Archive for Ocak, 2025

For his lifetime, Mattias Coutts has been introduced as “Sir Russell Coutts’ son”, which happens when dad is an Olympic gold medalist and skippered three Americas Cup victories. Perhaps that will soon change. At just 19 years of age, Mattias […]

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has revealed the honorees of its annual awards by naming Leiv Poncet as the 2024 Blue Water Medal winner along with five other award winners for their adventurous use of the seas highlights several […]

American Helena Scutt has gone from 2016 Olympian to professional engineer for American Magic at the 2024 America’s Cup. In this excerpt of an interview, she discusses the challenges in creating opportunities for women in sailing: A lot of opportunities […]

The Rocket Ice Yacht Foundation is raffling a fully loaded Ron Sherry Composite Concepts DN. This is an opportunity to support the Foundation and win a top-tier DN. For all details, including how to enter, refer to the graphic below: […]

A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems in at least some situations, according to a paper by Google DeepMind researchers published recently in Nature. Using a diffusion model approach similar to artificial […]

They say, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey” when pursuing an Olympic medal, but when that medal is placed around the neck of the very best, it is fair to say the medal should be pretty good too. But […]

by Peter Swanson, Loose Cannon A national sailing magazine has named the Leopard 46 one of the “Top 10 Best Boats of 2025” even though it is being made in the same factory responsible for one of the biggest s**t […]

Great Britain is the leading Olympic Sailing nation, a status fueled by significant funding with an elite training base along the English Channel. It was the site for Sailing at the London 2012 Olympics, but now new neighbors are causing […]

Iceboaters have long imagined the possibility of clearing snow from frozen lakes to create ideal sailing conditions. The challenge lies in needing thick, solid ice to support vehicles capable of clearing the snow—an effort that often seems insurmountable. Years ago, […]

US Sailing has confirmed the finalists for the 2024 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards, celebrating the most outstanding performances in sailing by American athletes over the past year. Finalists for 2024 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year: • […]

A financial manager defrauded an English sailing club for military veterans of almost £70,000 to feed a gambling and drug habit she developed after getting divorced, a court heard. A Royal Navy admiral said members of the Hornet Services Sailing […]

(January 6, 2025; Day 58) – In less than 10 days, the winner of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe will be known. Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance, 1st), runner-up in 2020-21, maintains a slight lead over Yoann Richomme […]

(January 6, 2025) – After just over 16 days at sea, the crew of Sodebo Ultim 3 ended their attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy today in the Indian Ocean. While sailing between the Kerguelen and Cape Leeuwin, at more […]

SAIL magazine revealed its annual Best Boat Nominees in September 2024 and now has selected the 2025 winners: Every year we are excited to announce our Top 10 Best Boats in the January/February issue, and after months of testing, walkthroughs, […]

The 2024 Moth World Championship has attracted 77 entrants representing 15 nations for the 20-race series on January 4-9 in Manly, New Zealand. The North American contingent has three from Canada and 12 from USA, with Riley Gibbs (USA) finishing […]

(January 2, 2025; Day 54) – As the two Vendée Globe leaders ascend the south Atlantic along Brazil, leader Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) and Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) have yet to reach the South Easterly trade winds to escalate […]