29erXX News

First 29erXX in Italy

The SkiffSailing Italia club, in Dongo, Italy, have recently sailed the first 29erXX in Italy. The club is on the north part of Como Lake and specializes in skiff sailing. They sail 29ers, 29erXXs, and 49ers, as well as other skiffs. Check out SkiffSailing Italia at www.skiffsailing.it

Women's High Performance Dinghy Evaluation Event - ISAF Mid-Year Meeting

Women’s High Performance Dinghy Evaluation Event

Concluding a few days before the 2007 ISAF Mid-Year Meeting, the evaluation of a possible 'Women’s High Performance Dinghy' took place in Hyères, France. The mission of the evaluation was to determine whether there is suitable equipment for a Women’s High Performance Dinghy event at the Olympic Games.A positive yes was the answer transmitted to the ISAF Council by Dick BATT, Chairman of the ISAF Equipment Committee, when he made his presentation on the Evaluation Event. The evaluation was to identify equipment which would meet the criteria of being a two-person dinghy for women with ...

Free Charter at CORK! Don't Miss Out!

That's right. Not only is CORK a great event that historically has the largest 29er fleet in North America, this year you will have the opportunity to charter a 29er for Free. Well, for a $1 contractual fee, but that's basically free. 29erXX charters are also available for the 29erXX week, although the 29erXX rigs and sails are not free. Event Details: Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada29er Week: August 18-22, 2007 29erXX Week: August 23-26, 2007 Event information available at www.cork.org Charter information available at www.29ernorthamerican.org

Girls Want To Go Fast Too!

With an eye towards the 2012 Olympic Games, it is widely suspected that anevent to be added to the sailing competition will be a womens skiff. Toprepare for this possibility, ISAF held an evaluation event in Hyères,France during the week prior to the French Sailing Olympic Week, where someof the world’s top women sailors put the 29er, 29erXX, RS800, Cherub Daemon,Carbonology GT60, and International 14 through their paces. Unfortunately,like much of Europe lately, there was not much wind to make any grandconclusions. However, the first hurdle appeared to be achieved: women cansail skiffs. As for which one, ...

Updated 29erXX Schedule

Here are some new bits on the 29erXX calendar: We've just received word that Melbourne will host a 29erXX event following the 29er and 49er World Championships in January 2008! Great news, make sure to mark your calendars.Unfortunately we will not be able to join the 49ers at their Europeans this year in Sicily, but are tentatively scheduled to join in at their Europeans in 2008 which will be held in March in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The CORK event in August 2007 in Kingston, Ontario is still on the calendar. This was a great event last year, and we ...

ISAF Observation Trials wrapup

The ISAF Women's High Performance Skiff Observation Trials came to a close on April 19th after four days of sailing in very similar conditions. The MNA sailors had four days to test out all six designs in a consistent 5-10 knots and light chop. Thursday's sailing concluded with some simple rabbit-start races that were a lot of fun and were won by a variety of boats. When the wind died around 2:30, the fleet was sent in to pack up and wrap up the event. As luck would have it, just as most of the masts were taken down and ...

Update from Day 2 ISAF Observation Trials

Today was our second day in Hyeres, France at the ISAF Women’s High Performance Dinghy Observation Trials. We have a great team here including designer Julian Bethwaite, Julian’s son Alex, 29er International President Gerardo Seeliger, 29er International Secretary Jerelyn Biehl, builders Dave Hall (Ovington) and Alberto and Paulo Portitilia (Nautivela), and sailors Jacqui Bonnicha, Silja Leightenen, Kersten Beucke, Jen Glass. We had two great days of training prior to the event in good wind, but since the Observation Trials have begun we’ve had 4-10 knots and warm weather. The 29er group is hoping for more wind in the coming two ...

Women's High Performance Dinghy Evaluation Event

Full Article Here Women's High Performance Dinghy Evaluation EventFive Boats For Hyères Evaluation EventIn advance of the decision on the ten events for the 2012 Olympic Games, which will be made at the 2007 ISAF Annual Conference this November, the Evaluation Event will look at whether there are suitable boats for a High Performance Dinghy event for a crew of two women.The Evaluation Event is part of ISAF’s commitment to actively develop sailing at the highest level and keep pace with all the latest developments within the sport. Previous Evaluation Events have led to the adoption of the RS:X board ...

Tentative Schedule

All,I've just posted a few tentative events for the 29erXX on the Events tab. I know everyone is wondering when the next event will be. At this point they are all tentative, so stay tuned for confirmed information.

29er and 29erXX Brochure

Check out this 29er and 29erXX Brochure by Ovington. Good information and photos.

29erXX North American Series

Day 2 - August 25The wind returned to Kingston today, providing the 29erXX fleet with a nice 8 - 18 knot northerly. The northerly comes off the land in Kingston, creating a puffy, shifty, and tactical racecourse. Marc Farmer and Trevor Parekh took the lead from the start, winning 4 of the 5 races with great upwind speed. Jen Morgan Glass and Genny Tulloch used their good downwind speed to keep close to Marc and Trevor, but were only able to take one race victory, finishing 2nd in the other four races. Genevieve and Veronique Bougie-Bastien finished third, closely followed ...

29erXX event to follow CORK (29er North Americans)

The first 29erXX event in North American will be held at CORK following the 29er North Americans. The XX event will be run by CORK on the 49er course on August 24th and 25th. See the events page for more details.

2006 29erXX Open Cup

PRESS RELEASEAugust 1, 2006Weymouth, EnglandTwenty-seven teams gathered at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy for two days of racing in the first 29erXX Open Cup. The 29erXX, a new design by skiff guru Julian Bethwaite, is a high-powered rig for the existing 29er hull. This new rig is only 18 inches longer than the standard 29er mast, and features carbon construction, double trapeze wires and three sets of shrouds. A masthead kite adds quite a bit of speed downwind while the responsive 29er platform requires the sailors to move with precision through maneuvers. Carbon tubes extend out the back of ...