Olympic-Class-Sailing Articles
Botín & Trittel: Chasing the Edge Where Others Stop Some sailors win. A few dominate. Very few reset the bar — and then decide it still isn’t high enough. That’s where Diego Botín and Florian Trittel now sit.
By the end of 2025, the Spanish duo had completed what most teams spend a lifetime chasing:
Olympic Gold at Paris 2024 Olympics SailGP Season 4 Champions with the Spain SailGP Team 49er World Championship Gold in Cagliari Named World Sailors of the Year
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Win everything… then go again.
01-04-2026
Across the globe, programmes are evolving fast. Some of the sport’s most familiar names are stepping away from full-time Olympic life, others are re-emerging with new teammates, and training hubs are lighting up as teams chase sunshine, speed and rhythm. The next four-year story is being written now.
A new era for New Zealand’s 49er programme After a standout Paris 2024 campaign, silver medallists Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie have stepped away from full-time Olympic campaigning.
25-02-2026
From Olympic farewells to new partnerships, the skiff and multihull classes are already reshaping the road to Los Angeles
The off-season rarely means downtime in the skiff and multihull world. As the new Olympic cycle gathers momentum, the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 fleets are already in motion—closing chapters, forming new combinations and quietly laying the foundations for LA 2028.
25-02-2026
The 2025 EurILCA Europa Cup HUN in Balatonfüred, Hungary, closed on a high note after three days of drama on and off the water. With 177 sailors from 16 nations, including Olympians and rising stars, the regatta confirmed its place as one of the premier fixtures on the European dinghy calendar.
24-09-2025
The 2025 ILCA Senior European Championships & Open European Trophy closed in Marstrand after six days of shifting breezes, rising swells, and fierce racing. When the spray settled, Europe’s best had been crowned in the ILCA 7, ILCA 6 Women, and ILCA 6 Men fleets. This year’s results didn’t just decide medals – they carved fresh names into the ILCA Hall of Fame and rewrote the historical record.
26-08-2025
Hamilton Island Race Week’s 40th anniversary celebrations are hotting up, with more than 160 entries confirmed for the annual sailing regatta to be contested from 16-23 August in the glorious Whitsunday Islands.
05-07-2025