Where Women Sailors go to Learn
The Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA) will hold its 28th Annual Women’s Sailing Convention on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Corona del Mar, California....
View ArticleA-Class Australian Nats 2017: Foiling upwind
Photo: Darren Bundock flying upwind in Australia in back in Oct 26. – I wanted to confirm the onsite report from the Australian nats first hand, and Bundy confirmed he foil upwind during the races...
View ArticleVendée Globe: Upwind in the Atlantic
(January 2, 2017; Day 58, 18:21 FR) – In the ongoing upwind duel up the South Atlantic at the front of the Vendée Globe round the world race over the last 24 hours Alex Thomson has made a small but...
View ArticleVIDEO: Iceboats on Lake Kegonsa
The Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club held an informal fun regatta, The Grand Slam, on Lake Kegonsa near Madison, WI December 31, 2016-January 1, 2017. Five classes of iceboats competed on the first ice of the...
View ArticleMatch Racing Survey
A proposal has been made by the U.S. Match Racing Championships Committee (USMRCC), which organizes the Open, Women’s and Youth match racing qualifiers and championships, to require at least one female...
View ArticleRecord Setting Day for IDEC SPORT
(January 2, 2016; Day 18) – Francis Joyon (FRA) and his five crew on the 31.5m VPLP-designed trimaran IDEC SPORT had a record setting day in their bid win the Jules Verne Trophy for fastest outright...
View ArticleA-Class Australian Nats 2017: Images by Harrison Reitman
All images courtesy of Harrison Reitman. Glad he is there taking these greats pics showing the action of such a key event for the A-Class. Images above you can see Bundy leading to the top mark as...
View ArticleTRIVIA: Volvo Ocean Race
The Volvo Ocean Race begins again this year, so no time like the present to brush up on your history. How well do you know the world’s toughest race? • Roughly how many more Southern Ocean miles will...
View ArticleCadet Worlds – Harris and Wilkinson top leaderboard
A win in the final race of day 4 took Jamie Harris and Antonia Wilkinson back to the top of the leadeboard at the Cadet 2016 World Championships in Argentina… For the rest of the story from Sail Web...
View ArticleAnother WMRT back-to-back heads for Miami
This Easter will present a perfect opportunity to watch World class sailing if you get yourself out on Biscayne Bay in Miami. The venue will host not only one but two back-to-back World Match Racing...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Nor’easter
by Charles Fort, BoatU.S. Magazine This first cousin of a hurricane can pack a breathtaking punch. Treat this type of storm with great respect, and prep for it with a few simple precautions. October...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup – Emirates Team NZ win 28 day sailing blackout
In an deal, apparently brokered by the anonymous Arbitration Panel, the Protocol for the 35th America’s Cup has been modified to institute a 28 day blackout sailing period, beginning January 9, 2017....
View ArticleA-Class Australian Nats 2017: Brewin leads after 6 races
Image: Stevie Brewin foiling upwind by Harrison Reitman. More in a few mins, check his part 2 with more than 100 addtional pics of Day 1 at here 3 More races held today , and Steve Brewin dominated...
View ArticleIt’s Race Year
Racing the one design Volvo Ocean 65, the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race begins in Alicante, Spain in October 22 2017 with the final finish in The Hague, Netherlands in June 2018. In total, the Race will...
View ArticleFinn Class Media Reaching the World
When it comes to one design class promotion, Robert Deaves is the gold standard. We see a lot of racing fleets struggle to share their story, but what Deaves does for the Finn class explains why this...
View ArticleVendee Globe – Le Cléac’h set to increase lead
Armel Le Cléac’h on Banque Populaire VIII is likely be the first to sail in the Easterly trade winds, and could therefore increase his lead over Alex Thomson during the next 24 hours… For the rest of...
View ArticleAnother One Bites the Dust – The Super 12’s
A question posted on the Scuttlebutt Facebook page, ‘Is the Super 12 thing still happening?‘, had been on our mind too. The short answer is no, it’s not happening. But when something made as much noise...
View Articleafraid of americans
These kids flat out ripped it up! Title thanks to David Bowie and Trent Reznor. We were going to go with Young Americans but it just wasn’t edgy enough for us! For the rest of the story from Sailing...
View Articlethe new standard
Over the past few days there has been an absolutely amazing show of seamanship and blinding boat speed as Francis Joyon and his crew on IDEC have shredded the Southern Ocean setting a new record from...
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