Weymouth, Great Britain and Hyères, France have been named as the European venues for the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup series.
The selection of Weymouth and Hyères adds to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup line-up which kicks off in Melbourne, Australia in December 2014 before visiting Miami, USA in January 2015. With the best Olympic class sailors competing for a place at the Final in Abu Dhabi in November 2015 the stage is set for intense racing.
Weymouth - home of the 2012 Olympics
Weymouth and Hyères will welcome the best sailors in the world across the ten Olympic events with the possible inclusion of kiteboarding events to be confirmed at a later date.
Scheduled for the last week of April 2015, ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères will be the first regatta to adopt the new 40 boat per event format (25 for the Skiff events). The qualification system will be published in August detailing how those 40 boats will be selected. Qualification regattas in Europe are set to be Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma de Mallorca, Spain – for Hyères – and the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands – for Weymouth.
Returning to the London 2012 Olympic waters, ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth will take place with racing between 10-14 June.
