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The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 15 December 2014 have been released. Mat Belcher/Will Ryan (AUS) cotinue to dominate the 470 Men, and Camille Lecointre/Helene Defrance (FRA) retain their world #1 position.

In January 2013, new 470 Class Rules came into effect, with the major change being the hull measurement and an increased number of controls.

The second and final set of medal winning performances brought the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne to a close on Sunday December 14.

Day 4 of 470 racing at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne was pedestrian compared to yesterday’s blow up on Port Phillip, and all-in-all produced the best day’s racing of the world-class event. The east in the 12-15 knot south-east breeze kept the inshore courses flat; further offshore the seas were lumpier though nothing like the steep walls of green water that forced the cancellation of racing yesterday for most classes.

10 races and 2 discards for the twenty-six teams from 5 nations competing at Semana Olímpica Canaria de Vela on Gran Canaria, Spain, from 4-8 December 2014.

First session competitors at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne spent much of the day tweaking boats, on their phones and chatting around the boat park at Sandringham Yacht Club.

Simon Sivitz Kosuta/Jas Farneti (ITA) and Elena Berta/Giulia Polillo (ITA) seal the wins in the 470 Men and 470 Women fleets after 8 races at this year's Imperia Winter Regatta.
 

The Extraordinary General Assembly of the International 470 Class Association today confirmed Haifa, Israel as the venue for the 2015 470 Class World Championships.

Identical twins Alex and Patrick Conway (AUS) successfully defended then consolidated their day two lead with three bullets on Sydney Harbour on Thrusday 4 December.

The clock is ticking down to the start of the Southern Hemisphere's leading internationally graded Olympic event, the ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne, the first stop on the 2014-2015 Sailing World Cup circuit.