kiwi Maloney sixth at Rio sailing event
Andy Maloney is sixth in the Laser class after being the first New Zealand sailor on the water at the Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro. Maloney was ...

Chester Punches Above its Weight with 2015 Race Week
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Ken Legler, head sailing coach, Tufts University, Florida, and race official, Alpha Course, said that overall, there was a tremendous variety of courses ...

Aquece Rio – Int'l Sailing Regatta - Light breeze the opening test
Sail World
The four Olympic events on show on the opening day of the Aquece Rio – InternationalSailing Regatta faced a light wind test across two racing areas ...


Muscat Daily
FEATURE-Riding the waves on a futuristic trampoline
Eurosport.com AU
The multihull flagship yacht of the Sultanate of Oman's fleet, part of an ambitious sailingprogramme designed to restore the country's maritime ...

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Aquece Rio, Olympic Sailing Test Event, ISAF Statement (video)

Above video: 2014 Rio Wrap: Olympic Test Event - Aquece Rio International Regatta 2014

Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta 2015 
Rio 2016 Test Event: 15-22 August, 2015
ISAF Statement: 
"The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) continues to address concerns and is taking steps to ensure the health and safety of all athletes who will be competing in the upcoming Aquece Rio, Olympic Test Event and the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition. ISAF continues to work closely with senior staff members at the Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games as well as the International Olympic Committee (IOC), whom ISAF President Carlo Croce and ISAF Chief Executive Officer Peter Sowrey met with in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the 128th IOC Session. ISAF is in continuous discussions with Brazilian authorities in preparation for the Olympic Games, and has been given reassurances on pollution and objects in the water, in and around the race area of Marina da Gloria and Guanabara Bay. ISAF, Rio 2016, the IOC, the Brazilian Government, Rio State Environment Institute (INEA) and State Environment Agency (SEA) are all working together to prepare for Rio 2016, and Brazilian authorities are working to guidelines and recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure a safe and fair field of play for the athletes. The health and safety of the competing athletes is paramount and responses have been implemented from concerns raised by both Member National Authorities (MNAs) and sailors from previous events, including the 2014 Aquece Rio, the first of two sailing test events that was held in August 2014. Sailors were concerned with objects that may interfere with racing during the Olympic Games, and in response the state government launched a tender of up to $11million USD for 17 ecobarriers to be put in place. These ecobarriers will prevent floating garbage from entering Guanabara Bay and the race areas. The new system of ecobarriers will be complemented by ecoboats that will collect garbage that accumulates around the barriers, with a further step of a monitoring system utilising satellite pictures to support the ecoboats. As part of every Olympic Games, there is a focus on legacy. ISAF hopes that the power of the Olympic Games will provide a great legacy as Rio de Janeiro works to improve the state of the bay generally. The IOC monitors the water twice weekly, which will be increased to every other day during the 2015 Aquece Rio test event. Other measures taken to increase this legacy will be a new pipeline that will divert sewage from Marina da Gloria, ready by November 2015, well in advance of the Olympic Games, which compliments the other proactive measures around the Guanabara Bay, such as closing landfills, reducing industrial pollution and increasing water treatment works. Rio will welcome sailors once again from 13-22 August 2015 for the second Test Event, with racing taking place inside and outside of Guanabara Bay. The Test Event will allow ISAF the opportunity to evaluate and make key decisions in advance of making the final decisions that will govern the main event. Millions of visitors flock to Copacabana Beach and Ipanema Beach each year. These beaches and other world famous attractions, such as Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer, will ensure these iconic features of the city, and the athleticism and dedication of each Olympic sailor, will be showcased side by side. In terms of displaying the sport, Rio will certainly provide a perfect platform for the beauty of the sport to be promoted alongside natural and man-made wonders with racing taking place in the shadow of both Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer." source: ISAF Statement

Sailing was first contested as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games. Since then, the classes of boats allowed to compete have continually evolved to reflect advances in yacht design and technology. Equipment advances over the past 20 years have created a trend towards smaller and lighter craft, placing ever greater demands on both the athletic and technical capacities of the sailors.

More info about Olympic Sailing at www.olympic.org/sailing

See also: Olympic Sailing - Rio 2016 Summer Olympics


Bullitt GC32 Kiel Cup Highlights Day 4 Sailing video - The Highlights of the final day of the Bullitt GC32 Kiel Cup (published on Aug 2, 2015). For more info:  http://www.gc32racing.com/

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Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta 2014, Rio 2016 test event (video)

"As a sailboat catches wind" video above
Events | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Website : Regatta Information: "AQUECE RIO INTERNATIONAL SAILING REGATTA 2014 (RIO 2016 TEST EVENT) EVENT DETAILS Start Date 2 August 2014 End Date 9 August 2014" (more info at link above and at http://www.aquecerio.com/)

Rio Olympics Faces Test as Sailors Race on ‘Toilet’ Bay - Bloomberg: "At a competition last year in Rio de Janeiro, which will be the first South American host of the multisports showpiece in 2016, there was a problem. The quickest path for the 49er class sailor and his teammate Nikolaus Resch would have meant cutting through a swath of garbage including plastic chairs and tables. “It was strategic decision where to go because of the trash in the water,” Dalle Karth said in an interview at the Sao Francisco sailing club in Niteroi as he prepared for the 2016 Olympics first test event, the Aquece Rio sailing regatta beginning Aug. 2. “You couldn’t go to the left because you had to stop three times afterward to get the trash off your center board and rudder” ... Rio has pledged to clean up the Guanabara Bay, an iconic location shadowed by the city’s famous Sugarloaf mountain. The bay is so polluted that local rowing coach Fabio Araujo won’t take on students who haven’t been vaccinated against hepatitis A and B. Organizers say the competition courses will meet international standards, and have invited teams to carry out their own tests on the water...." (read more at link above)

CleanRio
Valencia Sailing
Welcome to #CleanRio! A picture is worth a thousand words, so here's one of the actual race area of the ...

SAILING NEWS:

SFGate
Sailors to navigate dirty water in 1st Rio test
SFGate
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sailors, coaches and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro acknowledge the problem: Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing at the ...


Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
Red Jacket Regatta attracts young sailors from far, wide
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
Rockland — It must be the height of summer if the sails of dozens of young racers filled the inner harbor of Penobscot Bay near the Rockland ...

ISAF World Sailing Rankings for July 28, 2014 released
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) were victors at the 100-point Sail for Gold regatta and move up to World #5 from World #11. Spain's ...


Sail World
Celestial confirmed as winner of Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht
My Sailing
Haynes' 16 year-old son Will, a product of the CYCA's Youth Sailing Academy, can now lay claim to be the youngest winner of the event – and in his ...

Celestial in box seat for Sydney-Gold Coast handicap honours
My Sailing
Sam Haynes has sailed his Rogers 46, Celestial, to what looks to be an unassailable position to win the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Land Rover ...

The 150 Sailing Challenge begins Monday in Charlottetown
The Guardian Charlottetown
A horn will sound at the front of the Charlottetown Yacht Club (CYC) Monday at 10 a.m. to start The 150 Sailing Challenge. The race of some 250 ...


Sail World
Airlie Beach Race Week attracts a record fleet
My Sailing
“This year's regatta is already significant for many reasons and this is the icing on the cake for the host Whitsunday Sailing Club and our competitors,” ...

Good-natured ribbing expected at Sydney International Boat Show
My Sailing
The Hunter sail shape puts more of the sail area towards the top of the mast, where the wind is always stronger, and gives a much better and ...

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