News Archive

Australia’s first Byte Regatta By Andrew Short, Adelaide , 10:20 PM Tue 30 Apr 2013
The Adelaide International Regatta and SA Youth Champs were held over a hot long weekend last month, hosted by the Adelaide Sailing Club. Thanks to supporters, Tim at XSP and Emma at The Sailing Shop the Byte CII’s enjoyed a great family competition with Moltas Engström from Sweden winning both the AIR regatta and the SA Youth Champs. ...[more]

UK Byte Nationals By , Australia , 12:31 PM Fri 8 Mar 2013
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The next amazing singlehanded class, the Byte CII By Media Services, , 4:36 AM Fri 1 Mar 2013
If you keep up with Olympic sailing, the push toward high performance, more technical, and faster classes is more obvious than ever. The sailing world is rapidly pushing once great classes like the Star and Yngling to the side in order to make room for faster, lighter, and more aesthetically pleasing boats like the 49er FX and the Nacra 17. ...[more]

2013 Byte C2 World Champs & Youth Olympic Games Open Qualifier By PSA, Australia , 10:26 AM Thu 21 Feb 2013
2013 Byte C2 World Champs & Youth Olympic Games Open Qualifier ...[more]

Nanjing 2014 spots up for grabs at Byte CII and Techno 293 Worlds 2013 By ISAF, , 3:22 AM Thu 6 Dec 2012
The Byte CII dinghy and Techno 293 windsurfer have now released the dates of their 2013 World Championships which will be the first world qualification events for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. The inaugural Youth Olympic Games, Singapore 2010, offered young sailors, aged 15-16, moving up from the Optimist and junior classes an experience like no other at the pinnacle multi-sport event. ...[more]

The Byte CII moves towards Youth Olympics 2014 By John Curnow, 9:46 AM Mon 29 Oct 2012
Ordinarily, you would not get too fussed by 80. However, in regards to Canadian Ian Bruce and the single handed Byte CII dinghy, there’s more than enough reason to get a tad inspired. ...[more]

ISAF Youth Worlds - US Virgin Island 420 sailors head to Dublin By ISAF, , 8:52 AM Fri 6 Jul 2012
The Four Star Pizza ISAF Youth Sailing Youth World Championships are set to take place from 12-21 July in Dublin Ireland. A strong U.S. Virgin Islands team in the 420 Boys and Girls classes, will head to Dublin to compete in the event. Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Byte CII gold medallist Ian Barrows (ISV) will make his ISAF Youth Worlds debut in the 420 boys alongside Ian Coyle. ...[more]

Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games equipment selection announced By ISAF, 11:35 PM Mon 4 Jun 2012
Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games equipment selection has been announced by ISAF. The Techno 293 windsurfer and the Byte CII dinghy have been chosen as equipment for the four sailing events in China. ...[more]

Byte CII lifts in profile in North America By Jake Fish, 7:28 AM Thu 10 May 2012
US Sailing, the National Governing Body of the sport, have announced that they have come to terms on a multi-year sponsorship deal with Zim Sailing, a North American manufacturer of one-design sailboats. The Byte CII sail boat is to be used for the U.S. Singlehanded Championships and Chubb U.S. Junior Championships. ...[more]

10 NA and Caribbean countries already signed for YOG Qualifier By Byte Class Association, Australia , 4:18 AM Sat 11 Dec 2010
Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and the US Virgin Islands are already on board for the CII North American Championship and the NA and Caribbean Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Qualifier coming up March 10 - 15. Four more countries are working on the logistics for a team. ...[more]

European Youth Olympic Qualifier - Batho and Piasecka victorious By Byte Class Association, Australia , 12:04 AM Wed 1 Dec 2010
Byte CII European Championship and YOG Qualifier - 76 competitors from 30 countries completed 10 races, sailed over four days, in a huge variety of wind and weather conditions. Peter Batho of Hungary won the Men's Division of the Byte CII European Championship and Sara Natasza Piasecka of Poland won the Women's Championship. ...[more]

Italy's Gallo victorious at the 2010 Byte Europeans By Byte Class Association, Australia , 11:02 PM Mon 5 Jul 2010
The international world of sailing was well represented at this weekend's Byte Europeans, held at Fraglia Vela Riva, Italy. Athletes were competing from Italy, Finland, Hungary, Singapore, Norway, Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Switzerland, Brazil, Netherlands Antilles, Portugal, Denmark, Poland and San Marino. ...[more]

Owen Siese wins youth Olympic berth By Byte Class Association, Australia , 11:08 PM Sun 4 Jul 2010
15-year-old Owen Siese won the right to represent Bermuda at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Sailing on Sunday, the final day of the four-day YOG Selection Trials. The Trials were run by the Byte Class of Bermuda in the Great Sound and hosted by the Spanish Point Boat Club. Owen was able to beat out five other hopefuls with a strong performance throughout the trial’s 16 races, which were sailed ...[more]

$1 CII Charters at CORK 2010 By Byte Class Association, Australia , 11:54 PM Mon 19 Apr 2010
$1 Byte CII charters available for CORK International Regatta, August 16-19, 2010, POH, Kingston, Canada. To be eligible for the charter you must be a 2010 member of the Byte Class International Association and live at least a 2-day drive away from Kingston, ON. ...[more]

Video coverage of the 2010 Youth Olympic European Qualifier By Byte Class Association, Australia , 11:52 PM Sun 18 Apr 2010
Icarus Sailing Media has created outstanding video summaries of the 2010 CII European Junior Olympic Qualifier. ...[more]

First CII World Championship sailed in separate male and female fleets By Byte Class, Australia , 3:46 AM Mon 12 Apr 2010
All Byte regattas, and not just the World's, are sailed as an open event. However, as this was an important qualifier, it was decided to split the fleet to avoid any possible chance of a sailor being prejudiced. This raised the question of who should be declared the World Champion as both male and female have won in the past. ...[more]

SIN and FIN share top honours at 2010 Byte CII Worlds in Cannes By Byte Class Association, Australia , 11:20 PM Sun 11 Apr 2010
For the first time ever at Byte Worlds, the male and female fleets raced separately and two individual World Champions were crowned. Darren Choy of Singapore became the first athlete to win back-to-back Byte World Titles, winning the 2010 Male World Championships. Niki Blassar of Finland is the new 2010 Female World Champion. ...[more]

Darren Choy and Niki Blassar share honours at the Byte CII Worlds By Byte Class, Australia , 2:11 PM Sun 11 Apr 2010
Darren Choy of Singapore won what turned out to be the final race of the Championship when the final two scheduled races were abruptly cancelled as the wind suddenly built to 30 knots in a matter of minutes during the starting sequence for the third race and was soon followed by crashing seas. ...[more]

Byte CII Worlds 2010 - Lara Vadlau top female - Choy stretches lead By Byte Class, Australia , 4:02 AM Sat 10 Apr 2010
Competition at the Byte CII World Championship today started off looking much the same as the previous two days that were scrubbed for lack of wind and there was concern that, maybe, the minimum four races to constitute a Championship would not get sailed. Then, about 11:00 am, it slowly started to build and the RC got off a very short Race 4 to make sure they got in the crucial fourth race! ...[more]

Byte CII Worlds day 3 - Sun, sun and more sun - but alas no wind By Byte Class Association, Australia , 3:03 AM Fri 9 Apr 2010
At the Byte CII World Championship, Cannes continued under the influence of a large area of high pressure and no races were sailed for the second day in a row. Positions are from day one. As with yesterday, the Yacht Club reporter continued speaking with the coaches and one of those interviews is printed below with the Polish coach Andrzej Piasecki. ...[more]

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