ISAF Sailing World Cup
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| The ISAF Sailing World Cup is a new world-class annual series for Olympic sailing. It is open to the sailing events chosen for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Competitions.
The ISAF Sailing World Cup brings together the existing major events on the Olympic sailing circuit, starting in Australia, before moving to the USA and finishing in Europe. Over 2,000 of the world’s leading sailors representing 65 nations competed in the first season of the World Cup, 2008-2009. By scoring competitors across all events included in the season, the ISAF Sailing World Cup will offer a definitive guide to the best-of-the-best in the Olympic sailing world. 2009-2010 ISAF Sailing World CupThe second season of the ISAF Sailing World Cup launches into action at Sail Melbourne, Australia in December 2009. Next stop is Miami, USA for US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR in January followed by quintet of European events: the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma, Spain; Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres, France; the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, The Netherlands; Kieler Woche in Kiel, Germany; and finally the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta at the 2012 Olympic sailing venue at Weymouth, Great Britain. |