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Winners declared at Bacardi Winter

Miami, USA – December 15, 2024  The highly anticipated Bacardi Winter Series Event 1, held December 14-15 on Biscayne Bay, Miami, faced tough conditions as strong winds impacted the racing schedule...

The 2024 ILCA Master European Champions crowned

The 2024 ILCA Master European Championships finished in Vilamoura, Portugal, after five days of competition. Days began with a long postponement on shore due to a lack of wind. It was surprising...

Star World Championships Recap

JOHN KOSTECKI AND AUSTIN SPERRY ARE THE 2024 STAR WORLD CHAMPIONS – © Copyright 2024. Star Class. All rights reserved. The 2024 Star World Championship was one of the tightest of...

And your 2024 Youth World Champions are…

A great week of sailing was wrapped up with Italy celebrating retaining their Nations Trophy at the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships with six titles, culminating in a grand closing...

British back on top at Europeans

The 49er and 49erFX European Championships, along with the Nacra 17 World Championship, have kicked off in La Grande Motte in the South of France. This marks the final major...

Medal Races Loading at SOF

Day 5 of the Last Chance Regatta witnessed sisters Katerina and Barbora Svikova claiming first and second place in the three-rider final of the women’s windsurfing competition. Katerina led the...

Bacardi Cup Wrap Up

The 97th Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta brought together over 200 teams, setting a new record for the event. More than 600 sailors from 25 nations, spanning North and...

Day 1 of 49er and FX Worlds starts with a BANG!

The 2024 49er and 49erFX World Championships officially kicked off in the beautiful and windy Lanzarote, Canary islands yesterday. There are 126 teams from 36 nations in Lanzarote to fight...

Germans have banger day at Worlds

The 14-16 knot stable onshore breeze made for a more predictable race course. The German team of Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort took full advantage of the heavier breeze and...

How Star Sailors League was built

It all started with a group of athletes, who after the 2012 Olympics, together developed and launched the global inshore sailing circuit known as the Stars Sailors League. The conviction...

History of Sailing in the Olympics

As the anticipation for the upcoming Olympics builds, the focus turns to the rich history of Sailing in the Olympic Games. For Star Sailor League, the Olympic Qualifiers and the...

Gran Canaria SSL Gold Cup in miniature!

  SSL Gold Cup in miniature (c) Gilles Morelle Poland, skippered by Lili Skomska, wins the mini version of the ‘Gran Canaria SSL Gold Cup’, hosted by the Optimists of...

SSL Gold Cup’s Official Virtual Collection Album

SSL Gold Cup Panini Digital Collections Sailing has entered the exciting world of sticker albums! Just like in football, where you can collect your favourite stars from club and national...

SSL Gold Cup on Televisión Canaria

Ahead of the SSL Gold Cup Final Series Draw and Opening Ceremony in Gran Canaria on Thursday, the media attention for the event is growing continuously. Today Televisión Canaria were...

The exciting SSL Gold Cup Final Series format!

The anticipation is building in Gran Canaria as the SSL Gold Cup Final Series approaches! The organisers are working non-stop to get everything in place to make this one of...

Berntsson victorious in Bermuda Gold Cup

Congratulations to Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson, who has won the King Edward VII Gold Cup Match Racing Championship (SSL 1000) sailed in Bermuda, the oldest match racing trophy in the world....

SSL47 yachts on their way to Gran Canaria!

Exciting scenes as the logistical operation ahead of the SSL Gold Cup, taking place between the 10th of November and the 3rd of December 2023, is on track with the...

On this day in 1983…

40 years ago today Australia II won the America’s Cup off Newport, Rhode Island. This momentous occasion was the first time New York Yacht Club had been defeated in the...

SSL Gold Cup in the news!

The announcement that Anfi del Mar in Gran Canaria is hosting the SSL Gold Cup in November is big news in the Canary Islands, with many of the Spanish national...

SSL Nations Ranking: USA back up to 2nd

The USA’s fall off the podium in the SSL Nations Ranking didn’t last long. Having dropped to 4th in June, they’re back up to 2nd in July, and have opened up a...

SSL Ranking: Top of the Class

While the SSL Ranking’s main headlines are based around the Top 50 in the Global, Men’s and Women’s categories, and of course the SSL Nations Ranking, with results for 113,000...

2022 SSL Video Wrap

2022 saw some amazing sailing on Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, with the SSL47 yachts racing from the Star Sailors League base at Grandson. We’ve put together a great video highlighting...

First SSL Team Calendars out now!

It’s an exciting time at SSL HQ in Grandson, Switzerland as the first of the SSL Team Calendars are out! First up, we’re featuring SSL Team Brazil ‘Brazilian Storm’. SSL...

Gift ideas: Stars shining at Christmas!

With the countdown to Christmas officially on, it’s time to find those extra-special gifts for your loved ones! As well as the Caps and Jerseys we’ve highlighted recently, the SSL Store has some great items on...

SSL Shop: Wear your team’s jersey!

What better way to support your team than with an SSL Gold Cup Team Jersey? Each one features the iconic design for your nation, together with the team’s crest and...

SSL Shop: Tip your Cap!

Amongst the range of items SSL goodies you can purchase from sslgoldcup.shop are the range of SSL Caps. Availabe in white, red and black, each features a unique design, with the SSL...

Dates announced for 2023 SSL Gold Cup Finals

The SSL Team and the Sailing Athletes Foundation (SAF) are delighted to announce the SSL Gold Cup Finals are scheduled to be held between 10th November and 3rd December 2023. SSL Gold...

SSL RANKINGS: 470 WORLDS PODIUM SAILORS RISE

The latest SSL Rankings are out and there are some big movers on the leaderboards. The 470 World Championship was the major event last week and, as we predicted in...

SSL GOLD CUP FINALS POSTPONED

With deep regret, the SSL Gold Cup Finals, scheduled to be held in Bahrain from October 28 th  to November...

SSL GOLD CUP COUNTDOWN – ONE MONTH TO GO!

With just one month to go until the start of racing at the SSL Gold Cup in Bahrain, the sailors have been continuing to compete at world-class events around the...

IT’S WORLD TOURISM DAY!

#BahrainOursYours   To mark World Tourism Day 2022, we are pleased to share with you these images from Bahrain, where we will be in a month’s time for the SSL...

ITALIAN MASTER STARS

Italy’s Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi have won the 100th Anniversary Star World Championship, held in Marblehead, USA, with a superbly consistent regatta in a range of conditions. While they didn’t...

STARS AND SSL STRIPES

It’s a huge year for the venerable International Star Class, with the 100th Anniversary Star World Championship currently taking place at Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, USA. An incredible fleet of...

SSL GOLD CUP MEDIA COVERAGE IS TAKING OFF!

Credits: Martini Orsini Since SSL Gold Cup Qualifying Series started on May 17, worldwide audience – digital as well as traditionnal – has never stopped growing yet. Here are some...

A DAY TO REMEMBER

Sailing Legends inaugurate the SSL Gold Cup 2022 at Olympic Museum (Credits: F.Diemer) On Monday, June 13, the whole Sailing community gathered at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne to celebrate the official inauguration, of the first edition...

CANFIELD WINS THE 56TH CONGRESSIONAL CUP

Taylor Canfield’s (USA) Team Stars+Stripes has triumphed in the 56th Congressional Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club, capping five-days of competition in this World Match Racing Tour championship event: and...

TOKYO 2020 REVOLUTIONS THE SSL GLOBAL RANKING

 The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo have just finished and the 4000 points at stake for the gold winners have been allocated causing an interesting set of athletes to appear...