Canadian 49er team · Campaigning for the LA 2028 Olympics 44°13′N 76°29′W → 33°44′N 118°16′W

Two sailors. One skiff. Los Angeles 2028.

Casey Law and Hunter Hoy, a Canadian 49er crew training out of Kingston, Ontario and campaigning for the LA 2028 Games.

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Part 1 · The sport

Olympic sailing is a race where the only engine is the wind. The 49er is its most spectacular boat: a five metre skiff, two sailors hanging off trapeze wires, and a gennaker that powers it past 40 km/h. It takes years to sail one well and one bad manoeuvre to swim. For the next 0 days we’re sailing it as fast as we can, all the way to Los Angeles.

Part 1 · The boat

4.99 metres of controlled chaos.

Introduced as an Olympic class at the Sydney 2000 Games. Both crew hang off trapeze wires and use their bodyweight to balance the boat. It carries three sails: a square-top mainsail, a self-tacking jib, and a gennaker that is hoisted for the downwind legs and dropped for the upwind ones.

Length
4.99 m
Height, mast
8.1 m
Top speed
44 km/h
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Part 1 · The race course

How a race works.

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Every race starts with a five-minute countdown. From the gun, it’s a battle to finish the course fastest, just like F1, except there are only two laps. Crews plan their route around whatever Mother Nature throws at them: wind shifts, waves and current are just a few examples.

    Part 1 · The team

    Casey and Hunter’s roles.

    Casey Law
    01 / Helm

    Casey Law

    Raced for the Hong Kong national team for ten years, from Optimists through the 29er to the 49er, before transferring to Team Canada, with nine World Championships along the way. Partway through a double degree in Financial Engineering and Business Management, he has taken time out from university to focus full time on qualifying for the Olympics.

    Role
    Steering and strategy
    Controls
    The rudder, the jib upwind and the mainsail downwind
    • 29er national champion2021
    • 29er Europeans, 6th of 1652022
    • Joined Team Canada2026
    Hunter Crew Casey Helm
    Downwind
    Hunter Hoy
    02 / Crew

    Hunter Hoy

    A Canadian athlete competing in the 49er since 2021, he crewed through the last Olympic cycle and finished second in the Canadian internal Olympic nomination trials, one step from Paris. Now on the cusp of graduating with a Biophysics degree, it’s time to make a full speed run for LA 2028.

    Role
    Speed and balance
    Controls
    The kicker and cunningham, the mainsheet upwind and the gennaker downwind
    • 49er Canadian Development Squad Athlete2024–2025
    • Canadian Olympic trials, 2nd2024
    • Voile Québec Athlète élite de l’année2024
    Hunter Crew Casey Helm
    Upwind tack
    Part 1 · Track record

    A combined 20 years of
    competitive sailing.

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      Hunter · CrewResult
        Part 1 · Media

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