220 sailors from over 30 nations competed across three classes at the Lanzarote International Regatta, as Spanish sailors won two golds and a bronze on home waters.
Monthly archives for April, 2021
Jerwood and de Vries secure their tickets to Tokyo
Saturday
Apr 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Apr 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
470 Women sailors Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries have been officially announced as part of the Australian Sailing Team for Tokyo 2020.
Marine Auctions April Online Auctions
Saturday
Apr 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Apr 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Marine Auctions are happy to provide details of the vessels etc that are to be offered for sale in our April 2021 Online Auction. The bidding will commence on Thursday 15th April and will end on Wednesday 21st April at 2pm AEST.
2022 J/24 Worlds to be held in Texas USA
Saturday
Apr 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Apr 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
The International J/24 Class Association (IJCA) will hold its 2022 World Championship at Corpus Christi Yacht Club in Corpus Christi, Texas USA on July 14-22, 2022.
eSailGP Championship returns with new innovations for 2021
Saturday
Apr 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Apr 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
With less than three weeks before the eight international teams meet on the water in Bermuda for the league’s return to racing, SailGP today launched the 2021 eSailGP Championship.
Olympic torch relay should be cancelled
Friday
Apr 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Apr 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
After the Tokyo 2020 Games were postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Japan continues to struggle in its preparation despite the delay. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has reportedly cancelled the Olympic Torch Relay leg in Osaka as the country’s Government looks set to impose new restrictions to curb rising coronavirus cases. The Olympic Flame started its 121-day journey across Japan on March 25 and was scheduled to go through the Osaka prefecture on April 13 and 14. But Suga has now decided to cancel the Torch Relay event in Osaka amid concerns over an increase in COVID-19 infections, according to Reuters. Suga’s decision comes after Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura called for the event to be scrapped in the city…
XS SAILING IS COMING BACK SLOWLY BUT SURELY…
Thursday
Apr 01
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Apr 01
2021
Posted by XS Editor
XS SAILING is back on the world wide web. The site has been down since Thursday night due to a catastrophic service provider melt down. But thanks to our amazing webmaster Marty, we are slowly but surely rebuilding the XS sailing platform. We appreciate your patience during this time… We will be working on bringing XS back to 100% thru out the next 2 weeks but in the meantime more and more stories will be posted daily. Hope you will come back each day during the process. Thank you and please keep coming back to get your sailing news from XS sailing.
Sail Slides & Slugs – How to choose correctly
Thursday
Apr 01
2021
Posted by deleteme
Apr 01
2021
Posted by deleteme
Sail slides and slugs may not be the most exciting piece of equipment found on a sailboat. However, they are a very useful bit of kit and can make your life on board a vessel much easier.
Read more on Sail-World
eSailGP Championship returns for 2021
Thursday
Apr 01
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Apr 01
2021
Posted by XS Editor
With less than three weeks before the eight international teams meet on the water in Bermuda for the SailGP league’s return to racing, gamers worldwide will be able to compete in the 2021 eSailGP Championship. After more than 146,000 unique players took part in the inaugural season, won by British eSailor Mike O’Donovan, the winner of the 2021 eSailGP virtual series will be rewarded with an all-inclusive package to a SailGP event in 2022 and a place in the 2021 eSailing World Championship Final. – Full report
NOOD Series returns to Florida
Thursday
Apr 01
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Apr 01
2021
Posted by XS Editor
With 121 teams currently registered, the 33rd edition of the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta St. Petersburg gets underway April 2-4 in St. Petersburg, FL. While normally this event kicks off the NOOD series in February, a postponement allowed for the region to further progress through the pandemic to host a safe regatta. – Full report
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