Archive for Haziran, 2021

New Shoreham, RI (June 24, 2021) – The sailors were treated on the penultimate day of racing – Mount Gay Race Day – to the highlight of the Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville: the Regatta Craft Mixers Round […]

Twenty-one teams are entered for the 2021 29er US National Championship to be held June 25-27 in Bristol, RI. The event is also being used to select the leading all male and all female American eligible teams to represent the […]

In what had to have been born on a bar stool, the organizers of the WA360 did what the rest of us never do. They took a cocktail napkin idea from concept to conclusion, attracting the hearty of the Pacific […]

John Muhlhausen is lucky to have grown old, now 81 years, and he has done nearly all that growing while active in the Snipe Class. Successful one design classes deliver more than just the racing, they provide connections, and John […]

The 2021 US Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup will have eight teams competing on June 25-27 in Rochester, NY. The 11th edition of this invitational event is for 16 to 20 year olds, with each team of […]

Day 4: Goyard Claims a Perfect Victory with a Day to Spare | Offringa Fights Back & Oppedal Moves into Foil Title Contention The penultimate day of the Tiberias PWA World Cup turned out to be the windiest and busiest […]

Avoiding collision requires visibility which is hard in the fog, and once was a whole lot harder before pinpoint navigation tools. But what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger and provides good stories… here’s one of them: From Alex Watters: […]

Twenty-one teams began the doublehanded leg of the Bermuda One-Two on June 17, leaving St. Georges, Bermuda for the finish in Newport, RI to complete the lap which began with a reciprocal solo leg to Bermuda. Peter Becker and Leah […]

New Shoreham, RI (June 23, 2021) – The sunshine was bright and the breeze was anticipated to be light for the halfway point of Block Island Race Week Presented by Margaritaville. Racing today was briefly postponed to allow the Race […]

The newly launched Kite Foil League’s California Triple Crown series has three stops along the west coast in 2021, offering events for the best kiters in the country to rip around the race course at over 30 knots. Olympic coach […]

The 2021 MC Scow US National Championship could be the largest event in class history with well over 100 entrants for the 50th edition on June 25-27 in Clear Lake, IA. Sailed singlehanded or with crew, competitors in the 16-footer […]

The Tokyo Olympics, already delayed by the pandemic, are not looking like much fun: Not for athletes. Not for fans. And not for the Japanese public. They are caught between concerns about the coronavirus at a time when few are […]

Day 3: Fins Fight Back But Goyard & Huppert Continue to Keep Them at Bay, Whilst Oppedal and Jackson Earn First Bullets on World Tour Day 3 of the 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup proved to be the most exciting […]

Over 100 Laser sailors braved a windy and rainy morning to celebrate the ILCA Laser 50th anniversary parade sail on Sydney Harbour on June 20, 2021. Originally scheduled for May 30, Double Bay Sailing Club postponed the event due to […]

The World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award, the highest recognition of success in marine sustainability, will open for applications on July 9, 2021. First awarded in 2018, the award celebrates the effective execution or ongoing delivery of high-impact, highly […]

New Shoreham, RI (June 22, 2021) – The fog lifted overnight so the Race Committee sent the 158 teams for Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville out to their assigned race circles for North Sails Race Day to get […]

The narrator gets philosophical while sharing footage of wing foiling under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay, CA. Source: Sailing Scuttle Butt

During the 36th America’s Cup, one of the revelations for how each team approached the new AC75 Class was how they mapped out the crew responsibilities. All four teams did it differently, but they all needed to overcome the challenge […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When I got second at the Melges 24 US Nationals, it early days for the class, but the boat was already gaining rapid attention. Local fleet activity was vibrant, but with sailmakers working hard […]

Day 2: Goyard & Offringa Continue to Shine, Whilst Marion Mortefon Claims First Foil Bullet The wind filled in a bit later on day two of the Tiberias PWA World Cup, and remained slightly lighter than than the opening day […]

When the C Scow Class held their 2021 US Nationals on June 18-20, it was a return to racing for an organization which had to cancel the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the sport seeks normalcy this […]

The 2021 Snipe US National Championship was held June 17-20 in one of the class hubs of Annapolis, MD. With a solid turnout and nearly 40% women, many on helm, and reportedly 30% of the fleet under 30 years, the […]

New Shoreham, RI (June 21, 2021) – “Somehow mother nature knows that a regatta is starting. So the great weather you have been having is probably going to change,” said meteorologist Chris Bedford with a chuckle to kick-off last night’s […]

by Lynn Fitzpatrick Four Miami Snipe fleet crews rarely posted a double-digit score during the 2021 Snipe U.S. National Championship as they took the top four positions during the nine race series held June 17 to 20 in Annapolis, MD. […]

Day 1: Nicolas Goyard Flies into an Early Lead, Whilst Sarah-Quita Offringa Returns with a Bang The opening day of the Tiberias PWA World Cup saw a tricky start to the competition with gusty winds and wind shifts playing havoc […]