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Sail Sheboygan to Host the YNGLING 2018 and 2019 North American Championships and 2019 Open World Championship!

The United States Yngling Association is excited to announce it is partnering with Sail Sheboygan and the Sheboygan Yacht Club to host a three-regatta series including the 2019 International Yngling Class World Championship and the 2018 and 2019 North American Championships as feeder events. Designed in Norway in 1967 by Jan Linge, the Yngling is …

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Sheboygan to host 2018 Para World Sailing Championships, bid process for 2019 opens

From 16-22 September 2018, the US Sailing Center of Sheboygan in Sheboygan, USA will host the 2018 edition of the Para World Sailing Championships. The Para World Sailing Championships is the definitive guide to the best-of-the-best in Para Sailing with clear objectives to showcase and develop paralympic sailing, create sporting heroes and engage sports fans, …

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2017 Blind Sailing World Championship – Final

USA defends gold in B1 Division After six intense days of racing at the 2017 Blind Sailing World Championship culminated by having the best blind sailors in the world show off their skills. Each day presented the sailors with different conditions, but in the end 52 races were sailed by the 51 sailors. “When you …

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Blind Sailing World Championship

The 2017 Blind Sailing World Championship are being sailed in Sheboygan USA with fifty sailors representing five nations competing in the Sonar class sailboats: Australia, Canada (2 teams), Great Britain (4 teams), New Zealand and United States (6 teams) are competing in the three divisions (based on level of visual impairment of the sailors).  The …

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World Champion Anna Östling ready for Busan

– can take early WIM Series title, but will have to work hard for it Just a month after her World Championship gold in Sheboygan, USA, Swedish skipper Anna Östling is now travelling eastwards, aiming to tick her next goal box for this year. The Busan Cup Women’s International Match Race, sailed in the South …

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Gold to Swede Anna Östling in Sheboygan

Wins World Championship to stretch WIM Series lead WIM Series – Daily highlights day fiveFinal day in Sheboygan is over. We have a winner! Posted by WIM Series on Sunday, September 25, 2016   Anna Östling with crew Annie and Linnea Wennergren are the 2016 Women’s Match Racing World Champions. In the Buddy Melges Challenge, …

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Roble, Groeneveld, Östling & Le Berre to semis

Round-robin and quarters wrapped up in Sheboygan, USA WIM Series Daily Highlights Day 4Round-robin and quarters wrapped up in Sheboygan, USA. Roble, Groeneveld, Östling & Le Berre to semis. #WIMSeries #WMRWC16 Posted by WIM Series on Saturday, September 24, 2016 Stephanie Roble and her Epic Racing kept their firm grip of the Buddy Melges Challenge, …

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A distant view of the women’s quarterfinals

A view of the 2016 Women’s Blind Match Racing Championship quarterfinals from South Pier and King Park in Sheboygan.  

Dutch greetings from Sheboygan

Groeneveld’s day threeDutch greetings from Sheboygan. Posted by WIM Series on Saturday, September 24, 2016

Bonjour from Sheboygan

Le Berre and Courtois day threeFrench greetings from Sheboygan Posted by WIM Series on Saturday, September 24, 2016