Archive for Ocak, 2023

If your winter weather is warm and inviting, keep it to yourself. As for the rest of you, this story from SpinSheet Magazine may get you off the couch: It’s 34 degrees outside. The water temperature measures in the upper 30s. It […]

The Gulf of Guinea, positioned on the Equator along the African continent, is a good place in the Atlantic Ocean to avoid according to a US Maritime Advisory distributed on January 3, 2023: Piracy, Armed Robbery, and Kidnapping for Ransom […]

The National Class E Scow Association (NCESA) is celebrating its 100 year anniversary in 2023 with a series of special events, culminating with the National Championship regatta on Lake Mendota in Madison WI. With design discussion starting in 1921 and […]

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has revealed its 2022 award winners, putting the spotlight on achievements ranging from ocean crossings by young and old, a rescue at sea, and a new award recognizing sailing innovation, to service to the […]

The organizers of the 37th America’s Cup have revealed the French challenge by the Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and their representative team K-Challenge Racing. Led by Stephane Kandler and Bruno Dubois, their Challenge was previously accepted by the Royal New […]

Dieter Van der Eyken shares his top tips to unlock the flaka Dieter Van der Eyken: “The windsurf trick that is on both Freestylers’ & some wave sailors’ lists to learn. A move that is fairly easy to do & […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is among the notable 600 nm offshore events, and in 2022 had a fleet of 109 boats for the start on December 26. Not that any of it […]

For a country to compete in an Olympic event, their sailors must win one of the entry slots allotted to that event. Some countries specialize in only a few of the ten events, but the USA is required to send […]

A seismic moment for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) occurred at the close of 2022 when, after 44 years, Dick Pound will cease to be a full IOC member at the age-limit of 80. The highly opinionated Canadian was arguably […]

A record number of entrants are set for 2023 Caribbean Multihull Challenge on February 3-5 in St Maarten. The 5th edition currently has a 30+ percent increase over 2022, a reflection of the event’ effort to provide a more inclusive […]

Bill Pinkney, inducted to the National Sailing Hall of Fame, is on a mission: In 1989, through the help of my sponsors, we bought the 47-foot Bob Perry designed Valiant built by Valiant Yachts in Gordonville, Texas. The boat had been […]

by Duncan Johnstone, STUFF media It’s moving year in the America’s Cup cycle. Much like the third round of a golf major, this is the period that will set up the real hopes of success in a four-year campaign. Those […]

Conversations with Classic Boats is a podcast about classic boat designs and the stories behind them. Hosted by Tom Darling, this episode comes from the Mystic Seaport Museums exhibit, “Story Boats, the Tales They Tell”. The exhibit presented the offshore […]

(January 1, 2023) – Along the 2022-23 Golden Globe Race course are several mandatory media stops, with the leaders having fulfilled the requirement along the southern tip of Hobart, Australia. Entrants must sail over a line and pause for 90 […]

Watching a DN iceboat sail is to witness radical mast bend, but it had not always been that way. During his term in 1992-1993, Past Commodore Bob Schumacher and class officers began to address the issue of DN mast specifications […]

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