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T293 Plus
![]() World Sailing Approved Class and Equipment for 2018 Youth Olympic Games
BIC Techno 293 Plus EUROPEANS 2018 - Day 1(6) LATEST NEWS . . .
130 competitors from 27 countries. 15 races for 3 fleets. Sun, wind and smiling faces. Paul Leone, International Windsurfing Association vice-president, said it best after the event was over. "I would like to thank the club President Giorgio Matracia, the council and all the members of the Club Roggero di Lauria for a magnificent event. In just three words: beyond all expectations."......( more ) That is the plan for tomorrow, as we've reached the final day of the Techno293Plus European Championships. If all goes well we can have three races for the Youth Men Silver, two for the Youth Women and one for the Youth Men Gold fleets. That is the plan, but as always in sailing, we depend on the conditions.......( more ) Turquoise waters, brilliant sunshine, wind and gusts welcomed the sailors for a full day of racing. Despite gusty conditions sailing went according to plan and we were able to conduct 4 races for the Gold Men and Women fleets. ......( more ) Six races in three days in a beautiful, but also challenging, Mondello wraps up the qualification series of the Youth Olympic Games Qualifier for Europe. ......( more ) Mondello is a beautiful place for sailing, but very challenging for race management. Plans often has to be adjusted according to ever changing wind conditions here. Today was one of those days ... And one race in. Well one and a half. ......( more ) 130 windsurfers from 27 countries have gathered in Mondello, Sicily for the Techno293Plus European Championships. The event being a Youth Olympic Qualifier for Europe has attracted some top talent, not only from Europe but also Asia, South and North America wanting to test their skills against the best. ......( more ) Strong winds above 20 knots and huge waves forced the Race Committee to abandon the practice race so the Opening Ceremony for the Techno 293 Plus European Championships was the focal point of the day.......( more ) Bic Sport Italy will be offering 25% discount on the regular sale price for the Techno 293 Board and 8.5 Rig package at the end of the T293 Plus European Championships at Club Canottieri Roggero di Lauria, Mondello, Sicily - 1-7 April 2018. Boards and Rigs may be sold separately with a 20% discount on each. View Poster Paracas, Peru has been the perfect venue for the South American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier and although numbers don't tell the story they are for sure part of it: "Even the locals said it was windy," said a young sailor from Chile after the first set of races today. And it was. The South American qualification tournament for the Youth Olympic Games has kicked off in style. The 23 windsurfers from 7 countries, who have come to Paracas, Peru for the regatta have not been let down. The sun, the wind, the atmosphere - an unbeatable combination for a perfect week of racing. ......( more ) Once again the small lake near historic town of Kalisz will host a big windsurfing event. More than 100 competitors in different classes from kids to Olympians, more than 5,000 euro in awards, more then 10,000 spectators at the lake during the weekend. ......( more ) 12 races completed over 4 competition days, in an unusually windy Singapore. There were 3 qualification places in both men's and women's Youth Olympic Games windsurfer event being contested by 11 Asian nations - with the 12th country, Hong Kong, already qualified at the World Championships held in Quiberon, France last year. ......( more ) The 2018 Techno Plus Asian Championships is also part of the annual Singapore Windsurfing Open - now in its 37th year! 61 competitors from 14 countries have registered - including one boy from Italy and one girl from Norway enjoying the opportunity to gain experience at international competition level. ......( more ) The 2018 Youth Olympic Games Techno293 Plus Qualifier for Oceania has just concluded at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. A fascinating battle between Max van der Zalm from New Zealand and Alex Halank......( more ) Day 2 in Brisbane became a spectacular day with wind building up from 12 to 25 knots during racing. After the first race of the Techno fleet, some went ashore to downsize sails. It made no difference as the wind was just too strong and only 2 in the fleet finished. Race 3 was abandoned. ......( more ) The 2018 Australian Youth National Championships have just commenced at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on lovely Moreton Bay. These championships include the Bic Techno293 Oceania Championships and we have 26 under 19 year olds from 3 nations, NZ, Indonesia and Australia. For sailors competing on the T283 Plus this is the Youth Olympic Games Qualifier for Oceania.......( more ) 2017 draws to its close in a very positive way for Techno 293 OD, and its new sister class, Techno PLUS, which had an unbelievably high entry at its inaugural stand-alone World Championships and was officially recognized internationally by World Sailing. Two key elements that give Techno 293 OD a highly promising future . . . [more] Patrik Pollak has produced not one but two calendars for 2018! Stunning shots adorn the Bic Techno 293 Class calendar and - new this year - the Bic Techno 293 Plus Class calendar. Yours to download for free! The first Techno293+ continental qualification tournament has come to a close at the Moonbeach Resort in Egypt. ......( more ) Friday brought a lot of wind enabling 3 races for the girls and 2 for the boys at the African Championships at Moonbeach Resort. ......( more ) For the Techno 293 women, nine races so far sees Algerian Ait Ali Slimane in the lead, but her Egyptian rival El Ashwany is on fire, just two points behind. Three races to go and it will be a tough battle to the end. Watch this space! ......( more ) The African Championships for RS:X and Techno 2983 Plus, hosted by the Egyptian Sailing and Water Ski Federation at the beautiful Moonbeach Resort on the Red Sea, Egypt, has begun and runs until 2nd December.......( more ) The 2017 techno Asian Championships concluded with Youth title wins for Thailand (boys) and Hong Kong (girls).......( more ) From 13th to 17th of November San Isidro Sailing Club in Buenos Aires hosted the 2017 South American Windsurfing Championships. The event was a great chance for the Techno293 Plus sailors to test the venue of the Youth Olympic Games in 2018. ......( more ) Day 5, the last day of competition at Club Nautico San Isidro, brought a good breeze enabling completion of the twelve race series for all Classes.......( more ) Day 4, the penultimate racing day of the 2017 South American Championships at the San Isidro Sailing Club in Buenos Aires. The sun has returned, competitors are eager to get going, working their sails hard, and wondering what today will bring.......( more ) It had been suggested that the during the first 2 days the competitors had seen everything that Buenos Aires had to offer but on the third day the wind was different yet again - lesson 3! ......( more ) Day 2 of the 2017 South American windsurfing championships and Buenos Aires river delta is revealing more of its secrets. It was a beautiful but very tricky day with light wind and strong current. ......( more ) Club Nautico San Isidro, venue of 2017 South American Windsurfing Championship, and the 2018 Youth Olympic Games Regatta, welcomed all with testing conditions. Light winds in the morning turned into a breezy afternoon that challenged all. ......( more ) Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Techno 293 Class Association held on Thursday 26 October 2017 at Club Nautic Salou have now been published. The agenda for the 2017 Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 26th October at Club Nautic Salou, Tarragona, ESP, has now been published. The 2017 AGM will take place during the forthcoming Worlds in Salou, Spain - and is scheduled for Thursday 26th October.......( more ) 167 sailors from 31 countries participated in the Techno293Plus World Championships in Quiberon France - the first of the qualification events for the Youth Olympic Games.......( more ) A title that sums up the Techno293Plus Open fleet. A fleet dominated by Japanese sailors, who turned up in numbers here in Quiberon. ......( more ) It was not an easy day for the Race Committee and the sailors, but the trouble ahead could not have been foreseen.......( more ) Today all fleets managed to get two races in although the wind lasted only until noon and then never came back. It's a World championship and it's never easy. The first day started with a fight, but unfortunately it was a fight of frontal wind against the usual sea breeze that appears here normally. That caused some delay and the scheduled starts had to be postponed until the late afternoon........( more ) If you want to win gold medal at Olympic Games like Faustine Merret, who officially opened this championship, did in Athens, the best place to start is here in Quiberon. ......( more ) Patrik Pollak has produced a stunning 2017 calendar for the Bic Techno 293 Class. Have you downloaded yours yet? The past six days have seen some red hot windsurfing competition on the waters of Lake Garda, as the T293 and T293 Plus World Championships touched down in Torbole, Italy. Known the world over as an ideal venue for top class windsurfing, Torbole certainly presented some challenges for the competitors but in the end more than lived up to its reputation.......( more ) A busy fourth day of races in Garda Trentino today, with a shining sun and beautiful 14 knots south wind, the well-known Ora of the northern Garda Lake. Finals started with very intensive but funny races for competitors.......( more ) "I think the windsurfing movement is growing everywhere in all the world." That's the opinion of windsurfing legend and four time Olympic medallist Allesandra Sensini who was at the opening of the T293 and T293 Plus World Championships in Torbole, Italy. ......( more ) Low cloud and mizzle has greeted day two and there is little wind for racing at the 11th World Championship for the biggest windsurfing class, Bic Techno 293, at Circolo Surf Torbole, Garda Trentino ......( more ) Just 3 days to go to the biggest event of the decade! The Techno 293 and Techno 293 Plus Worlds organised by Circolo Surf Torbole, Garda Trentino.......( more ) The agenda for the 2016 Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 27th October at Circolo Surf Torbole, Italy, has now been published The world's very best young windsurfers are set to descend upon the Northern shore of Lake Garda between the 22nd and 29th of October, as the tenth annual Techno 293 World Championships touch down in Torbole, Italy, along with the Techno 293 Plus World Championships.......( more ) The road to the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be a global adventure for the best young speedsters with a continental qualification system deciding which nations will send sailors to Argentina in October 2018.......( more ) The 2016 AGM will take place during the forthcoming Worlds in Torbole Sul Garda, Tentino, Italy - and is scheduled for Thursday 27th October.......( more ) This year Sopot hosted the very first European Championship of the new Youth Olympic windsurfing class, the Techno293 Plus. 46 competitors from 13 countries competed in the regatta. During the five days of racing the race committee managed to conduct all 15 planned races including a marathon race and slalom. Proving that the class is versatile and suitable for different race formats. ......( more ) Two races were held in the Ergo Hestia Techno293 Plus European Championships in Sopot today. Not many changes in the podium places, but sailors preferring light wind conditions were on top today.......( more ) A beautiful day today in Sopot. Perfect windsurfing conditions allowed for the fleet to complete two course races and a marathon alongside the beaches of Sopot. Racing has started today for the 46 competitors from 13 countries, including three non-European countries, at the Techno 293 Plus European Championships hosted by Sopot Sailing Club, Poland. ......( more ) Sailing is in for thrills and spills at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games with sailors to compete across five of the fastest classes around. President of the Circolo Surf Torbole, Armando Bronzetti, is looking forward to welcoming competitors to the Techno 293 World Championships to be held in Torbole in October with the support of Ingarda, Trentino Marketing and the Municipality of Nago-Torbole. ......( more ) Sopocki Klub Zeglarski (SKZ) in Sopot, Poland, will host "back-to-back" European Championships this July for the Techno 293 (T293) Association. ......( more ) The Annual General Meeting of the Techno 293 Class held in Cagliari on Thursday 29 October 2015 unanimously approved the Class Rules and Championship Rules for T293+. An application to become an ISAF Class will be made in November 2016. Meanwhile a full calendar of events is planned for the new class in 2016. The inaugural European Championships will take place in Sopot, Poland, from 17th to 22nd July 2016. 8. Techno 293 Plus |
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