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An Indigenous sailor who has never owned a boat is the flagbearer for Fiji for Paris Games
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Growing up in Fiji in the South Pacific, Viliame Ratulu saw sailing as a “rich man’s sport.” The 24-year-old Ratulu has never owned a boat, but he is primed to become the first I-Taukei Indigenous sailor to compete at the Olympics. He also is the male...
Burris skippers Maverick to record time in Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac
CHICAGO (AP) — Sanford Burris skippered Maverick to a record-breaking finish in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, finishing the course of 289 nautical miles up Lake Michigan in 22 hours, 24 minutes and 23 seconds. That was 1 hour, 6 minutes and 11 seconds faster than the old...
Diego Botin steers Spain to SailGP's $2M championship against heavyweights Slingsby and Burling
Spain's Diego Botin stunned heavyweights Tom Slingsby of Australia and Peter Burling of New Zealand by brilliantly steering Los Gallos to victory in SailGP's $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final on San Francisco Bay on Sunday. Botin's thrilling victory in the dash across the tops...
Delapierre steers French cat toward a spot in SailGP's $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final
Quentin Delapierre skippered France to finishes of 1-3-3 in a remarkable performance Saturday on San Francisco Bay to move close to advancing to SailGP's $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final, the biggest payday in sailing. Three-time defending SailGP champion Tom Slingsby steered...
Burling and his Kiwi Black Foils are setting a course toward a $2 million SailGP payday
The final day of SailGP's Season 4 could bring a nice seven-figure payday for skipper Peter Burling and his Team New Zealand Black Foils on San Francisco Bay. The Kiwis head into the final regatta already having clinched a spot in the $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final, the...
Burling skippers Kiwis to New York regatta win and clinches spot in SailGP's $2M Grand Final
Peter Burling and the New Zealand Black Foils sailed a flawless podium race on the Hudson River on Sunday to win the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix and clinch a spot in SailGP's $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final in San Francisco next month. Burling and his mates took the...
Robertson skippers Canada into lead of SailGP's New York regatta on a fickle day on the Hudson River
Phil Robertson skippered Canada's 50-foot foiling catamaran to finishes of fourth and second in the opening races of the New York Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix on the Hudson River on Saturday before a dying breeze forced the third fleet race to be abandoned. Canada sits atop a...
Lindsey Vonn goes sailing with Team USA and joins grinder Anna Weis on the winches
Lindsey Vonn went sailing on the Hudson River on Friday aboard a foiling catamaran, enjoying one of the perks of joining the board of directors of the United States SailGP team. The retired skiing champion was the “sixth sailor” with Team USA for a jaunt off Manhattan before all...
Melvin, Findlay and Burnham head the National Sailing Hall of Fame's Class of 2024
NEWPORT, Rhode Island (AP) — Pete Melvin, who helped design breakthrough boats for the America's Cup as well as the Nacra 17 used in the Olympics, and Conn Findlay, who won Olympic medals in sailing and rowing, head the list of 12 inductees in the National Sailing Hall of Fame's Class of 2024. ...
From 5-time Olympian to new classes, U.S. sailing team looking for a comeback at Paris Games
MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. sailors going to the Paris Olympics are looking for a comeback in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Marseille — perhaps none more than veteran Stu McNay, returning for his fifth Olympics but competing in a new mixed-gender category. The Rhode Island...
