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The 470 is an Olympic Class for both Men & Women for the 2004 Games in Athens. It is a two person, single trapeze boat that is sailed throughout the world.

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Show news 505, OK & 470 Australian Nationals Overall
Mal Higgins and Jesse Mitton take out Australian 5o5 title in style
Posted on 24 Jan 505, OK & 470 Australian Nationals Days 3 & 4
The fleet woke to a scorching day with land temperatures reaching 40c
Posted on 22 Jan 505, OK & 470 Australian Nationals Days 1 & 2
A couple of SailGP sailors could not resist the temptation to wriggle into their trapeze harnesses
Posted on 21 Jan Kieler Woche boosts top regatta program for 2026
Olympic classes will once again form a single unit in the first half of the week
Posted on 20 Jan North Sails Welcomes Olympian Dave Hughes Back
Olympian, World Champion returns to lead our One Design program across North America
Posted on 20 Jan World Sailing Championships 2027 Test Event NoR
Notice of Race published ahead of event in Gdynia
Posted on 19 Jan 470 Class Europeans for mixed crews
Europe's best 470 sailors set for Vilamoura in March
Posted on 11 Jan US Sailing Olympic Sailing Leadership Restructure
Molly Vandemoer appointed as Director of Olympic Sailing
Posted on 5 Jan 470 Class Sailing Season Review
General recap of the sailing season - key events of the year
Posted on 27 Dec 2025 World Sailing invites bids to host LA28 Qualifiers
And future Youth and Women's Match Racing Worlds
Posted on 22 Dec 2025 Australian Sailing Team for 2026 named
Bringing together familiar faces and an exciting new wave of athletes
Posted on 18 Dec 2025 Sailing Grand Slam publishes 2026 Notice of Race
Full series of Olympic-class events after a successful pilot season in 2025
Posted on 5 Dec 2025 Sail Melbourne delivers world-class racing
A classic Port Phillip challenge for Australia's best
Posted on 30 Nov 2025 Sail Brisbane 2025 Set to Shine
In Partnership with Australian Sailing
Posted on 28 Nov 2025 Australian Sailing Team set for Sail Melbourne
Home-grown stars and international talent converge
Posted on 26 Nov 2025 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca example of success
Ferran Muniesa participated as a speaker at the Yacht Racing Forum
Posted on 25 Nov 2025 LA28 kicks off with kites
Men's and Women's Kite will be the first medals decided, on 19 July 2028
Posted on 13 Nov 2025 Pivot on this
I despise the way ‘pivot' got used as many times as those wretched QR codes...
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Matt Allen AM on Brisbane 2032, World Sailing, and of course, the 80th Sydney to Hobart
Posted on 17 Oct 2025 The Winner-Takes-All Race
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Posted on 14 Oct 2025 Bulwarks and Bulldust – Show 3 Season 3
Australian Sailing's new CEO, Mal Page OAM, sits in the Captain's Chair to detail his vision...
Posted on 9 Oct 2025 Australia's 1980 Olympic Sailing Team Reunites
A gathering marked by reflection, reconciliation, and long-overdue recognition
Posted on 1 Oct 2025 Crossroads Moment for Olympic Sailing
Many changes to scoring over the last 20 years - it looks like it's all going to change again
Posted on 29 Sep 2025 Fortaleza World Sailing Championships announced
Test event in January 2026, and the real thing in January 2027
Posted on 23 Sep 2025 Sailing's Lost Olympic Dream
Honouring the 1980 Yachting Team
Posted on 30 Jul 2025 Antonia & Georgia Lewin-LaFrance 1pt from podium
In the 49er FX class at the Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta
Posted on 21 Jul 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta day 4
ILCA 6 & 7, Men's & Women's Formula Kite and 470 Mixed Teams Wrap Up
Posted on 17 Jul 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta day 3
Mother Nature teases the competitors
Posted on 15 Jul 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta day 2
Classic Long Beach conditions return
Posted on 14 Jul 2025 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta kicks off
The first week of the OCR includes five Olympic classes
Posted on 14 Jul 2025
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470s sailing in the last edition of the Lanzarote International Regatta
© Sailing Energy 470 Class European Championship 2026 for mixed crews
© International 470 Class Association 470 fleet
© International 470 Class Association 470 World Championship podium
© Szymon Sikora SEA Games 2025 - Navee Thamsoontorn and Nichapa Waiwai
© International 470 Class Association Celebrating 50 Years of the 470 in the Olympic Games – Anniversary in 2026
© International 470 Class Association Marta Cardona Alcántara – Young World Sailor of the Year!
© World Sailing Polish Championships in Gdynia
© International 470 Class Association Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels
© Sailing Energy In the 470 just recently with Nick Behrans (Sail No. 33)
© Adrian Finglas Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta
© Simone Staff Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta - 470 Mixed: Gold, Justin Callahan & Lara Dallman-Weiss (USA); Silver, Nikole Barnes & Ryan Squire (USA); Bronze, Neil Marcelllini & Naomi Lowenthal (USA)
© Simone Staff 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta - Day 3
© Simone Staff 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta - Day 2
© Simone Staff 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta - Day 2
© Simone Staff 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta
© Simone Staff 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta
© Simone Staff Up and away: Great Britain's Martin Wrigley/Bettine Harris went into the final day in yellow jersey and also won the final medal race
© Sascha Klahn / Kieler Woche Winner of the medal race and overall at Kieler Woche Sailing Grand Slam 2025 in the 470: Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris from Great Britain
© Sascha Klahn / Kieler Woche After initial difficulties, Spanish 470 world champions Jordi Xammar Hernandez and Marta Cardona Alcántara show off their skills in the Sailing Grand Slam at Kieler Woche
© Sascha Klahn/Kieler Woche Wrigley/Harry (GBR) dominate the 470 competition in the Sailing Grand Slam at Kieler Woche
© Sascha Klahn / Kieler Woche Theresa Löffler and Christopher Hoerr were the best Germans in the 470 and moved up to fourth place at Kiel Week
© Christian Beeck / Kieler Woche The performance of Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris on the first two 470 days of Kieler Woche, the third event in the five-part Sailing Grand Slam, was impeccable
© Christian Beeck / Kieler Woche 2025 Lypo-C Enoshima Olympic Week
© Junichi Hirai 2025 Lypo-C Enoshima Olympic Week
© Junichi Hirai 2025 Lypo-C Enoshima Olympic Week
© Junichi Hirai Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort (GER) - 56th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères
© Sailing Energy / FFVOILE / SOF 56th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères - Day 5
© Sailing Energy / FFVOILE 56th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères day 4
© Sailing Energy 56th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères day 3
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