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Foiling Moth takes line honours at Round Barbados Race

Andy Budgen sailing a Mach 2 International Moth Nano Project completed the 60nm Mount Gay Round Barbados Race at a record pace of 4 hours, 23 mins 18 secs.  For the rest of the story from Sail Web...

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Cruising at 28 knots to the finish

The maxi-trimaran IDEC SPORT stepped up the pace yesterday on the final stretch of her attempt to win the Jules Verne Trophy. It is looking windy and physical over the next 2000 miles or so to the...

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Red Bull Brings Top Young Sailors Together

Racing Before the America’s Cup final this summer, the best youth teams from around the world will gather to battle for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup title…  For the rest of the story from...

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the digital skeptic

Clean headed over to Westchester NY for a couple of hours of talk with Jonathan Blum, also known as “The Digital Skeptic.” Blum has led a fascinating life in and outside the media world, and he’s got a...

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Perth Match Cup – Team NZ’s Peter Burling leads

Double Olympic medallist Peter Burling and his team of Kiwi sailors head the leaderboard after the first day of action at the Perth Match Cup, hosted by Royal Perth Yacht Club on the Swan River…  For...

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Team Al Mouj sets sights on victory

Team Al Mouj Muscat were the new kids on the block with ambitious plans to spring a surprise, which they duly did when they finished on the podium in the opening round of the epic two-week quest for...

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Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series closing ceremony

Hundreds of competitors, guests and local dignitaries were treated to a sumptuous banquet at the glitzy Beach House, St James last night to mark the conclusion…  For the rest of the story from...

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Tunnicliffe Returns to the Laser Fleet

Racing On the first stop of World Sailing’s 2017 World Cup Series in Miami, a home-team favourite will return in an attempt to take home the trophy…  For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com...

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Star Sailors League Finals 2016 – The Movie

   

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lap girl

We congratulate Vancouver SA’er “Zonker” and his family on recently completing a long circumnavigation, but we congratulate the parents more on raising an incredible young lady (and wonderful writer)...

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documented

It’s a struggle at times to get through this nearly 30-minute long homemade documentary of the recent rescue of the Dove II, but real footage of boats in trouble is rare and there’s plenty to learn in...

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Miami World Cup challenge awaits British crews

The 39-strong British cast of both seasoned Olympians and new pairings will be competing against more than 450 sailors as the 2017 World Cup series kicks off…  For the rest of the story from...

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A Q&A with Anna Tunnicliffe

Anna Tunnicliffe won gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in the Laser Radial before shifting her sights to the Women’s Match Racing event for the London 2012 Olympics. Here, she came up shy of...

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Quantum Key West Race Week 17: The Hutch Files, To the Top

Racing After their hump-day slump, taking a good hard look on where and how to turn things around made the difference…  For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!

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Jérémie Beyou Claims Third Place

Breton skipper Jérémie Beyou crossed the finish line of the eighth edition of the Vendée Globe solo non stop around the world race at 1940hrs UTC this Monday evening, January 23rd, four days, three...

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40 knots of wind in a Bic

Sailors battled winds gusting to 40 knots for the final race of the Bic sailing camp on the Dunedin harbor before the race was abandoned.

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How to Follow World Cup Miami

The first stop of World Sailing’s 2017 World Cup Series will see over 450 competitors race across the ten Olympic classes from Regatta Park at Coconut Grove, Miami from January 24 – 29. Racing...

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Melges World League Racing Circuit

Melges Performance Sailboats introduced the Melges World League (MWL), a racing platform that will unite multiple Class circuits for the 2017 season. For more info on this new exciting racing format go...

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World Sailing Council Ratifies Alex Thomson Record

The World Sailing Speed Record Council announced the establishment of a new World Record, Singlehanded Monohull and 60 ft Monohull 24 Hour Record. Alex Thomson sailed a distance of 536.81 NM over 24...

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Variety, inclusion and National Sailing League at Kieler Woche

A huge variety, never seen before, inclusion in real life with the Para World Sailing Championships, the first competition of the Nacra 15, the Eurocup of the junior class 29er, the European Sailing...

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