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LEAP YEAR DAY PROVES LUCKY FOR GERMANY NO.13
29 Feb 2024HIGHLIGHTS
- Start of Gold Fleet with two races in 6 to 9 knot breeze
- Japan continues to hold the top two places
- Sickness and back pain appear to make two teams sail faster than normal
- Leap Year Day sees the Winkels make a leap forward in performance
- Thursday was Just Another Manic Monday for Markfort
JAPAN DEFY RANDOM CONDITIONS TO MAINTAIN 470 LEAD
28 Feb 2024HIGHLIGHTS
• Japanese hold 1,2 & 5 on the leaderboard
• Diesch & Markfort maintain 3rd for Germany
• Race win lifts Lecointre & Mion to 4th despite a flappy gasket
• British on track to secure Olympic berth for Paris 2024
JAW-DROPPING DAY FOR JAPAN AT DAY 1 OF 470 WORLDS
27 Feb 2024Japan came to the 470 World Championship in Llucmajor, Mallorca, as defending champions. Lying in fifth place after three tricky, light-wind races is not at all a bad start for the 2023 World Champions Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka.
OLYMPIC ASPIRANTS READY FOR AN ALL-ROUND TEST IN PALMA
26 Feb 2024The competitors and coaches around the boat park have been giving each other wry smiles after today’s pouring rain and shifty offshore conditions. It was practice race day before the competition proper begins on Tuesday for the 470 World Championship in Llucmajor, not from Mallorca’s capital city of Palma.
SPAIN’S OLYMPIC DUO ARE NARROW FAVOURITES FOR WORLD TITLE
25 Feb 2024The 470 World Championship is set to begin in Palma, Mallorca. Taking place from 24 February to 3 March, 64 international teams representing 27 nations are making final preparations before racing begins this Monday.
LLUCMAJOR HOSTED THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION OF THE 470 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
24 Feb 2024On Saturday night the spectacular Claustre de Sant Bonaventura in Llucmajor hosted the official presentation of the 470 World Championship, which will bring together 64 teams of 27 nationalities at the Club Nàutic S’Arenal until the 3rd March.
2024 470 CLASS ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP & JSAF ENOSHIMA OLYMPIC WEEK UPDATE
23 Feb 2024Entry fee waived for entries outside of Japan and charter options available !
AN INTRIGUING NEW CHAPTER IN THE 470’S OLYMPIC HISTORY
16 Feb 2024Palma, Mallorca, 16 February 2024 - It’s just over a week until the 470 World Championship begins in Palma, Mallorca. Taking place from 24 February to 3 March, 63 international teams are making final preparations before one of the most important regattas of their careers.
2024 BOURGAS SAILING WEEK - 470/420 CLASS SOUTH EASTERN EUROPEANS NOR PUBLISHED
13 Feb 2024OLYMPIC PLACES AT STAKE AT 470 WORLDS IN PALMA
12 Feb 2024Sixty-three 470 teams from nations as diverse as Angola, Ecuador and Mozambique are gearing up for the first big challenge of the 2024 season, the 470 World Championship in Palma, Mallorca, from 24 February to 3 March.