Archive for Temmuz, 2019

(July 17, 2019) – The frontrunners in the 50th Transpac Race are on final approach to the Diamond Head finish line of the 2225 nm course from Los Angeles to Honolulu. After their start on July 13, the three MOD70s […]

Even though it is 95 years old, the Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race is showing no signs of slowing down. The longest consecutively run freshwater race in the country starts July 20 with 202 boats on the starting line. The […]

As the world governing body for the sport of sailing, World Sailing seeks to help develop the sport around the world, an example of which was the four-day Emerging Nations Programme training camp held ahead of the 2019 Hempel Youth […]

Gdynia, Poland (July 17, 2019) – Local sailor Tytus Butowski is leading the hopes of the home nation at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships as he sits atop of the Boy’s Laser Radial fleet. Butowski is a resident of […]

A Stanford sailor arrived at the university’s gleaming boathouse to clean out her locker at the end of the school year. The doors would not open. “Did they change the locks again?” she said with an air of exasperation. It […]

Cascais, Portugal (July 17, 2019) – Two solid second places from the windiest day of racing so far of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES sees Quantum Racing three points clear at the top of the Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing […]

When Adam Loory entered his custom 40-footer Soulmates in his ninth Block Island Race Week, he opted to sail in the Performance Cruising Class. Here he explains how this provided a totally different experience for this biennial event. Most people […]

The entries have closed and 67 teams in three classes (Class40, Mulit50 and IMOCA) plan to compete in the 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre, one of the premier events for doublehanded teams that extends 4350 nm from Le Havre (FRA) to […]

One hundred fifty teams across 14 fleets are anticipated for the 2019 Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design Regatta at Marblehead Race Week as it returns July 25-28 to Marblehead, MA. Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, Jud Smith (Swampscott, MA), […]

Newport Beach, CA (July 16, 2019) – The opening matches of the 53rd Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship got underway today for the 12 international teams representing six nations. Leonard Takahashi (NZL), runner-up in 2018, leads the field […]

Mackinac Island, MI (July 16, 2019) – The 111th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is in the books as the final competitors made their way to the finish line early this morning. Of the 266 boats that began either […]

Gdynia, Poland (July 16, 2019) – After light winds yesterday hampered progress at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships, better conditions today helped to get all nine fleets on the scoreboard. American sailors have had a stranglehold on the Girl’s […]

(July 16, 2019) – The standings in the 50th Transpac Race have shuffled as teams sailing extra distance to the south have had their payday in turning better winds to better pace toward the Honolulu finish line. The consensus now […]

Cascais, Portugal (July 16, 2019) – After a somewhat less than perfect regatta last month in Puerto Sherry and a seventh place overall, 2018 52 SUPER SERIES champions Quantum Racing restored their winning mojo today in classic local conditions to […]

The tenth edition of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award will be judged by the international team of Ricardo Pinto, Cliff Webb, Magda Makowska, Helena de la Gandara, Rob Hodgetts, and Nicolas Mirabaud to choose the best sailing photographs taken […]

Falling overboard can occur unexpectedly and end tragically. Staying onboard is always a priority, but even the most experienced can find themselves off the boat. David James shares his experiences. I write this while vigorously knocking on wood, but over […]

(July 15, 2019) – The attrition count for the 50th Transpac Race increased today as two of the prominent teams in Division 2, which started on July 13, are now returning to the mainland. At 0200 PDT this morning, the […]

English Harbour, Antigua (July 15, 2019) – Italy’s Marco Gradoni won both races today to win the 2019 Optimist World Championship for the third consecutive year. Competitors battled it out on the water in Antigua amid high winds and a […]

Gdynia, Poland (July 15, 2019) – Nacra 15 Youth Olympians came to the forefront on the opening day of racing at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships, the 49th edition of the event which has attracted 409 sailors from 66 […]

At World Sailing’s 2019 Mid-Year Meeting in London, Great Britain, World Sailing’s Council, the main decision making body of the federation, voted on key decisions around the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition Equipment. World Sailing’s Board of Directors recommended to […]

The 2020 edition of The Transat, the world’s oldest solo ocean sailing race, will finish for the first time in Charleston, South Carolina. In another first, the 60th-anniversary edition of 3500 nm race will commence from Brest in the Brittany […]

(July 15, 2019) – World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has renewed the Special Event status of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) through to 2028. The announcement comes after the conclusion of the 2018-19 World Match […]

Perhaps it is because people are becoming increasingly time poor, or because it neatly side-steps the problem of keeping a large crew together, but one area of offshore racing undeniably gaining popularity is doublehanding. This unique discipline of the sport […]

(July 15, 2019) – The attrition count for the 50th Transpac Race increased today as two of the prominent teams in Division 2, which started on July 13, are now returning to the mainland. At 0200 PDT this morning, the […]

Nineteen teams from Florida, Louisiana, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Toronto competed in the ten race series for the 2019 29er US National Championship on July 12-14 in Cascade Locks, Oregon. By winning half the races, and keeping […]

Day 3: The next generation show an exceptionally high level to provide fitting end to the Youth’s contest The level of the next generation went through the roof on the finals day of the Youth’s as several of the youngsters […]

Day 2: A full day of exciting Youth’s contest setups up a Super Sunday Finale for the next generation The forecast for today promised to be windier and wavier than yesterday and that’s exactly how things worked out, which led […]

Day 1: Youth’s take centre stage on the opening day plus interview with 16-year-old Marino Gil The opening day of the 2019 Gran Canaria Wind & Waves Festival saw the Men’s and Women’s pro fleets, plus the Youth’s, register for […]

English Harbour, Antigua (July 14, 2019) – The 2019 Optimist World Championship endured another day of high winds and vigorous current which saw an intense day of racing, resulting in a mixed bag of successes and losses for the young […]

(July 14, 2019) – After three waves of starts, the 90-boat fleet of the 50th Transpac Race had its first night together at sea along the 2225 nm course from Los Angeles to Honolulu. The early starters, after an initial […]

While success at the Olympic level requires years of commitment to rise to the top, an open field for the USA in the Women’s Two Person Dinghy event has allowed a late start by 2017 United States Coast Guard Academy […]

For the first time in the history of the U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship, the Nancy Leiter Clagett Memorial Trophy was awarded to two competitors, across two classes, for the 2019 edition held July 11-13 in San Francisco, CA. Representing […]

English Harbour, Antigua (July 13, 2019) – Heavy squalls, a fleet recall, and dive-bombing seagulls combined to create a dramatic day on the water for the 2019 Optimist World Championship. Winds reached up to 26 knots and rain pelted down […]

Newport, RI (July 13, 2019) – It couldn’t have been any more exciting on the fifth and final day of the 2019 12 Metre World Championship. While Nyala (US-12) had clinched her series early in the Vintage Division after a […]

Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2019) – With the breeze shifted far left in overcast skies due to a strong Catalina Eddy, the final wave of starters got underway today in the 50th edition of Transpacific Yacht Race, a biennial […]

Marstrand, Sweden (July 13, 2019) – Holding an eight point advantage going into the final day, and then doing enough to hang on, enabled Chris Bake’s Team Aqua to be crowned the RC44 World Champions for 2019. The team claimed […]

Newport, RI (July 12, 2019) – After a front carrying torrential rain passed through overnight, the Weather Gods graciously delivered sunshine and fresh 10-12 knot breezes to Rhode Island Sound for the fourth and penultimate day of the 2019 12 […]

Los Angeles, CA (July 12, 2019) – In gray but clearing skies and a light building seabreeze, the second wave of monohull entries has left the Point Fermin start line to begin the course to the Diamond Head finish line […]

The date for the first America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) regatta of the 36th America’s Cup cycle has been confirmed to take place April 23-26, 2020 in Cagliari, Sardinia. The four-day regatta will be the first ever competition for the […]

English Harbour, Antigua (July 12, 2019) – Italy cemented their status as the team to watch at this year’s Optimist Worlds with a euphoric win over Thailand during today’s team racing finals. The Italians sailed claimed the Optimist Team Racing […]

(July 12, 2019; Day 18) – A flurry of finishes in the past 36 hours have seen the three class champions, as well as the overall winner, crowned in the Transatlantic Race 2019. In IRC 2, Peter Bacon’s XP-44 Lucy […]

Marstrand, Sweden (July 12, 2019) – After a marginal forecast left the nine strong 44Cup fleet parked at the dock until 1300, the Swedish wind gods came good allowing four races to be held in 8-12 knots on the penultimate […]

The 2019 edition of the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships has attracted sailors from 66 nations for their supreme test on July 15 to 19 in Gdynia, Poland. More than 400 competitors are coming in to race across nine youth […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Anyone who tells you the selection of the Olympic sailing program should be simple is both right and wrong. Take a blank sheet of paper, they say, and decide and deliver what best reflects the elite […]

Without fear of contradiction, the Rolex TP52 World Championship last year in Cascais, Portugal was the best regatta yet in the history of the 52 SUPER SERIES. It blew every day. The action was spectacular and the competition was super […]