SailingChampionship Articles
Sailors arrived dockside to a stubborn standstill. Heavy rain swept across the venue and the race area lay glassy and lifeless, forcing a prolonged postponement ashore. For team racing sailors, used to split-second decisions and aggressive manoeuvres, the wait was as much a mental test as the racing itself.
Eventually, persistence paid off. At 11:23 local time, the first group was released onto the water as a fragile breeze filled from the shore.
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Italy and Sweden Hold the Upper Hand After a Weather-Shaken Day Two in Athens
17-12-2025
Beccaria and his all-French crew — Thomas Ruyant, Morgan Lagravière, and Manon Peyre — swept across the line after two days, eight hours, 41 minutes, and 14 seconds at sea. Exhausted, exhilarated, and still buzzing with adrenaline, Beccaria admitted the obvious: this one meant more than most.
“I always want to win every leg,” he grinned after stepping ashore, salt-streaked and beaming. “But this was different. This was Italy. We knew we could do better after our last leg, where we finished third.
12-09-2025
The penultimate day of the ILCA Senior European Championships & Open European Trophy threw everything it had at the sailors – from fickle zephyrs in the morning to punishing breeze and swell by the afternoon.
29-08-2025