Sailor Updates

2025 Melges 24 European Sailing Series – overall

25 May 2025, Riva del Garda, Italy – The final day of a thrilling regatta in Riva del Garda delivered everything the Melges 24 class is known for: tight racing, shifting...

Date26.05.2025

“Red Bandit” and “Scallywag 100” wins the main awards during the 45th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race

One of the most famous sailing classics, the Rolex Middle Sea Race, organized since 1968 by the Royal Malta Yacht Club in cooperation with the Royal Ocean Racing Club, has...

Date29.10.2024

Swiss sailors Stephan Felt and Ulf Hegel winning the EuroCup in Pula

Swiss sailors Stephan Felt and Ulf Hegel winning the EuroCup in Pula It can be said that one of the EuroCup regattas has now traditionally been held in Pula. Last...

Date10.10.2024

Last day to finalize the allocation of Olympic spots.

Before we jump into the excitement that is the Final day of racing at the ILCA Senior Europeans, let’s recap days 3-5. The wind finally graced Athens on Day 3...

Date23.02.2024

All change in the SSL Global Skipper Ranking – Bart goes top!

With the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague being an SSL 2500 event, it was bound to shake up the SSL Ranking, and sure enough there have been some...

Date23.08.2023

Princesa Sofía turns Bay of Palma into a Sea of Sails

The Trofeo Princesa Sofía held on the Bay of Palma in Mallorca is a vast event, and this year for the first time has exceeded 1,000 boats, with more than...

Date03.04.2023

Who can catch Tonci?

The latest SSL Rankings are out and recently-crowned ILCA 7 European Champion Tonci Stipanovic has extended his lead at the top. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallist, who also finished second in...

Date22.03.2023

Tonci conquers tricky ILCA Europeans

Croatian sailor Tonci Stipanovic is already number #1 in the SSL Global Skipper Ranking, and the points he accrues this week will only reinforce that position. Tonci Stipanovic (centre) wins the ILCA...

Date18.03.2023

ITALIAN MASTER STARS

Italy’s Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi have won the 100th Anniversary Star World Championship, held in Marblehead, USA, with a superbly consistent regatta in a range of conditions. While they didn’t...

Date18.09.2022

STARS AND SSL STRIPES

It’s a huge year for the venerable International Star Class, with the 100th Anniversary Star World Championship currently taking place at Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, USA. An incredible fleet of...

Date15.09.2022

DOUBLE DUTCH DELIGHT IN NOVA SCOTIA

49er and 49erFX Worlds wins for Team Netherlands SSL Gold Cup sailors There were huge celebrations for the Dutch in Nova Scotia, Canada at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17...

Date05.09.2022

SSL WORLD N°1 STIPANOVIC CROWNED STAR CLASS EUROPEAN CHAMPION

Two bullets on the very last day of the 2022 Star European Championship delivered the continental title unquestionably to SSL World n°1 Tonci Stipanovic and his Croatian counterpart Tudor Bilic. It was a...

Date11.07.2022

TONCI STIPANOVIC BECOMES NEW SSL WORLD N°1

© Sailing Energy / World Sailing After reigning for a record 129 consecutive weeks on the top of SSL World Global Ranking, Peter Burling left his n°1 place to Tonci Stipanovic. The Croatian finished 5th at...

Date31.05.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – DAY 1: KONTIDES LEADS ILCA7, ITALY AND SPAIN HEAD-TO-HEAD IN 470

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...

Date04.04.2022