World on Water Sept 30 22 ETNZ AC40 Roll Over, 52 Super Series, 5.5, PWA, AYC, GGR Disaster. more

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days.
This is the weekly “Sailing World on Water” for September 30, 2022. It features global highlights of the sport which have been released in the last seven days.

It was the first ever event win for Quentin Delapierre’s France SailGP Team, defeating Jimmy Spithill’s USA team and Tom Slingsby’s Australia in the final at Spain Sail Grand Prix. The French team rocket into the all-important top three of the championship standings after six events of Season 3.

For the fourth regatta of the 2022 52 SUPER SERIES, the world’s leading grand prix regatta series, returns to Italy for the first time since 2019, this time going back to the Marina di Scarlino in beautiful Tuscany. In late September there should be a good range of wind and weather conditions and usually it is an open race course area. There are several changes in crew line ups. . . . it is going to be a truly fascinating week of racing, seeing if any one team can build themselves a decent cushion to carry forwards to the season’s grand finale in Barcelona.

In the Golden Globe Race the USA entrant Guy deBeor has called in with the latest on his boat SPIRIT, which ran aground in the Canaries. He has interest from local salvage companies to salvage the boat. He is talking here to race organiser Don McIntyre.

At the Annapolis Yacht Club last Friday Eight Clubs with teams of six, lined up for match racing, 3 on 3 team racing, and 2 on 2 team racing. Its fast, furious and decidedly fun. And on day one, the was breeze on. Dobbs Davis reports.

These are the Amazing Foiling Women who are on Lake Garda hitting out during Foiling Week 2022.

Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemyslaw Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has retained 5.5 Metre French Open title they won in 2021 after the final two races were sailed on Friday at the Regates Royales in Cannes.

New Moon III (BAH 25, Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov) finished second while Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen, Herve Cunningham, Lasse Berthelsen) finished third. Both are also former winners here, but the Polish team was unmatched this year, with great speed, manoeuvres, and almost flawless tactics.

Italian Daniele Benedetti wins the IQFoil International Games in Torbole; third place under 21 for Circolo Surf Torbole athlete Manolo Modena, Germany’s Engelmann takes the women’s victory

An exciting final day in Torbole for the iQFoil International Games, organised by Circolo Surf Torbole with the Italian Sailing Federation and the Garda Trentino Vela Consortium, with the medal series and then quarter finals, semifinals and finals for the men’s and women’s categories. The formula of these finals remains adrenalin-fuelled both for the sprint start to the beam, and for the possibility of each of the top 10 in the medal series to earn a place in the final and thus a medal.

Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing) came into Silt requiring a top 4 finish in the Single Elimination to guarantee himself a second wave world title. The Brazilian, who last won the wave world title in 2013, has been in title contention several times since then, but a third world crown – Browne also won the Freestyle world title in 2007 – had remained elusive until now.