Panerai British Classic Week – Sailing in the Wind and Rain
Heavy rain and strong winds were the order of day 3 at Panerai British Classic Week in Cowes, but two terrific round the cans Solent races were completed… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK...
View ArticleCreating Opportunities for Women
Through an initiative by the US Sailing Match Racing to promote match racing among women, the San Francisco Bay Women’s Match Race Clinic and Grade 5 Regatta on July 7 to 9 attracted 36 female sailors...
View Article470 World Championship 2017 – Light winds, wide open
The 2017 470 World Championship is being sailed on the Bay of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, and after the five race qualifying series, the Australian dual Olympic 470 medalist Mat Belcher says this...
View ArticleRS Aeros at the High Sierra Regatta at Huntington Lake Ca.
In race two, Doug got it together for the win. Tom neglected to cover Buff on the last beat and she found pressure to take second. In race three, Tom was able to navigate the brutal, fluky conditions...
View ArticleFrancis Joyon smashes Solo North Atlantic record
Francis Joyon smashes Solo North Atlantic record with a race time of 5 days, 2 hours and 7 minutes… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleTranspac – Lauren Easley’s view of Comanche’s record breaking finish
Photographer Lauren Easley was in the air and on the dock for the first monohull the supermaxi Comanche to finish the 2017 Transpac. Comanche, skippered by Ken Read to took line honours and set a new...
View ArticleProspector Sets New Marblehead-Halifax Race Record
Racing Shelter Island based mini maxi Prospector set a new record in the 112th edition of the Marblehead-Halifax Race… For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleFinals begin at 470 World Championships
Thessaloniki, Greece (July 12, 2017) – The final series for the 470 World Championships got underway today in lighter winds, with no let-up in the performance of Anton Dahlberg/Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE)...
View Article“State-Sized” Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
Did you feel the ocean ripple a little in the last 24 hours? It might have been a floating ice shelf named Larson C, which scientists confirmed broke off Antarctica on Wednesday and is now being called...
View ArticleCountdown to Chicago Mackinac Race
The 109th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac has 301 entrants preparing for 289.4 course from the Chicago Lighthouse, just off Navy Pier, to Mackinac Island. Considered to be the oldest annual...
View ArticleSmallest winner crowned at IRC European Championship
In practice entries ranged from 31 footers to TP52s, with IRC, the rating rule of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and UNCL, creating a level playing field for all… For the rest of the story from...
View Articleways and means
Artie Means (second from left) navigated the Mighty Merloe to am all-time elapsed time record in this year’s Transpac. We caught up him for a brief interview. SA: Tell people a little about yourself...
View ArticleF-18 World Championships – Hendrickx and Olyslager take lead
After the second day of racing at the F-18 World Championships in Denmark, Hendrickx Philip and Olyslager Filip (BEL) lead by three points… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleJ/80 World Championship – First win for Patience
Luke Patience (GBR) took his first race win, to move up to second place behind Spain’s Rayco Tabares (ESP) who retaines his lead in the J/80 World Championship… For the rest of the story from Sail Web...
View ArticleNovoselov’s ‘Victor’ commands 2017 Melges 20 European Championship
Boiling temperatures, light winds and great aggression – these were the key elements of opening day at the 2017 Melges 20 European Championship taking place in Sibenik, Croatia… For the rest of the...
View ArticleVolvo Hong Kong to Vietnam Race 2017 – max international interest
International entries from seven countries mark the first sign ups for the eighth Hong Kong to Vietnam Race; the 673nm predominantly downwind run to Nha Trang Beach, Vietnam. Racing kicks off on 18...
View ArticleTranspac Race: Battle of the Barn Door
(July 12, 2017) – With the four speedsters having finished the Transpac Race, and now taken the best docks, hotel rooms, and race fans, the focus of today was for the city of Honolulu to refurbish...
View ArticleRio 100 recovering from damaged rudder, fighting to the finish
At 0015 Sunday July 9th we struck an unseen submerged object at a speed of 18-20 knots. We believe that it first struck the keel, then ran along the portside, until it struck the port rudder. The...
View Article470 Worlds – Day 3 – Young Australians move up the leader board
Another good day for the Australian squad, sailing on Thessaloniki Bay in northern Greece at the 2017 470 World Championships, with two young crews working their way steadily up their fleets… For the...
View ArticleComanche finish by drone
Comanche at the 2017 Transpac Race finish, setting the new monohull course record at 5 days 1:55:26. Drone video by Dylan DiMarchi.
View ArticleDragon Edinburgh Cup – Day 2 – Martin Payne new leader
Day 2 of the Dragon Edinburgh Cup at Cowes, produced light airs, brightening skies and a new leader, with Martin Payne going six points clear of Hoj-Jensen… For the rest of the story from Sail Web...
View ArticleF18 Worlds 2017 @Vallensbaek: Day 3, Breeze On
7th Race Gold Fleet being held in around 16knots. First Top mark : Northtrop followed closely by Mischa, FRA 96 and ARG Cruz & Mariano. 7th Gold FInal positions: NED 007, GBR 51, ARG 1912 Breeze...
View ArticleWhat is Wakestyle?
Craig Cunningham talks about wakestyle kiteboarding, why it is at the cutting edge of kiteboarding, and why it is being used to develop equipment, tune performance, and ride at the top of the game....
View ArticleThree’s NOT a crowd
When three’s not a crowd! This is the first time we have had all three sailors trapezing on the SuperFoiler and we are excited at just how much extra performance it gives… check it out above
View ArticleSkunked at Farr 40 World Championship
Porto Cervo, Italy (July 13, 2017) – Racing was abandoned for the first day of racing at the 20th edition of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship as the Mistral breezes that were forecast kicked in as...
View ArticleNext wave of finishers nears in Transpac
Among the front-runners it looks as though Manouch Moshayedi’s Rio 100’s hold on the Barn Door Trophy for being the first-to-finish monohull sailing without powered assistance in the sailing systems is...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup – Emirates Team NZ complete tour of main centres
Emirates Team New Zealand have finished their America’s Cup Victory Tour with a final parade in chilly Dunedin in the lower South Island. With New Zealand currently being lashed by the worst storm of...
View ArticleRC44 crews cross fingers for a single-hulled 36th America’s Cup
In the interests of equality, we polled two Italian tacticians and two New Zealand ones to get their views on what might happen and what should happen in this next chapter in America’s Cup history… For...
View Articleprevailing
Being There More than a week into Transpac, the Santa Cruz 50 and 52 division is spread out by mere miles with most of the fleet having taken their first long hitches onto a port pole and beginning to...
View ArticleSolo Nationals – New winner, same leader
Oliver Wells from the Northampton SC was winner of Race 9 of the Solo Nationals taking place at the Royal Torbay YC, but Cumbley hit back in race 10… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleExtreme Sailing Series™ set for spectacular Barcelona debut
Following its crowd-pleasing inauguration at Act 3 in Madeira Islands two weeks ago, the Flying Phantom Series returns as part of the on-water line-up, alongside the GC32 Stadium Racing… For the rest...
View ArticleAll Systems Go for Lake Ontario 300
Despite extreme high-water conditions, 97 teams are ready to take on what Lake Ontario has to offer in the annual Lake Ontario 300 Challenge this weekend. The 300 nmn course is regarded as one of the...
View ArticleTour de France à la Voile – Champions Bounce Back in Jullouville
Lorina Limonade, the team which dominated last year’s round France circuit, winning the event with an Act to spare, misfired in Dunkirk – notably having to retire during the Qualification Series with...
View ArticleLet the Better Technology Win
by Cory E. Friedman “Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.” – Winston S. Churchill. I hope Emirates Team New Zealand isn’t paying attention to Scuttlebutt letters to date on the future of the...
View ArticleTranspac Race: Closing the Barn Door
Honolulu, HI (July 13, 2017) – In the pre-dawn hours this morning, Manouch Moshayedi’s Bakewell-White-designed Rio 100 crossed the finish line at Diamond Head to be the first-to-finish monohull without...
View ArticleTesting Conditions at Optimist Worlds
Pattaya, Thailand (July 13, 2017) – Top youth sailors from the 62 countries participating in the Optimist World Championship 2017 took to the waters in an long-awaited start to what will be eight days...
View ArticleKiwi Going for the Triple Crown
by Dana Johannsen, New Zealand Herald Blair Tuke has confirmed his bid for sailing’s triple crown, signing with Spanish team MAPFRE for the upcoming edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. Just three weeks...
View Article470 World Championships – ‘Tomorrow is the day’
Just one race was completed in the Gold fleets, with scattered results for the regatta leaders. Three races are scheduled to complete the series, ahead of Saturday’s medal race, and in the words of...
View ArticleNOOD Turns 30 in 2018
Sailing World magazine’s annual sailboat racing circuit, the National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta Series, will celebrate its 30th season in 2018 as it returns to the country’s top sailing...
View ArticleVIDEO: J Class Bermuda 2017
America’s Cup J Class Regatta 2017 on June 16, 19, and 20 in Bermuda. For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!
View ArticleMighty Merloe’s Transpac Record Teaser
HL Enloe and the crew of the ORMA 60 trimaran Mighty Merloe crossed the finish line on July 10 of the 49th Transpac Race, beating all entrants and eclipsing the 20 year old multihull record of Bruno...
View ArticleCumbley is 2017 Solo UK National Champion
Charlie Cumbley did all that was necessary in the penultimate race of the Solo UK National Championships to secure the 2017 title… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleBlair Tuke targets the Triple Crown
New Zealand’s Blair Tuke is joining MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2017-18, and could become the first sailor in history to win the ‘Triple Crown’ of an Olympic gold medal, the America’s Cup and the...
View Articlethe future is now
If you’re a parent, a grandparent, or a junior sailor, the Secor Volvo Fishers Island Sound Race has got to make you smile. 100 kids from all over the Northeast, racing their 420s on oddball...
View ArticleCheeki Rafiki boss avoids manslaughter charges
Hampshire, England (July 14, 2017) – A jury trying a company boss over the deaths of four people on board the Cheeki Rafiki yacht has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts on manslaughter...
View ArticleOops, I Did It Again
As the Wanderer pointed out to us, Francis Joyon, without really trying, broke the Transatlantic record. Joyon was returning solo from a...
View ArticleDamaged Rio100 Claims Barn Door
Despite limping along with a broken port rudder, Manouch Moshayedi’s Bakewell-White Rio100 claimed Barn Door honors in the Transpac, finishing on Thursday before dawn. The a...
View ArticleOptimist World Championship – Day 2 for the 281 entries
Youth sailors from 62 countries are taking part in the Optimist World Championship 2017 in Pattaya, Thailand – Early leader is Mic Sig Kos Mohr of Costa Rica… For the rest of the story from Sail Web...
View ArticleShocking Details Rumored for America’s Cup 36
During the latter stages of the recently completed 35th Americas Cup in Bermuda, the question wasn’t whether Emirates Team New Zealand was going to beat Oracle Team USA – they thrashed them 7-1 – but...
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