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The Team Jolly sailing team of Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie have been recognized by their university, Massey University, by being awarded the BNZ Distance Sportswomen of the Year.

Welcome to the soft launch of the new 470 Website.

The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 20 October 2014 have been released taking in the results from ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao.

Jordi Xammar/Joan Herp (ESP) and Mengxi Wei/Yani Xu (ESP) win their first ever ISAF Sailing World Cup titles today in Qingdao, China.

Mat Belcher and Will Ryan headline 2014 Yachting Australia Awards and have added to their rapidly growing number of accolades, taking out the Male Sailor of the Year award at the 2014 Yachting Australia Awards in Sydney tonight, Friday 17 October.

The Volvo Ocean Race kicked off on Leg 1 from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday 11 October 2014. Amongst the 12 Olympians who set sail on the epic 38,739 nautical mile adventure around the globe which is the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 are three former 470 sailors and Olympians.

The age limit for teams competing at the 470 Junior Championship will increase to 23 years with effect from 2015.

Mat Belcher and Will Ryan have dominated the Men's 470 class, finishing on the podium at every major regatta they have competed at.They started the nomination period by extending their 2012/13 unbeaten run with a resounding victory at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne.

Taking place at FGBI South Sports in Sochi, the Russian Olympic Classes Championships gathered the nation’s top sailors across the Olympic classes from 29 September to 5 October on Russia’s Black Sea coast.

When not campaigning his 470 to Rio 2016, Stu McNay can often be found campaigning as a professional crew on a range of other classes.