SA Sailing has a jam-packed schedule of events in various regions to support this initiative. We will be featuring several exciting interviews featuring some key role-players in sailing who are making a difference and encouraging young women to take up the sport. Keep an eye out on our social media pages and YouTube channel for the line-up... Read more...
• World Sailing Show August episode is out! How sailing has embraced sustainability. Click here for the 2022 World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award nomination form. The winners will be revealed at the Rolex World Sailing Awards, which returns live in October this year.
World Sailing Extraordinary General Meeting unanimously backs Governance Reform proposals Click here
World Sailing appoints Koray Ezeras Head of International Development Click here
Steering the Course – the global Women’s Sailing Festival – was incredibly successful in 2021.
We now need your support for 2022! SA Sailing have already signed up for this exciting event.
There are 20 days of sailing activity opportunities for women and girls in 2022 with two festivals:
Northern Hemisphere - 20-29 May
Southern Hemisphere - 30 September - 9 October
Gold Coast to host first Para Sailing World Championships in 2022
The inaugural Virtus Para Sailing World Championship will be staged in Gold Coast, Australia, 5 - 12 November 2022, for Hansa 303 class sailors from all around the world.
Benji Daniel and Alex Burger have made a triumphant return to the country after booking South Africa a spot at the Tokyo Olympics in the 49er class.
Just a year ago, the former 29er world champions (who beat 129 teams from 17 countries for that title) were convinced their dream of competing at a first Olympics was all but over. But the event in which they could qualify finally went ahead last week.
* World Sailing shares IOC vision for safe and successful Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
* World Sailing and Virtus collaborate to hold eSailing challenge for sportspeople with intellectual impairments
The World Sailing Trust has launched a global Participation Study to assess the status of sailing in terms of equity, diversity and inclusion.
Almost two years after the launch of the Trust's global survey on women in the sport, the Participation Study will serve as a benchmarking survey to assess the sport of sailing in all its disciplines, on a global scale.