The Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition regatta venue is the Marina da Glória with racing taking place inside and outside the Guanabara Bay and will feature 380 athletes competing across the following 10 events:
Men's Windsurfer - RS: X
Men's One Person Dinghy – Laser
Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) – Finn
Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470
Men's Skiff - 49er
Women's Windsurfer - RS: X
Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
Women's Two Person Dinghy – 470
Women's Skiff - 49er FX
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of one boat per event, a total of 15 athletes (eight men and seven women).
Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Neduchezian, today scripted a piece of sailing history in the Incheon Asian Games by becoming the first ever Indian women to win a Bronze medal for India at the Asian Games. Varsha Gautham also made it to the history books by becoming the youngest athlete from India amongst the medal winners at this Asian Games.
The 44th edition of the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship has been declared open by ISAF President Carlo Croce at the opening ceremony in Tavira, Portugal. The 2014 ISAF Youth Worlds features 67 nations, an event record, with more than 360 sailors set to compete in five classes across eight events in the Algarve.
The YAI Council met in New Delhi on 10 February 2014 and has approved the proposal of Chairman SPDC to conduct selection trials for Asian Games 2014. The Notice of Race for Asian Games Selection Regatta 2014 to be held at Visakhapatnam during 05 to 17 April 2014 has been issued and can be downloaded from the link provided below.