Sailing heavyweights Ben Ainslie, Tom Slingsby set to square off in SailGP
The second season of the SailGP global circuit is shaping up as a heavyweight fight between two of the world's best sailors, Britain's Sir Ben Ainslie and defending champion Tom Slingsby of Australia. When the two helmsmen headed onto Sydney Harbor for practice aboard their ...
Keiju Okada, Jumpei Hokazono claim Tokyo Olympic berths in men's 470
Japanese sailors Keiju Okada and Jumpei Hokazono earned spots at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's 470 class following a solid performance at the World Cup Series Enoshima, which concluded Sunday. The pair finished 11th in the six-day event held in the waters near ...
The notorious English weather and the home country's crew have already left their mark on SailGP's European debut even before an official race has sailed. Both of Saturday's races in the regatta on the Solent off Cowes, England, were called off because of high winds, ...
Ai Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka become first Japanese sailors to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Ai Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka teamed up on Friday to finish second in the women's 470 class world championships, making them the first Japanese sailors to earn spots in next year's Tokyo Olympics. In the waters near the Enoshima Yacht Harbor that will host the ...
Japan plans to tap high-wealth tourists with bid to attract luxury superyachts from abroad
The transport ministry is boosting efforts to attract superyachts, owned by wealthy foreign individuals, to Japan in the hope that their port calls bring a major boost to the country's economy. The ministry hopes that visits by superyachts, or large cruisers with a length of ...
'I'm the happiest person on earth': Blind Japanese sailor completes nonstop Pacific crossing
A blind Japanese sailor on Saturday successfully completed a near two-month, nonstop voyage from San Diego to Fukushima Prefecture, making him the first person to make a blind sailing across the Pacific Ocean. Joined by a sighted navigator, it was 52-year-old Mitsuhiro Iwamoto's second two-person ...
Japan SailGP team joins new global circuit
"This is like Formula One on water." That's how Sir Russell Coutts, who won a gold medal for New Zealand in sailing at the 1984 Olympics and won the America's Cup five times, describes SailGP, the nation vs. nation sailing circuit set to launch early ...
Kanagawa natives set out to master new yachting class
The wind was more like a zephyr, so the yacht was not running as swift as it could have. Still, it was comfortably plowing on the bay of Sagami. "It was maybe about 30 kph," Wakako Kajimoto said after the boat returned from practice to Enoshima ...
A 10-gold bonanza across five sports on Friday took Japan's tally to 69 gold medals, more than at any Asian Games since the last time it topped the medal table in Bangkok in 1978. Japan's sailors provided four gold and its judoka three, while the ...
Japan ghosts ahead of France in almost no-wind America's Cup conditions
SoftBank Team Japan outclassed Groupama Team France in their Louis Vuitton America's Cup qualifying race on Thursday, with the Japanese catamaran coping better with a very light breeze in Bermuda's Great Sound. SoftBank Team Japan, skippered by former Emirates Team New Zealand sailor Dean Barker, ...
Russian yacht and crew detained by North Korea arrives in Vladivostok
A Russian yacht detained and then released by North Korean authorities has arrived in the Russian Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok, the nation's Interfax news agency reported Monday. "The yacht has arrived and all members of the crew are fine," Interfax quoted a local ...
Sailor Shiraishi prepares for prestigious global odyssey
Sailor Kojiro Shiraishi is in high spirits as he is set to realize his 30-year dream. Shiraishi will compete in the Vendée Globe, the around-the-world solo yacht race, in November. The 48-year-old will be the first Asian to participate in the once-every-four-years most famous sailing ...
