World on Water Dec 23 22 First Sails on INEOS, American Patriot, IMOCA Highlights, 44 cup Final more

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days.
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This is the first time that sails are set on the INEOS test boat, which is testing on the bay of Palma. Giles Scott talks to Justin Chisholm about the ongoing commissioning of the yacht.

This is the weekly Sailing World on Water for December 23, 2022. These are highlights of the sport, globally, in the last seven days.

New York Yacht Club American Magic yacht Patriot, was towed outside of the Pensacola Bay in the afternoon to find bigger swells, and were absolutely sending it on long runs that saw the recon Rib struggle to keep up. There were several instances where the main hull was on top of the wave and the foil was in the trough. During those instances Patriot would quickly come off the foil as there appeared to be no water under the foil.”

UK Olympic Coach Jon Emmett talks to Micky Beckett, ILCA 7 sailor from Britain, at the 5th Portugal Grand Prix, Round One, where they experienced big seas and winds in the Villamora venue,

Regular viewers of the World on Water will recognise that we are huge fans of the IMOCA foiling and non-foiling yacht series and we are happy to bring you the best moments of their 2022 season.

Victory was for team Nika in Oman but Carisma dominated the 44 Cup season. On the concluding day the results were close with Team Aqua, Team Nika, and Aleph Racing, separated by just one point for the lead. But the results would not only have a bearing on the event scoreline, but on those overall for the season.

December 21 in the Bay of Angels, the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli sailing team were busy perfecting sailing techniques with helmsmen Francesco Bruni and Marco Gradoni concentrating on light air take-offs in the morning sessions where the wind, from the northwest filtering over the mountain range behind, struggled to get above 9 knots.

Varying conditions and a gusty southerly set down a challenge for athletes on the final day of Sail Sydney. No stranger to the top of the podium, reigning Olympic champion Matt Wearn, finished first in the ILCA 7 class, just ahead of fellow Western Australian athlete Luke Elliott, and teammate Finn Alexander.