World Wide Sailing

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The marine terminal manager at Texas A&M University at Galveston, who also coached the school’s offshore sailing team that lost a boat during a fatal racing accident last month, has been fired for failing to disclose his criminal history, officials announced Monday.

Two World Champions for Greece were crowned at the Nautical Club of Tzitzifies-Kallithea, Marina Delta Falirou, Athens as the 420 Worlds concluded.

Sweden’s Linda RAHM is the champion of the 2008 ISAF Grade 1 Lysekil Women’s Match after a thrilling 3-2 final victory over reigning World Champion Claire LEROY.

Gottskar, Sweden will host the 2008 inaugural RS Tera World Championship and the second RS Feva World at the start of August.

An amendment to the Notice of Race for the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition was made on the 28 July 2008.

New Zealand will host the 2009 IFDS World Blind Sailing Championships from 12-21 March 2009.

World Champion Claire Leroy from France lost only one match to win the first round robin at the ISAF Grade 1 Lysekil Women’s Match in Sweden.

Mathieu Richard is back at the top in the Open Rankings and together with women’s world #1 Claire Leroy completes a French double at the top in the ISAF World Match Race Rankings released 30 July.

Steven Le Fevre and Steven Krol from the Netherlands are the new 470 Junior World Champions and Hannah Mills and Katrina Hughes from Great Britain, the new 470 Junior Women’s World Champions.

The Club Náutico Español de Vela has been reinstated as the Challenger of Record in a ruling by the New York appeals court in the latest twist surrounding the 33rd America’s Cup.