15/01/2021
⚠ : MIXED OFFSHORE WORLD SERIES STARTS TEST RUN IN COOPERATION WITH TWO WORLD CUPS (SOF HYÈRES AND PRINCESS SOFIA PALMA WEEK) IN SPRING 2021 ⚠
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Double handed mixed sailing has had an explosive growth story in recent months. This new discipline, in which a man and a woman compete together in a 30-foot (about 10-meter) one-design racing yacht in 36-42-hour long-distance or coastal races, is gaining popularity around the world. Not least because the World Sailing – the government body of the sport of sailing – would like to include this discipline in the Olympic portfolio for Paris 2024. The IOC is expected to give its final approval in the coming months.
The Mixed Offshore World Series (MOWS) was founded to take up this development path of the new Olympic discipline and to give the teams, national federations and relevant talent promoting yacht clubs an entry opportunity into this new discipline. “Our goal is to give global teams a long-term perspective for top-level one-design offshore sailing events with our new event format,” says Oliver Schwall, founder and initiator of MOWS. “We want to organize up to 18 Coastal Races per year in the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean, and at the various stop-overs we also want to offer teams the additional opportunity to conduct individual training or even national qualifications.”
The MOWS have teamed up with the organizers of two well-known World Cups – the SOF Hyères (France) and the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma (Spain) and within this partnership the organizers will start both – the Mixed Offshore World Series and offer the Mixed Offshore discipline within the two World Cups.
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📷 credits: Team Winds
World Sailing Fédération Française de Voile Trofeo Princesa Sofía Iberostar
Double handed mixed sailing has had an explosive growth story in recent months. This new discipline, in which a man and a woman compete together in a 30-foot (about 10-meter) one-design racing yacht in 36-42-hour long-distance or coastal races, is gaining popularity around the world. Not least becau...