Archive for Mart, 2024

2022 PWA Slalom World Champion – Maciek Rutkowski – joins NeilPryde for 2024 The 2022 Slalom World Champion, Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) has announced he will be teaming up with NeilPryde for the 2024 season in a bid to win his […]

Sometimes returning back home isn’t as bad as it seems… Alessio Stillrich scores some fun sessions in Pozo after his recent trip to Cape Town, South Africa Alessio Stillrich (Simmer / Simmer Sails) recently returned home to Pozo Izquierdo after […]

by WM Nixon, Afloat Magazine Olympians are different from you and me. In the final analysis, that’s what being Olympian is all about. For whether we like it or not, the vivid clarity of an Olympic medal is one of […]

Short-handed racing between Bermuda and Newport, RI now offers yearly competition, and the opportunity has been seized by emerging women in the sport. Sara Stone and Catherine “Cat” Hunt in a Sunfast 3300 won the inaugural Bermuda Short-Handed Return (BSHR) race in […]

American Magic reached a significant milestone in its challenge for the 37th America’s Cup as its newly constructed AC75 boat – B3 – completed its journey from the build facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to the team’s base in Barcelona, […]

For the the 53rd edition of the Transpac Yacht Race, a rating system for the 2225 nm course from Los Angeles to Honolulu will be based on weather predictions following an analysis of previous race data. The 2025 race will […]

The Race to Alaska will hold its 8th edition in 2024, continuing with its 750-mile course from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. And now there is a podcast series prior to the June 9 start. This episode highlights a team from Seattle […]

It was shocking video to wake up to on March 26, 2024 with the accident to have widespread and unimaginable impact. As one of the world’s oldest continuously running journals, the British-based Lloyd’s List has been providing weekly shipping news since 1734, […]

Matt Sheahan and his PlanetSail team share the latest episode in a regular series of features about the road to the America’s Cup that will take us from the first official event in Vilanova to the Cup match itself in October 2024 […]

The Atlantic hurricane season officially gets underway on June 1 and runs through the end of November, and AccuWeather’s team of long-range forecasters say now is the time to prepare for a frenzy of tropical systems. There are signs that […]

Promoting environmental causes has become an attention-seeking tactic in sailing to gain commercial interest, and while it often seems self-serving, protecting the earth is never a bad thing. This has been a foundational aspect of the SailGP sports league, which is […]

There are times when the sport melts the internet, and Cole Brauer did that when she finished the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge. We all got to know the 29-year old Cole for 130 days as she shared her non-stop race around the world, […]

The Race to Alaska will hold its 8th edition in 2024, continuing with its 750-mile course from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. And now there is a podcast series prior to the June 9 start. This episode highlights two teams, both alike […]

The 55th edition of French Olympic Week will the last major multi-series meeting for the world’s best sailors before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In 2024, it will take on an additional purpose as it features two events on April […]

Andrea Mura (ITA) on his Open 50 Vento di Sardegna is expected to be the third finisher in the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge, with his arrival on March 16 or 17 in A Coruña, Spain. Of the initial 16 starters, […]

While the America’s Cup grinding position may have been more about muscle than sailing ability, the skills were still similar to big boat needs in recreational sailing. Relatable, right? But there is little about the 37th America’s Cup that has […]

Former world champion Pierre Mortefon joins FMX Racing for Slalom X As one of only two riders to win an elimination on the fin in 2023, with the separation of fin and foil racing, Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom […]

When the second leg of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race (now The Ocean Race) started from Cape Town, and had a northerly course in the Indian Ocean toward Abu Dhabi, crossing through the doldrums was not the only concern. The […]

Registration is open for the 2024 Boat Builder Awards as the 10th anniversary hosts categories that draw strong focus on three key pillars that lie at the heart of future sector success – innovation, the environment, and people. The Boat […]

The form guide is forming for the ten Sailing events at the Paris 2024 Olympics as revealed by the World Sailing Rankings latest update. Below are the top three nations in each event along with Canada and USA if they rank […]

Type II Fun: An experience that’s miserable in real time but great once it’s astern. It’s also the kind of fun that Christina and Justin Wolfe, of Orcas Island, Washington, gravitate toward. Case in point: Christina, the 2023 Rolex Yachtswoman […]

A South Florida man is grateful to be alive after being bitten by a crocodile on March 10. Speaking to Local 10 News from his hospital bed, the 68-year-old Rodrigo Constain was grateful to be alive. It happened just before 5:00 pm […]

Before The Ocean Race 2023 got underway, eventual winner Charlie Enright admitted their use of an autopilot on the IMOCA was over 90% of the time. The use was partly because the boat was not well configured for hand steering, but […]

Since Anna Tunnicliffe won gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the USA has been struggling to get back to the podium for the Women’s One Person Dinghy event. The 30-year old Erika Reineke has been trying to change that, and in […]

Among the five challengers for the 37th America’s Cup is an entry from Italy, a nation that’s involvement began with Gianni Agnelli, a lawyer by trade with a winning and divisive reputation. It was at a time when professional sailing […]

Registration is open for the 2024 Yacht Racing Forum to be held alongside the METSTRADE fair on November 20-22 in Amsterdam. The 14th edition of the event seeks to offer a platform for industry professionals to explore and discuss the […]

North Sails president and DragonFlite 95 remote control yacht racer Ken Read hosts a boat tuning clinic in Newport, RI. Also, fleet member Jeff Roy explains the deeper menus and fine tuning of the FlySky remote control unit. Source: scuttlebutt […]

Robert L. Johnstone, lll has been named the 2023 recipient of the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, US Sailing’s most prestigious annual award, going to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of sailing in this country […]

The Sailing venue at the Paris 2024 Olympics may be 400+ miles to the south in Marseille, but there will still be plenty of boating in the capital of France as 180 boats float down the River Seine for the […]

The Yandoo team of Micah Lane, Fang Warren, and Lewis Brake won the 2024 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on March 2-10 in Sydney Harbor after scoring a brilliant win in the final race of what has been one of […]

Erwan Fischer and Clement Pequin (FRA) and Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (NED) claimed the top titles at the 2024 49er and 49erFX World Championships held March 5-10 in Lanzarote, Spain. For Canada, the 8th place finish by Georgia and Antonia […]

The commitment by the International Olympic Committee to gender equality has led to a steady increase in the number of female athletes at the Olympic Games year on year. Starting with just 2.2% in Paris 1900, where women competed at […]

The windmill, located alongside a working farm to crush grain or pump water, had a certain charm. But while harnessing the wind for agricultural processes feels good, wind farms cluttering nature landscapes for electrical needs feels less good. First it […]

Marco Nannini, organizer of the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge, reflects on the future following the second-place finish of American Cole Brauer, and her intention to pursue the highest mountain in solo offshore sailing – the Vendée Globe: The Global Solo Challenge […]

The Women’s World Match Racing Tour has added a new event for the 2024 season to be held October 28 to November 3 in Bermuda. Joining five previously announced events, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club will host the women alongside the […]

Maine Maritime claimed victory in the 16th running of The Port of Los Angeles/Cal Maritime Harbor Cup Regatta on March 8-10 in San Pedro, CA. Champions of the 2008 and 2009 regatta, the Mariners topped the 10-team field racing Catalina […]

For the first time in the 173-year history of the America’s Cup, there will be in 2024 a stand-alone women’s event open to all female athletes regardless of age. Alongside teams from the America’s Cup entrants – New Zealand, Great […]

The port side of Joel Ronning’s J/70 Catapult takes one for the team at the 2024 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta in Miami, FL. Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2024/03/08/video-j-70-collision-in-miami/

What happens when you combine 40 knots of wind and waves with Nico Prien & Amado Vrieswijk on slalom gear? Recently Tenerife has been enjoying a solid run of wind and waves. As many of you will already be aware, […]

The 97th Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta (Miami, FL) brought together over 200 teams, setting a new record in 2024. With the Stars racing on March 4-9, and the J/70, Melges 24, Snipe, Viper 640, and VX One classes […]

Yachting World editor Helen Fretter takes a look at 10 women who are driving success in competitive sailing at the moment: With a Women’s America’s Cup due to start in 2024, a gender balanced sailing event at the Paris 2024 […]

While the maxi crowd point their bows toward Superyacht Challenge Antigua and St. Barths Bucket Regatta, the 2024 St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) is where mainstream yachting will be on March 29-31 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. With its focus on delivering […]

Full gender parity will be achieved for the first time at the Paris 2024 Olympics with half of the 10,500 total athletes being female. This milestone has been a long time in the making and quotas have steadily increased over […]

Both Canada and USA are using the 2024 49erFX World Championship as the first of two events for their Paris 2024 Olympic selection in the Women’s Skiff event. After three days of racing, Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance (CAN) and Stephanie […]