Windsurfing Class News

Volvo Car UK will continue to be a driving force behind British Sailing for the next four years, announcing today (16 May) the extension of its sponsorship deal across the Olympic, Paralympic and Youth Racing Programmes of the RYA’s ...

The third and final event of the 2013 RYA Olympic Classes Spring Series is set to take place this coming weekend (18-19 May) with the fate of the overall 2013 Spring Series crown being decided at Hayling Island Sailing ...

Garda Trentino Olympic Week drew to a close on Sunday (12 May) with gold for British Finn sailor Ed Wright, and silver for windsurfer Bryony Shaw at the first regatta in the new EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup five-event series. ...

Garda Trentino Olympic Week drew to a close on Sunday (12 May) with gold for British Finn sailor Ed Wright, and silver for windsurfer Bryony Shaw at the first regatta in the new EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup five-event series. ...

The RYA has launched the 7th book in its Go! series, RYA Go Windsurfing!, written and illustrated by Claudia Myatt. The books in the RYA Go! series are renowned for their excellent illustrations, easy reading style and engaging content ...

Finn Masters looking forward to La Rochelle return – http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=715 … GB Row 2013: Olympic gold medal rower Sophie Hosking with her father David Hosking and the crew of Hallin Marine 2 – http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=151 … Two Artemis Offshore Academists are selected ...

Opening day at the 2013 Melges 32 Audi Sailing Series commenced with three races after a morning spent remembering Olympic Medalist Andrew 'Bart' Simpson (2008 Gold in Beijing and 2012 Silver in London) who died in a tragic accident ...

Iain Percy, long-term friend and Artemis Racing teammate with whom Andrew Simpson won his Olympic Star gold and silver medals, has commented: “Yesterday I lost my closest friend of over twenty five years, the friendliest and kindest man I ...

 Sailing’s world famous Ben Ainslie, who as a four-time British Olympic gold medallist is the most successful Olympic yachtsman of all time, has been named as a member of the world class jury that will decide the winners of Oman’s ...

Sent on behalf of Artemis Racing It is with immense sadness that Artemis Racing confirms the tragic death of crewmember Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson today in San Francisco. Andrew, a British double Olympic gold medallist, was one of the 11 ...

The RYA and British Sailing Team are devastated to confirm the death of Olympic gold and silver medallist Andrew Simpson after a training accident involving his Artemis Racing AC72 boat in San Francisco today. Simpson became trapped underneath the ...

On Saturday morning 27 teams assembled on the terrace of Castle Cove SC (in the sunshine) overlooking the battle fields of the recent 2012 Olympic and Paralympics sailing venue of Weymouth Harbour for the first Crew Clothing Grand-Prix event ...

 Olympic silver medallists Luke Patience and Joe Glanfield recorded the perfect scoreline from their two 470 class races at the Hyeres World Cup on Tuesday (23 April) to head into the second phase of the regatta in pole position. ...

RS:X Class Rules have been updated according to the decisions of 2013 RS:X AGM.

Here are changes which are effectiive from May 1st 2013 - see changes.  

Download the updated RS:X Class Rules. 

With the Nacra 17 in the Olympic Games for Rio 2016 and the 34rd America’s Cup being sailed this year in foiling AC72s, soaring interest in competing on two hulls has prompted a new circuit to be set up ...

With the Olympic and Paralympic dust settled 2013 promises to be the busiest year yet for the Academy. Many people have been left inspired to learn a new sport through the success of the Games, and there has been ...

  Two Olympic silver medallists are set to take on West Kirby Sailing Club’s home team plus other top teams from across the UK, USA and Ireland, as the world’s largest team racing event, the British Open Team Racing ...

Almost 700 entrants have registered so far for this, the 13th year of Defi Wind, a major windsurfing competition which takes place annually at Gruissan in the Aude region of France. Just three weeks from the event itself, this ...

Notices of Race for the 2013 RS:X European Windsurfing Championships and 2013 RS:X Open Youth European Windsurfing Championships to be held between June 30th and July 7th in Brest, have been published.

A competitive fleet of nine AC45 catamarans skippered by some of the world’s best sailors combined with unsettled wind conditions to produce an exciting opening day at the America’s Cup World Series Naples.   Ben Ainslie’s J.P. Morgan BAR ...