The best sailors in the world take aim at gold in Tokyo as the storied sport kicks off at the Olympics.
In the United States, Olympics sailing won’t be on TV anywhere, but you can watch the prelims and medal races for every event live or on-demand via NBCOlympics.com or the NBC Sports app.
You’ll need to log-in to a cable provider to watch through the NBC digital platforms, but if you don’t have cable or don’t have a cable log-in, here are some different ways you can still watch a live stream of Olympics sailing online:
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FuboTV
You can watch all NBC digital content (everything on the NBC Olympics website or NBC Sports app) with a subscription to FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Olympics sailing live or on-demand via the NBC Sports app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the NBC Olympics website.
You’ll need to log-in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can do that with your FuboTV credentials.
Sling TV
You can watch all NBC digital content (everything on the NBC Olympics website or NBC Sports app) with a subscription to Sling TV’s “Sling Blue” bundle. This option doesn’t include a free trial, but it’s the cheapest long-term streaming service, and you can get your first month (which will cover the entirety of the Olympics) for just $10:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch Olympics sailing live or on-demand on the NBC Sports app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the NBC Olympics website.
You’ll need to log-in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can do that with your Sling credentials.
AT&T TV
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” You can watch all NBC digital content (everything on the NBC Olympics website or NBC Sports app) via a subscription to any of them, and you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch Olympics sailing live or on-demand on the NBC Sports app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the NBC Olympics website.
You’ll need to log-in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can do that with your AT&T TV credentials.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch all NBC digital content (everything on the NBC Olympics website or NBC Sports app) with a subscription to Hulu With Live TV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch every Olympics sailing live or on-demand on the NBC Sports app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the NBC Olympics website.
You’ll need to log-in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can do that with your Hulu credentials.
Olympics Sailing Preview
Sailing has a storied history at the Olympics, becoming an official sport in 1900 and being in every Olympics since except one. There are a variety of events that the sailors compete in during the Olympics, including:
- RS:X – Windsurfer (Men/Women)
- Laser – One Person Dinghy (Men)
- Laser Radial – One Person Dinghy (Women)
- Finn – One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) (Men)
- 470 – Two Person Dinghy (Men/Women)
- 49er – Skiff (Men)
- 49er FX – Skiff (Women)
- Nacra 17 Foiling – Mixed Multihull
Here is a description of how the events work, per the Olympics official site:
Each event consists of a series of races. Points in each race are awarded according to position: the winner gets one point, the second-placed finisher scores two and so on. The final race is called the medal race, for which points are doubled. Following the medal race, the individual or crew with the fewest total points is declared the winner.
During races, boats navigate a course shaped like an enormous triangle, heading for the finish line after they contend with the wind from all three directions. They must pass marker buoys a certain number of times and in a predetermined order.
There will be over 350 competitors from 65 nations in Japan to participate in the sailing events.
“Like any Olympics, you’ve got to be ready for it all,” said Luther Carpenter, head coach of the US Sailing Team, per Scuttlebutt Sailing News. “We’ve been here for over a week and it’s been the same 6-11 knots [of wind] for our training each day. But [at the Test Event] in 2019, we had massive swells and waves for two or three weeks [at the same time of year], and we came home from that trip thinking that if you can’t deliver in heavy air and big waves, you’re not going to win. And so it’s kind of a cool venue in that regard and honestly I think a lot of us hope for a pretty wide palette of conditions. That would create medalists from this games who are complete sailors and who rose to meet all challenges.”
All-time medals count in sailing
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 28 | 19 | 11 | 58 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | United States (USA) | 19 | 23 | 18 | 60 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 17 | 11 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 13 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 12 | 9 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
| 9 | New Zealand (NZL) | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
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