35th America’s Cup – Major milestone
Sir Russell Coutts, CEO of the America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) joined Bermuda’s Minister of Economic Development, The Hon. Dr. E Grant Gibbons, Peter Durhager, Chairman of the ACBDA, Ray Charlton,...
View ArticleOlympics Tokyo 2020 – The never ending story
Olympics Tokyo 2020 – The never ending story . . . Tokyo 2020 is not going to plan. Costs are already set to rise to $30bn For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup – Emirates Team NZ fly to the beat of TomToms
Emirates Team NZ has been confirmed as the first partner to deploy the TomTom Bandit Action Camera Software Development Kit (SDK), to improve their training and development for the 35th America’s Cup....
View ArticleChicago Match Race Autumn Invitational
Chicago, IL (October 8, 2016) – Eight teams will compete this weekend in the Autumn Invitational, the final event of the Chicago match racing season. The mostly Chicago-based field of teams will sail...
View Articlei’m the oldest
There was recently an article in Sailing Anarchy from a yacht club claiming to host the oldest long distance race. The oldest, continuously held long distance race is the New Orleans to Gulfport, MS...
View ArticleGet Ready for Ice Sailing Season
by Commodore James “T” Thieler DN US 5224 The winter sailing season is coming up fast! If you are interested in getting into iceboating find a swap meet and club meeting near you, pick up some gear and...
View ArticleHot Comradery and Competition
The 30th edition of the Bitter End Yacht Club Pro-Am Regatta, an adult fantasy camp held annually in the British Virgin Islands, will have an all-star line-up when resort guests convene for the...
View Articleno go at the show?
If your dream boat was the Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 48, you may wish to steer clear for a bit; the boat at the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis seems to have some legal issues… In other news, the new Gunboat...
View Articledeluge down south
Hurricane Matthew is close to finishing up his best impression of a Worrell 1000 race course, and the storm has now killed some 900 people (overall), done billions in damage, and left millions without...
View ArticleTeam Oman Air all set for final day at Extreme Sailing Series Lisbon
Seven races were completed with Oman Sail’s Team Oman Air posting three podium positions to finish the day on 159 points. For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleExtreme Sailing – Meet Pete
In a long list of success stories over the 10-year history of the Extreme Sailing Series™ one name stands out – Pete Greenhalgh. The 40-year-old Brit has a unique record on the global Stadium Racing...
View ArticleExpress 27 Fleet Going Strong at 35th U.S. Nationals
Berkeley, CA (October 8, 2016) – The first Express 27 nationals were won by John Newman and Buzz Blackett in 1982; the Carl Schumacher-designed ultra-light displacement sailboat will celebrate its 35th...
View ArticleM32 Series Mediterranean– Great racing in record breaking day on Ibiza
The weather forecast for the day gave a prognosis of very light and shifty winds. But when the fleet came out to the race area just outside the beach of Ibiza the conditions presented beautiful wind of...
View ArticleHurricane Matthew Swamps Carolinas
(October 8, 2016; 07:00 PM EDT) – Hurricane Matthew is triggering massive rainfall flooding in a large swath of North Carolina and parts of South Carolina after making landfall earlier with storm-surge...
View ArticleWomen Making Waves in Extreme Sailing
Nine laps of the planet, 11 Olympic Games, one gold medal and one silver, 13 world championship titles and 45 national event wins. As team CVs go, Thalassa Magenta Racing’s is up there with the best....
View Article2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race – Refit begins
The start of the 2017-18 edition is still over a year away – but at the Volvo Ocean Race Boatyard facility in Lisbon, Portugal, our team of boatbuilding experts is already working against the clock....
View ArticleVisit Madeira damaged as Lisbon delivers ‘best day of season so far’
Visit Madeira face a race against time to get their GC32 catamaran back into action after it was damaged in a wet and wild penultimate day of Act 7 on their home waters of Lisbon. For the rest of the...
View Articletime for a change
So my Melges 32 Anarchy won first in class and first overall in the poorly attended 60 mile San Diego to Ensenada race this weekend. Great to get the win and it is because of course the boat is a...
View ArticleMiles Quinton's Gill Race Team lead Melges 24 European Series
Miles Quinton’s Gill Race Team (GBR) with Geoff Carveth in helm keep their overall lead in the Melges 24 European Sailing series, with one day of racing to go For the rest of the story from Sail Web...
View ArticleMatthew now bringing hurricane force gusts to Coastal Georgia
Hurricane Matthew’s eyewall continues to approach parts of Georgia’s southeast coast and South Carolina’s coast with high winds and major storm surge flooding and will spread those impacts, in addition...
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