2015 ISAF SWC Hyeres - Preview

The Australian Sailing Team will compete in full force at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères, which gets underway in France on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 (22-26 April 2016). See preview here: http://www.australiansailing.org/ast-starts-european-olympic-and-paralympic-selection-season-at-2015-isaf-sailing-world-cup-hyeres/ This Olympic and Paralympic class regatta is the first major event on the road to Rio 2016 selection and the third of five 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup series events that lead up to the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi later this year. Top results at the key international regattas are required to be named in the Australian Sailing Team and to be nominated for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic teams. The Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) qualified a total of eighteen boats in nine classes of the ten Olympic class events, and are also entered with three boats in the two Paralympic class events contested in Hyères. Follow the Team via @AusSailingTeam #AusSailing on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. www.australiansailing.org