Connecting Team Bridge at the Sailing World Cup Final Melbourne
Consider the logistics of three teenage boys of varying ages all playing the same equipment heavy sport. Now imagine the coordination required for the Bridge family of kiters currently in Australia for...
View Article2017 America's Cup tickets will go on sale on 9th December
The six teams, representing the USA, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, France and Sweden, will race incredible hydrofoiling yachts on a stadium-style racecourse on Bermuda’s Great Sound which will...
View ArticleA-Class Arg: Weekend Lake Sailing & Racing
Sailing Photos: Karina Feijoo , more at her FB page. Sunset pics: Club Regtatas Chascomus- Now that many of us will also sail & race again A-Class we wanted to have some good sessions in a place...
View ArticleSuperyachts at Play
Racing “Live long, sail hard” is the motto for most of the superyacht crowd: veteran sailors who’ve earned the right to throw 100-plus-footers around like dinghies… For the rest of the story from...
View ArticleSailing World Cup Final opening day in Melbourne
The final ISAF Sailing World Cup event for Melbourne is underway. For the few British competitors who have made the journey, it was a mixed day… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleHippie Island Drag Racing
The best sailing winds tend to arrive in the Pacific Northwest when temperatures are their least appealing. That was the setting this weekend for those racing around Vashon Island, a little piece of...
View Articlecounterpunch
I can totally appreciate that many (most?) people have a contrary opinion on this subject, but I am going to bring it up here again if for no other reason than it’s good to talk about things. Take a...
View ArticleVendee Globe – Latest Video from Alex Thomson
Thomson is around 90 nm astern of Le Cleac’h, and hoping that he can soon use his remaining foil, to reel-in Banque Populaire For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleLaser Class Approves Composite Mast Section
(December 6, 2016) – The International Laser Class Association (ILCA) has announced the release of a class-legal composite top mast section that is expected to be available for purchase in early 2017....
View ArticleArticle 14
Vendee Globe Race Control advised earlier at the Marion Dufresne, the research and supply vessel which serves the remote French islands in the South Indian Ocean, has arrived close to the stricken...
View ArticleFirst Production Mono-Foiler
We just have to accept it: even the most reliable boats must, one day, fall back into line. In 2019, as the Solitaire URGO– Le Figaro celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, the Figaro Bénéteau 3 will...
View Articlenap time? you ain’t lyin’!
On Sunday, a pleasure boat named Nap Tyme crossed the bow of the Washington State ferry Chetzemoka, resulting in a collision. Wonder what he was doing down below??? For the rest of the story from...
View ArticleSeeking to Fulfill a Ten Year Dream
(December 6, 2016; Day 29, 21:23 UTC) – Thomas Coville (FRA) and his 31m maxi trimaran Sodebo Ultim’ is less than 500 nm from Cape Horn in his attempt to break the solo round the world record. His...
View Articlethat’s law
White Island Race report. Marshall Law. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!! After a hectic few months fitting in major mods to the Marshall and putting her all back together, we rocked up to...
View ArticleWhy We Sail: Passion or Payday?
Scuttlebutt friend Isao Toyama shares these observations from his keyboard in San Diego, CA… During a recent High School Girls Invitational Regatta in San Diego, I spent some time with the Detroit...
View ArticleMore Wackiness at Bermuda Mothfest
Hamilton, Bermuda – Dylan Fletcher-Scott, England’s representative in the 49er Class at last summer’s Rio Olympics, grabbed the overall lead at the MS Amlin International Moth Regatta today after...
View ArticleSWC Final – Melbourne – Nicholas Heiner follows famous dad into Finn
Former Laser world champion Nicholas Heiner is competing at his first international event in a new class he hopes to medal in for the Netherlands at the Olympic Games, just like his father did 20 years...
View ArticleVendee Globe – Kito de Pavant now aboard the Marion Dufresne
Kito de Pavant, the 55 years old French skipper of Bastide-Otio, who suffered damage to his keel when racing in the remote South Indian Ocean while racing in the Vendee Globe solo round the world race,...
View ArticleVendee Globe – Third placed Sébastien Josse retires
Third placed Sébastien Josse has retired from Vendee Globe race… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleDylan Fletcher-Scott Foils Fast in Bermuda
Racing At the two days of the MS Amlin International Moth Regatta, Fletcher-Scott takes a commanding lead. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
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