The World Championship officially starts on the 1st of March with equipment inspections and registration. The races will take place from the 5th to the 10th of March.
After finishing the iQFOiL World Championship on the 3rd of February, Marina Rubicón is back and hosting a new Olympic class world championship under the umbrella of the Lanzarote International Regatta. On this occasion it will be the turn of the men's 49er double class and the women's 49erFX, in which once again there will be an important fight with tickets for Paris 2024 still to be decided.
A total of 128 crews from 36 countries will compete: 52 crews in the women's 49erFX class and 76 in the men's 49er class.
Racing programme
The championship officially begins on 1 March with equipment inspections and registration, which will take place until Monday 4 March, when the official training regatta (13h00) and the opening ceremony (18h00) will take place.
From the 5th to 10th of March there will be six intense days of racing with races scheduled to start at 12h00 local time.
The championship will be made up of a Qualifying Series (from 5 to 7 March) and a final Series (from 8 to 10 March). At the end of the qualifying series, the 25 best crews will sail in the gold fleet. On Sunday 10th March, the final Medal Race will take place, in which only the top 10 will compete, double points will be awarded and the result cannot be discarded.
This website and our sociail media will be updated with news, photographs and videos every day.
The Lanzarote International Regatta is organized by Marina Rubicón and has the collaboration of the Royal Canarian Sailing Federation, as well as the institutional support of the Tourism area of the Lanzarote Cabildo through the sports product European Sports Destination (managed by SPEL-Turismo Lanzarote), Promotur Turismo de Canarias, the Yaiza City Council and the private entities Dinghycoach, Naviera Armas and Cabrera Medina (Cicar).
USEFUL LINKS
Media Accreditation HERE
49er entry list HERE
49erFX entry list HERE
Text: Helena Paz/Marina Rubicón
Photo: Sailing Energy/Marina Rubicón