Fantastic racing greeted 34 teams at the 23rd annual Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Hap Fauth’s brand new 21.94m Bella Mente captured the Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship. Igor Simcic’s 30.48m Esimit Europa 2 won the Maxi Racing class, while Filip Balcaen’s 34.13m Nilaya made short work of the Supermaxi class. Photos: Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi_ _
Keith Swinton of Australia won his first Alpari World Match Racing Tour event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sept. 2. over former champion Mathieu Richard of France. Bjorn Hansen (SWE) retains the top overall spot in the tour, while Ian Williams (GBR) keeps second going into the next stop in Marseilles on Sept. 24. Photos: Loris von Siebenthal/St. Moritz Match Race
Sailing at the Paralympic Games in Weymouth and Portland, U.K., runs through Sept. 6. US athletes competing include Jen French and JP Creignou (SKUD 18), Mark LeBlanc (2.4 mR), and Paul Callahan, Tom Brown, and Bradley Johnson (Sonar).
Thierry Martinez catches a hairy top-mark situation with Australians John Harris and Joe Turner at the 2012 Moth Worlds on Lake Garda in Italy.
The sailing events at Paralympic Games kick off on Sept. 1 in Weymouth and Portland, U.K. Here’s the quick shakedown of who’s sailing and how to follow the racing.
Foiling fanatics flock to Lake Garda, Italy, for the Moth World Championship, which runs through August 26.
Shape-shifters of the print world Eley Kishimoto–Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto–present a unique perspective on Olympic Star sailing. The pair will be the first artists in Britain to have their work on an Olympic Star class sail.
One of the UK’s longest running and most succesful sporting events, Cowes Week has played a key role in the British sporting summer calendar since 1826. Roughly 1,000 boats flock to Cowes for a mix of competitive sailing and social activites, and over 100,000 spectators join in to watch the racing–and crash the parties. Photo Credit: Rick Tomlinson and Getty Images
Racing wrapped up for the Men’s and Women’s 470 fleets in Weymouth. Photos by Daniel Forster
The ninth day of sailing competition in Portland and Weymouth decided the medalists in the Laser and Laser Radial classes, while the 49er and Men’s 470 classes continued to do battle. Photos: Daniel Forster, Juerg Kaufmann
Daniel Forster and Juerg Kaufmann share shots from the fifth day of racing at the Olympic Regatta in Weymouth and Portland.
The Games continue with overcast skies and plenty of breeze. Photos are taken by 13-time Olympic photographer Daniel Forster.
Fantastic racing greeted 34 teams at the 23rd annual Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Hap Fauth’s brand new 21.94m Bella Mente captured the Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship. Igor Simcic’s 30.48m Esimit Europa 2 won the Maxi Racing class, while Filip Balcaen’s 34.13m Nilaya made short work of the Supermaxi class. Photos: Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi_ _
Keith Swinton of Australia won his first Alpari World Match Racing Tour event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sept. 2. over former champion Mathieu Richard of France. Bjorn Hansen (SWE) retains the top overall spot in the tour, while Ian Williams (GBR) keeps second going into the next stop in Marseilles on Sept. 24. Photos: Loris von Siebenthal/St. Moritz Match Race
Sailing at the Paralympic Games in Weymouth and Portland, U.K., runs through Sept. 6. US athletes competing include Jen French and JP Creignou (SKUD 18), Mark LeBlanc (2.4 mR), and Paul Callahan, Tom Brown, and Bradley Johnson (Sonar).
Thierry Martinez catches a hairy top-mark situation with Australians John Harris and Joe Turner at the 2012 Moth Worlds on Lake Garda in Italy.
The sailing events at Paralympic Games kick off on Sept. 1 in Weymouth and Portland, U.K. Here’s the quick shakedown of who’s sailing and how to follow the racing.
Foiling fanatics flock to Lake Garda, Italy, for the Moth World Championship, which runs through August 26.
Shape-shifters of the print world Eley Kishimoto–Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto–present a unique perspective on Olympic Star sailing. The pair will be the first artists in Britain to have their work on an Olympic Star class sail.
One of the UK’s longest running and most succesful sporting events, Cowes Week has played a key role in the British sporting summer calendar since 1826. Roughly 1,000 boats flock to Cowes for a mix of competitive sailing and social activites, and over 100,000 spectators join in to watch the racing–and crash the parties. Photo Credit: Rick Tomlinson and Getty Images
Racing wrapped up for the Men’s and Women’s 470 fleets in Weymouth. Photos by Daniel Forster
The ninth day of sailing competition in Portland and Weymouth decided the medalists in the Laser and Laser Radial classes, while the 49er and Men’s 470 classes continued to do battle. Photos: Daniel Forster, Juerg Kaufmann
Daniel Forster and Juerg Kaufmann share shots from the fifth day of racing at the Olympic Regatta in Weymouth and Portland.
The Games continue with overcast skies and plenty of breeze. Photos are taken by 13-time Olympic photographer Daniel Forster.
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