Para World Sailing News

Ahead of the 2018 Para World Sailing Championships this September, World Sailing will run a Paralympic Development Program (PDP) clinic that will be open to sailors to participate in.

Sheboygan, USA will host the 2018 Para World Sailing Championships this September and sailor preparations are well underway after the first Paralympic Development Program (PDP) clinic of 2018 was held in Malcesine, Italy.

World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has chosen the Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club, Scotland, to host the Blind Match Racing World Championship from 1 - 7 September 2018. It is expected that the world's top visually-impaired sailors will travel to the Helensburgh-based sailing club to compete.

Eighteen sailors', coaches and Member National Authority (MNA) representatives have registered for the next Paralympic Development Program (PDP) in Malcesine, Italy, from 8-13 May 2018.

The Notice of Race for the 2018 Para World Sailing Championships, in Sheboygan, USA, is now available to download. The Para Worlds will take place from 16 - 22 September.

Following World Sailing's expression of interest to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to be included in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Sports Programme, the sport has been approved to proceed to the next stage of the application process.

World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has officially expressed an interest to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to be included in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Sports Programme.

From 16-22 September 2018, the US Sailing Center of Sheboygan in Sheboygan, USA will host the 2018 edition of the Para World Sailing Championships.

From 12-14 October 2017, nine boats from five nations raced in the Hansa 303 at the European Para Youth Games out of Corso Italia, Genoa, Italy.

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