After the opening day of the 2017 Para World Sailing Championships, held alongside Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) sailing festival, was blessed with gorgeous sunshine and a 7-9 knot breeze, albeit shifty, Thursday was a massive contrast.

What a difference a day makes at Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) sailing festival. On the opening day (Wednesday 21 June) of the Para World Sailing Championships in Kiel, Germany the Schilksee Olympic Centre was bathed in sunshine.

The Para World Sailing Championships kicked off yesterday, Wednesday 21 June, in Kiel, Germany. There will be fresh faces competing at the event though, thanks to World Sailing's Paralympic Development Program (PDP).

Light wind, tactical specialists came to the forefront on the opening day of racing at the 2017 Para World Sailing Championships as a challenging breeze tested the sailors.

On the morning of the first day of racing at the 2017 Para World Sailing Championships, the host city - Kiel, Germany - was soaked in sunshine as more than 80 sailors from 39 nations made the final preparations to their boats.

The Para World Sailing Championships have opened in Kiel, Germany with more than 80 sailors from 39 nations registered to sail across three classes.

A record 39 nations will sail at the 2017 Para World Sailing Championships in Kiel, Germany from 19-25 June 2017.

France's Damien Seguin is no stranger to being top of the fleet. Neither is he a stranger to the host city of the second regatta of Sailing's 2017 World Cup Series in Hyères, France.

On 28 March 2017, Sir Philip Craven, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President met with senior World Sailing officials, receiving an update on the progress the world governing body is making in its Para World Sailing Strategic Plan.

Entry is open for the 2017 Para Worlds in Kiel, Germany from 19-25 June 2017.

"Some day I will retire, but I will have a fleet of sailors behind me who will carry on the work!"

Argentina played host to World Sailing's first Paralympic Development Program (PDP) since launching its Para World Sailing Strategic Plan at the 2016 Annual Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

World Sailing is inviting all Member National Authorities to bid for the 2017 Para World Sailing Championship.

The future of Paralympic sailing will be mapped out at World Sailing's 2016 Annual Conference at the Para World Sailing Forum on Tuesday 8 November in Barcelona, Spain.

At the end of an abbreviated, jam-packed two-day regatta, Great Britain took the gold in the 2016 Blind Match Racing World Championship.

In a finale fitting on the setting, the Rio 2016 Paralympic Sailing Competition came to a spectacular close with the medals decided in front of a sell-out crowd lining the shores of Flamengo Beach.