ISAF Council voted keelboats out of the Olympics today when the slate, previously adopted by the Events Committee, achieved  a majority(19/37) of the votes cast. The news that the Star keelboat would be dropped had been feared for some time.  ISAF confirmed events for the 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition last…

Today at ISAF's world sailing mid-year meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, the ISAF Events Committee passed a vote recommending that ISAF Council select the following events/equipment for the 2016 Olympic Games. Event Men Women Mixed Board and Kiteboard Board and/ Kiteboard RS:X/Kiteboard to be evaluated One-Person Dinghy Laser Laser Radial…

ISAF President Göran Petersson set out the challenges ahead as he delivered his opening address, the President's Report, to the ISAF Council members during their first day of meetings at the 2010 ISAF Annual Conference held in Athens, Greece this week. Some of it has relevance to the sport here…

There was big news yesterday from the ISAF events committee meeting in Athens. The conference blog reports A 'packed session' heard the Events Committee's recommendation on the provisional Olympic events and equipment for 2016.  The Events Committee recommends: - Board or kite-board for men and women - equipment evaluation- One person…

ISAF announced the male and female winners of the 2010 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards are:Blanca Manchon (ESP) and Tom Slingsby (AUS).Blanca Manchon was nominated for the third time this year and had her family and friends with her at the Awards ceremony here in Athens. "This…

After the Finn class released its video 'Sailing at its best' on YouTube last week, the response has been nothing short of phenomenal say the class officials. The video is part of a campaign to ISAF to keep the class an Olympic dinghy and the chips are down. To date…