18ft Skiffs – Nico steps in to win aboard Smeg in Race 2 of NSW titles
A reunited crew of Chris Nicholson, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey scored a convincing win with Smeg in today’s Race 2 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour. When the team’s regular...
View ArticleVendée Globe – Foilers and other favourites lead the way
With 24,391 miles left to sail on the theoretical route for the leader, Sébastien Josse, it is of course ridiculous to talk about the rankings at this point, but from the outset, the favourites with or...
View ArticleRound the World racer rolls out Supermaxi conversion in Tauranga
Ludde Ingvall unveiled major modifications to his former 90 foot yacht when it emerged from the boatbuilder’s shed in Tauranga, New Zealand today. Ingvall, a former round the world yachtsman, world...
View ArticleCoville Starts Solo Record Attempt
(November 6, 2016: Day 1) – Thomas Coville (FRA) and the 31m maxi trimaran SODEBO ULTIM started the attempt to break the solo round the world record from in Brest (France) today. Coville’s team had...
View ArticleUSF Bulls win Kennedy Cup ICSA Big Boat National Championship
Annapolis, MD (November 6, 2016) – 10 teams were on hand at the US Naval Academy to contest the 2016 Kennedy Cup Championship aboard the Academy’s fleet of Navy 44 sloops this weekend. After 6 races,...
View ArticleNoveNove Maui Aloha Classic – Day 6 – Incredible action at Ho’okipa
The first order of business was to carry on with the first round of the Double Elimination, starting promptly at 11 AM with 20 minute heats. Heat 28 was up first with Klass Voget acting as the stand...
View ArticleVendée Globe – Didac Costa back in Les Sables d’Olonne
At 1254hrs UTC Didac Costa decided to turn back. The Spanish skipper identified an ingress of water and an electrical problem aboard his IMOCA One Planet One ocean. For the rest of the story from...
View ArticleInspiring Youth Through Sailing
Sir Russell Coutts, chief executive officer of the America’s Cup, and the most successful sailor in America’s Cup history, has a personal passion for the AC Endeavour Programme. Here he tells why in...
View ArticleBoston College Wins Singlehanded Titles
Galveston, TX (November 6, 2016) – The 2016-2017 College Sailing Singlehanded National Championships, hosted by Texas A & M University at Galveston and Sea Star Base Galveston wrapped up today with...
View ArticleTeam USA takes the lead on Day 3 of the Student Yachting World Cup
Tiredness slowly settled in after the demanding first few days of competition. The night race of the second day added even more strain to the crews, who quickly realized that perseverance would be as...
View ArticleVendee Globe – Images from the start watched by 350,000 fans
More images from the start of the Vendee Globe race which got underway at 1200UTC, watched by a crowd of 350,000 fans at Les Sables-d’Olonne on the western French coast. The six foilers made a good...
View ArticleHow Tough Can Sailing Be?
By Joe Cooper, Windcheck Magazine Fall appears to finally be upon us. As I write, the temperature is not in the 80s, the sky is overcast and the trees are shedding their leaves, finally. I am still...
View ArticleNewport Bermuda Race – Survey report now public
A survey of the competitors that is now available online indicates strengthening interest in the race by first-time ocean racers as well as a range of concerns about boat and crew preparation and many...
View ArticleDongfeng Race Team back in the Volvo Ocean Race
With the 42-year-old Frenchman Charles Caudrelier once again at the wheel and with Bruno Dubois as Team Director, the Chinese-flagged team will be 100% backed by the Dongfeng Motor Corporation based in...
View Article29er Inland Championship for Robbins and Vennis-Ozanne
Nick Robbins and Billy Vennis-Ozanne of Hayling Island SC racked-up fours race wins and two second places to take the 29er Inland Championships For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleVendée Globe: Foilers out in Front
Racing The new generation foilers lead the IMOCA fleet through the Bay of Biscay after just 300 miles of racing. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleJustin Law wins Grade 4 Match Race in challenging breezes
Justin Law and his Newport Harbor Yacht Club team won the 2016 Butler Cup World Sailing Grade 4 Match Race regatta Sunday raced on the Long Beach Sailing Foundation’s fleet of Catalina 37s and hosted...
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A big thanks to MUSTO + Torqeedo for their sponsorship of our European coverage all this month. Please see them at the METS show and tell them ‘thanks’ for the podcasts. If you think you have...
View ArticleA Q&A with Ben Klatzka about his plans for the Premiere Sailing League
Ben Klatzka has spent the past several years developing his Premiere Sailing League idea. This new transcontinental racing series—the first series of its kind in the USA—will see twelve-person teams...
View ArticleVIDEO: Archipelago Rally 2016
The 11th edition of the Archipelago Rally, a ‘you bring it, we’ll rate it’ event in northeast USA with the only limit being the ability to sail the course. Video by Annie Tuthill published on Nov 7,...
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