Launching off the beach into the warm azure waters off Haifa Bay, the 2015 470 World Championships got underway today in Israel.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and Rolex are pleased to announce five male and five female nominees for the 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards.

Adam Minoprio is a past ISAF Match Racing World Champion on the 2009 World Match Racing Tour but hasn't sailed a regatta this year. Today he made an emphatic statement on his return to the helm.

The Semi Finals of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup features a past World Match Racing Tour champion, a two-time runner-up, a 12-time entrant and a young gun aiming to upset the balance.

Drama and world class racing are on the cards as teams battle for 470 World Championship glory and the all-critical nation qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games.

Keith Swinton's Black Swan Racing from Australia and Chris Steele's 36 Below Racing from New Zealand have advanced to the Quarter Finals at the 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event on the 2015 World Match Racing Tour.

Entries for the Sailing World Cup Melbourne are now open marking the first step toward the 2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup final.

With six of the eight Quarter Finalists set at the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event of the 2015 World Match Racing Tour, all eyes are on the Repechage to see which two crews will join the action slated for Saturday.