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Sail Melbourne is an annual sailing Regatta run by Yachting Victoria at various yacht clubs around Port Phillip Bay. [1] Sail Melbourne is a Grade 1 ISAF (International Sailing Federation) event. [2]
The annual Asia Pacific Regatta as a part of Sail Melbourne consists of invited Olympic classes.
The Laser Full Rig is a single handed mono hull with a single sail. Due to the simple design of the Laser, the racing is more focused of the ability of the crew instead of the boat. [3]
The Laser Radial is the Laser sailed by women in the Olympics. It has a smaller sail area and shorter mast than the full rig. [3]
The Tornado is a two-person, double trapeze Catamaran with an asymmetrical spinnaker.
The 49er is a two-person, double trapeze mono hull with an asymmetrical spinnaker.
The 470 is a class broken up into Men's and Women's. It is a two-person, 4.7m mono hull with single trapeze and symmetrical spinnaker. [5]
World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Radial is a variant of the Laser standard, with shorter mast and reduced sail area, allowing light sailors to sail in heavy winds. The International Class is recognised by World Sailing.
The Laser Standard or ILCA 7 is a popular one-design class of single-handed sailing dinghy, originally built by Performance Sailcraft Canada. The laser is cat rigged, with a single mainsail and is a simple, light and fast boat to sail. The Laser Standard is the original of the Laser family of dinghys, which also includes the Laser Radial and Laser 4.7, both of which use the same hull, but have smaller rigs.
The International 5.5 Metre class was created to yield a racing keel boat giving a sailing experience similar to that of the International 6 Metre Class, but at a lower cost.
Christopher Stuart Dickson is a sailor from New Zealand. He was world youth champion three years in succession and later became world match race champion three times. He also skippered several yachts in America's Cup racing, and for New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in numerous other sailing competitions.
Peter Burling is a New Zealand sailor. He was the 2021 America's Cup winning skipper and helmsman, and the 2017 America's Cup winning helmsman of Team New Zealand. Burling won an Olympic gold medal in the 49er class at the 2016 games and silver medals in the 2012 and 2020 Olympics.
The ILCA 7 World Championship, until 2020 the Laser World Championship, has been held every year since 1974, organized by the International Sailing Federation.
The ILCA 4 World Championships, until 2020 the Laser 4.7 World Championships, have been held every year since 2002, organized by the International Sailing Federation. The event is open to sailors under the age of 18.
Trofeo Princesa Sofía is an annual sailing regatta in Palma de Majorca, Spain, organised by the clubs Club Nàutic S'Arenal, Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa, Real Club Náutico de Palma, and federations Real Federación Española de Vela and Federación Balear de Vela.
Allianz Regatta, formerly known as the SPA Regatta, the Holland Regatta, the Delta Lloyd Regatta, and the Medemblik Regatta, is an annual sailing regatta in Almere, the Netherlands, first held in 1985 in Medemblik. It hosts the Olympic and Paralympic classes.
Sail for Gold is an annual sailing regatta in Weymouth, the United Kingdom. The regatta was first held in 2006 and hosts the Olympic and Paralympic classes.
Garda Trentino Olympic Week is an annual sailing regatta in Riva del Garda, Italy. It hosts the Olympic and Paralympic classes.
The Men's ILCA 6 World Championship, until 2020 the Men's Laser Radial World Championship, has been held every year since 1989 for the ILCA 6 class, organised by the International Sailing Federation. Laser Radial is an Olympic sailing class. The event was held together with the Women's Laser Radial World Championship between 1989 and 2010.
The Semaine Olympique Française is a sailing regatta organised in Hyères by the French Sailing Federation, whose 2023 edition is the 54th edition and open to women's ILCA 6, men's ILCA 7, mixed 470, men's 49er, women's 49er FX, mixed Nacra 17, men's and women's IQfoil, and men's and women's Formula Kite.
The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2017 throughout the world.
The following are the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2018 throughout the world.
The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2016 throughout the world.
US Sailing's Miami Olympic Classes Regatta is an annual sailing regatta at the US Sailing Center in Miami, held since 1990. It hosts the Olympic and Paralympic classes.