Half Ton Classics Cup at Falmouth – Coastal Race
A quick update on the Henri Lloyd Half Ton Classics Cup at Falmouth where Paul Pullen’s Miss Whiplash was the eventual winner of the 40 mile Coastal Race… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK...
View ArticleWindless at Rio Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August 17, 2016) – After all the thrills of the previous day, perhaps it was inevitable the Olympic sailing competition would be a bit of a comedown today. Unfortunately, the...
View ArticleVIDEO: HydroFoil ProTour – San Francisco
The HydroFoil ProTour – San Francisco was the second stop of the tour this year, August 4-7, 2016. Here are some video highlights. Event Website Published on Aug 17, 2016 For the rest of the story from...
View ArticleAcross the Pacific
By Rob Windsor I’m sitting on a plane from San Francisco to Boston now. 12 hours ago I finished a delivery from Hawaii to San Francisco on the Swan 42 Elusive with one of my favorite people, Pat...
View ArticleOlympics Daily Debrief, Day 10 — Familiar Faces
Racing With no racing completed today, we’re looking back instead. Here’s how medalists from past Games are faring in Rio. With no racing completed today, we’re looking back instead. Here’s how...
View Articleton fun
How do you prove that a level rating formula works? A good way would be to take two top boats from that formula set them against each other in a decent breeze and see who comes out top. The formula I...
View ArticlePressure Cooked
Racing The twist and turns of the Atlantic Cup’s high-stress sprint from Charleston to Brooklyn leave the winning skippers exasperated. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleEmotional victory for Santi Lange & Cecilia Carranza Saroli
Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG) have won gold after a heart-stopping Medal Race in the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull. Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (AUS) took silver and bronze goes to...
View ArticleUS Sailing Medal Drought Ends
Thanks to Caleb Paine of San Diego, the American sailing team will not go home sans hardware from the 2016 Olympics as they did in 2012. The 25-year-old Finn sailor, competing in his first Olympics,...
View Article55th Cal 20 Champs at Long Beach
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (Long Beach, CA) will be hosting the 55th running of the Cal 20 Class Championships starting on Friday, August 19 and concluding on Sunday, August 21, 2016. 39 Cal 20’s are...
View ArticleCourt Rules on Kirby Dispute
The United States District Court, District of Connecticut, has issued a decision regarding a contract dispute between Bruce Kirby, the designer of the renowned Kirby Sailboat, and certain companies...
View ArticleA Family Affair for Resolute Cup
Newport, RI (August 17, 2016) – For John Storck, the path to the 2016 Resolute Cup, the unofficial keelboat championship for American yacht clubs, had a most ordinary point of origination: the family...
View ArticleDelta Doo Dah Doin’s
It’s that season – you know, the one between midsummer and fall, ‘backtoschool’ – and the Delta Doo Dah’s summer vacation of sailing and playing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is coasting...
View ArticleFive Factors Behind Britain’s Rio Medal Rush
By Owen Gibson, The Guardian 1) The National Lottery Lottery money, an often-cruel focus of winning rather than just competing and a determination to be the best is bringing in the medals. It’s...
View ArticleRockin’ the Podium
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Our sport doesn’t have that many celebratory moments. Sure, we have major championships, and the victors congratulated by their peers, but their feats lost on the general...
View ArticleMerlin Rocket Nationals – A cat and mouse sort of day
While the cat’s away – well, Stuart Bithell in this case – the the door was open for his opposition to grab their chance at the Merlin Rocket Nationals For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleVIDEO: The Man Behind Five Medals
With racing cancelled for the day due to light winds we grabbed Team USA sailing coach Luther Carpenter for a quick chat about guiding Caleb Paine to a Bronze medal in Rio and his own Olympic history....
View ArticleBlecher leads Women’s Keelboat Champs
Rye, NY (August 17, 2016) – The International Women’s Keelboat Championship in is on-going at The American Yacht Club in J/70 class sailboats. After Round 1 and Round 2, Allie Blecher (Long Beach, CA)...
View ArticleQualifying Continues at Lightning NA’s
Rochester, NY (August 17, 2016) – Qualifying races continued at the Rochester Yacht Club for the 2016 Samson North American Championship today. The fleets have now completed three races. In first...
View ArticleNew J/70 Corinthian National Championship Event
The US J/70 Class Association announced that the inaugural US Corinthian National Championship would take place this fall in Annapolis, Maryland. Eastport Yacht Club will host the amateur-only event in...
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