Sailor Updates – nl – SSL Team NED

ILCA 6 Women’s and ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships 2025 at Qingdao – recap

Today marks the final day of the 2025 ILCA World Championships. While the champions have yet to be crowned, Qingdao’s signature northern wind has already unfurled the curtain on the...

Date18.05.2025

56th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – recap

The final day of the 56th edition of French Olympic Week (Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – Toulon Provence Méditerranée) saw Italy join China at the top of the medal...

Date26.04.2025

DUTCH DOMINATE AT EUROPEAN NACRA 17 CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Monday marked the conclusion of the European Nacra 17 Championships at the Sferracavallo Sailing Club in Palermo (Circolo Velico Sferracavallo), where Dutch sailors Willemijn Offerman and Scipio Houtman claimed...

Date15.11.2024

World Sailing Awards Announced!

On Tuesday, November 5, in Singapore, the best sailors of 2024 were honored across several categories. The main Rolex World Sailing Award went to Olympic gold medalist Marit Bouwmeester, the...

Date09.11.2024

Finn Open Europeans – Alessandro Marega seals it in Cannes

Italy’s Alessandro Marega has won the Finn European Championship in Cannes after the final day brought even more drama and turnarounds. Valerian Lebrun, from France, ended up second, and also...

Date30.10.2024

SSL sailors nominated for World Sailing 2024 awards!

World Sailing announced the finalists for the year’s male and female Rolex World Sailor of the Year, male and female Young World Sailor of the Year, 11th Hour Racing Sustainability...

Date25.10.2024

The 2024 ILCA Master European Champions crowned

The 2024 ILCA Master European Championships finished in Vilamoura, Portugal, after five days of competition. Days began with a long postponement on shore due to a lack of wind. It was surprising...

Date18.10.2024

A-Class World Championships Repost – Centro Velico Punta Ala

Gustavo Doreste Blanco and Jakub Surowiec are the new A-Class World Champions 2024 With 180 boats competing under extreme weather conditions and organizational challenges, the event in Punta Ala became...

Date17.09.2024

Another Gold for Wearn (ILCA 7) and Bouwmeester (ILCA 6) at the Paris Games

Matt Wearn (AUS) successfully defended his Olympic title with a well-executed performance in the Men’s Dinghy Medal Race. The Australian added another gold medal to his collection in style by...

Date30.08.2024

Hay takes the Title

Laurent Hay has emerged victorious at the 2024 Finn Masters Worlds, which concluded on June 15th. The French sailor’s triumph in this prestigious event, held in the picturesque waters off...

Date16.06.2024

Light wind shuffles leaderboard at Europeans

Day three of the 49er and 49erFX Europeans was a light wind day which saw big changes to the leaderboard in the FX fleet. Two of the top three going...

Date10.05.2024

Introducing the 2024 49er and 49er FX World Champions

The French duo of Erwan Fischer and Clement Pequin make history as the first French team to win a 49er World Championship title. They won the top spot on the...

Date11.03.2024

Looking forward to the Medal Races.

Day 5 of the 49er and 49erFX World Championships was the windiest and waviest day so far in Lanzarote. It was an extremely physically demanding day with the breeze gusting...

Date10.03.2024

French Dominate Day 2 at Worlds

The French teams in both fleets in the 49er had a stellar day of racing on the water. In the Yellow Group, Julien D’Ortoli and Noe Delpech moved into fifth...

Date07.03.2024

Day 1 of 49er and FX Worlds starts with a BANG!

The 2024 49er and 49erFX World Championships officially kicked off in the beautiful and windy Lanzarote, Canary islands yesterday. There are 126 teams from 36 nations in Lanzarote to fight...

Date06.03.2024

SSL Nations Ranking: All change again! The Netherlands go top

There has been another seismic shift in the SSL Nations Ranking, with The Netherlands, who weren’t even in the top five of the August rankings, rocketing to the top. SSL...

Date08.09.2023

Paris 2024 Olympic qualification – who’s in so far?

Sailing has 330 athletes (165 male and 165 female) competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and the competition to qualify for the Games is fierce. The first qualification event was...

Date31.08.2023

All change in the SSL Global Skipper Ranking – Bart goes top!

With the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague being an SSL 2500 event, it was bound to shake up the SSL Ranking, and sure enough there have been some...

Date23.08.2023

Winners crowned at 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships

The 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships (SSL 2500), took place at The Hague in the Netherlands between the 10th and 20th August. The massive event delivered, offering sailors a range of conditions,...

Date22.08.2023

2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships mid-regatta update

We’re at the halfway point of the massive 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships (SSL 2500), taking place at The Hague in the Netherlands. All the Olympic classes are competing, and...

Date16.08.2023

Big moves in the SSL Global Skipper Ranking

It’s been a week full of movement on the SSL Global Skipper Ranking, with a host of Olympic class stars moving up the charts. SSL Ranking Update Near the top,...

Date21.07.2023

Final medal races held at Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event

The final Medal Races of the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event took place on Sunday in Marseille. In the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull class Gianluigi Ugolini (SSL Skipper Rank #22) and Maria Giubilei (SSL...

Date17.07.2023

Sailors to watch following the Paris 2024 Test Event

The Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event isn’t just a dress rehearsal for the organisers, it’s a valuable benchmark for the sailors to see how they are performing against some of...

Date16.07.2023

SSL Nations Ranking: USA back up to 2nd

The USA’s fall off the podium in the SSL Nations Ranking didn’t last long. Having dropped to 4th in June, they’re back up to 2nd in July, and have opened up a...

Date06.07.2023

SSL Nations Ranking: The Netherlands and France move into the Top 3

It’s all change again! The big winners in the June 2023 SSL Nations Ranking is The Netherlands, who have moved up 4 places to #2, and France who have moved...

Date09.06.2023

At the top of their game

Danish sailor Anne-Marie Rindom and Brazilian sailor Martine Soffiatti Grael are two of the greatest sailors in the world at the moment and vying for the top spot in the SSL Global Skipper Ranking...

Date11.05.2023

A regatta of two halves in Hyères

The 54th Semaine Olympique Française – Toulon Provence Méditerranée is one of the most important regattas in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics and saw a vast turnout across...

Date01.05.2023

Princesa Sofía turns Bay of Palma into a Sea of Sails

The Trofeo Princesa Sofía held on the Bay of Palma in Mallorca is a vast event, and this year for the first time has exceeded 1,000 boats, with more than...

Date03.04.2023

Who can catch Tonci?

The latest SSL Rankings are out and recently-crowned ILCA 7 European Champion Tonci Stipanovic has extended his lead at the top. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallist, who also finished second in...

Date22.03.2023

Tonci conquers tricky ILCA Europeans

Croatian sailor Tonci Stipanovic is already number #1 in the SSL Global Skipper Ranking, and the points he accrues this week will only reinforce that position. Tonci Stipanovic (centre) wins the ILCA...

Date18.03.2023

SSL Gold Cup sailors set for The Ocean Race

There is strong representation from SSL Gold Cup team sailors in The Ocean Race, set to depart Alicante, Spain on January 15. Nations represented are Lithuania, Mexico, Spain, The Netherlands...

Date05.01.2023

SSL Global Ranking Update: ILCA stars on the rise

ILCA sailors put in the hard yards between regattas, training to be at peak fitness during the major events. The equipment is identical, so gains are made by improving technique,...

Date23.11.2022

DOUBLE DUTCH DELIGHT IN NOVA SCOTIA

49er and 49erFX Worlds wins for Team Netherlands SSL Gold Cup sailors There were huge celebrations for the Dutch in Nova Scotia, Canada at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17...

Date05.09.2022

BRAZILIAN MARTINE GRAEL BACK ON THE TOP OF SSL WOMEN RANKING

By winning her first European 49erFX title this week-end in Aarhus (Denmark), Brazilian double Olympic champion Martine Grael won back SSL Women World n°1 spot from Anne-Marie Rindom, who was reigning for the last 6...

Date12.07.2022

TITA ENTERS SSL WORLD TOP 10, VAN AANHOLT AND DOUGLAS CLIMB THEIR WAY UP

Trofeo Princesa Sofia, World Series 1, delivered up to 1000 points in SSL Rankings. Starting from Olympic Champion Ruggero Tita. Ranked 6th (+3), the Italian Nacra17’s helmsman enters SSL Top 10 Global Ranking for the first time,...

Date12.04.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – FINAL DAY: TITA/ BANTI DOMINATE NACRA17, SARAH DOUGLAS QUEEN OF ILCA6

For this last day of World Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma, Ruggero Tita/ Caterina Banti (16 pts) majestically claimed the Nacra17 title and Medal Race. The Italian won 9 races out of 13. Their worst...

Date09.04.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – DAY 5: IT’S ALL DOWN TO MEDAL RACE NOW

If some leaders are comfortable with their lead on Day 5 of World Cup Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofía (SSL 1000), it’s now all down to tomorrow’s Medal Race, where only the top...

Date08.04.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA – DAY 3: BERNAZ CLIMBS BACK IN ILCA7

Another breezy and cold day in Palma for the World Cup Series 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofía (SSL 1000). In ILCA7 (Men Laser), French Jean-Baptist Bernaz (12 pts) made the strongest come back, leading the fleet in...

Date06.04.2022

TROFEO PRINCESA SOFIA: WHO TO WATCH?

All the top sailors will be racing in Palma (Spain) at Trofeo Princesa Sofia, which kicks off on April 4th till the 9th. All Olympic classes, including ILCA6 (Women Laser), ILCA7 (Men...

Date01.04.2022

TOKYO 2020 NEWSFLASH: BRAZIL WINS GOLD IN 49ERFX WOMEN, GERMANY SILVER, NETHERLANDS BRONZE

Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) have won gold in the 49erFX Women with Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke (GER) taking silver and Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) bronze....

Date03.08.2021

TOKYO 2020: ANNE-MARIE RINDOM (DEN) AND MARIT BOUWMEESTER (NED) LEAD THE LASER RADIAL WOMEN

Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) is still in the top 1 spot and leading the Laser Radial Women class even though she didn’t finish Race 10 and Marit Bouwmeester (NED) who had a Black...

Date30.07.2021

TOKYO 2020: TEAM NETHERLANDS ANNEMIEK BEKKERING AND ANNETTE DUETZ LEAD THE 49ERFX WOMEN ON DAY 6

Netherlands team Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz lead the 49erFX Women on day 6 of sailing followed by Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez and Paula Barcelo Martin (SPA) are on the second spot while Brazil Martine...

Date30.07.2021