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After the recent decision of 470 sailors Zegers & Van Veen to end their cooperation, the Watersportverbond is now making a new start with 2 new 470 teams: Anneloes van Veen continues with Mandy Mulder. Afrodite Zegers enters the boat with Lobke Berkhout.

(Miami, Florida, USA). Learn, build, grow…and win. This describes the latest evolution in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Lt. j.g. Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes and Lara Dallman Weiss’ Perfect Vision Sailing campaign to represent the U.S. in the Women’s 470 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. 

International 470 Class Association is pleased to announce the new dates of 2019 470 Open European Championship which will take place between May 6th – 14th.  Championship dates were pushed forward 4 days to allow teams to participate in Hyères Regatta.

Today, Sunday 4 November 2018, the Annual General Meeting of World Sailing confirmed the final line-up of events for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition.

Andreas Kosmatopoulos a five times Olympian and 470 World champion on behalf of the International 470 Class Association is pleased to invite you to participate at the 470 Winter ’18 clinic that will take place in December (10th - 20th) in Athens Greece. (HYF facilities – Delta Falirou).
 

After long discussions and negotiations with the Japanese 470 Class, a decision has finally been reached and the 2019 470 class World 
Championship will take place at the Olympic waters of Enoshima from August 2nd – 9th, 2019.

Russia's Pavel Sozykin/Denis Gribanov continued their dominant performance throughout the week of Russian Nationals in the Olympic classes held in  Sochi waters and won the gold medal ahead of 27 470 class teams. 

The Galician Sailing Federation will host the 2019 470 Junior European Championship from 23-30 July 2019 at its venue at Vilagarcia de Arousa in north-western Spain.

Japan's Keiju Okada and Jumpei Hokazono won gold in the Men's 470 as the World Cup Series Enoshima, the first major event on Tokyo 2020 Olympic waters, came to a tame finish.

Enoshima and Sagami Bay received extensive rainfall overnight but as a breeze began to develop, there was nothing that could dampen the competitors' spirits, with five Medal Races on the cards and a continuation of fleet racing elsewhere.