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From the age of four, Eastern Michigan University professor Derrick Fries has been captivated by sailing, a sport that has brought him immense joy. His passion has led him to participate in sailing and triathlons for nearly three decades, traveling […]

The SailGP sports league moves to Bermuda for the next event on May 4-5, and while the US SailGP Team has slid down the Season 4 ranking since the new ownership group has taken control, they are not opposed to […]

For the 2024 edition of the J/70 North American Championship on May 1-4, the Vallarta Yacht Club in Nuevo Nayarit has attracted 26 teams from the USA, Mexico, Canada, and Argentina. Situated just around the famous Bahia de Banderas to […]

Olympian, America’s Cup winner and New Zealand Champion in multiple classes, Jon Bilger, explains how to use tides and tidal currents: We all know the tide ebbs and flows. It’s as predictable as the sun rising or the seasons changing, […]

Long Beach, CA (April 28, 2024) – As the opening event for the 2024 World Match Racing Tour, the 59th Congressional Cup reached its peak today as USA’s Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team won his second consecutive Congressional […]

Brittany turned on its best Spring sailing weather – sunshine, puffy cumulus clouds and a decent 10-15 knots of Westerly wind – to send the 2024 Transat CIC fleet on its way from Lorient towards New York for the start […]

There may be no sailing community in the USA that is as well connected to a College Sailing Team as Charleston, SC. This was on display at the 28th edition of Charleston Race Week in which some 70 alumni and students from […]

Ford McCann had won the USA Trials in his event, Men’s One Person Dinghy (ILCA 7), but still needed to be among the top three nations at the final qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics. That didn’t happen, with the Olympic tickets given […]

NOAA electronic navigational charts (NOAA ENC®) are vector data sets that support all types of marine navigation. Originally designed for large commercial vessels, ENCs are used in computer navigation programs and mobile applications on many types of ships, including recreational […]

With the new contract for Project 411, Dutch custom superyacht builder Royal Huisman enters record territory with Noir, a 264-foot sailing yacht. Noir has been conceived by an owner and his team for the pleasure of sailing with his loved […]

While it would seem like pure fantasy that video sailing games will attract participants to the sport, they do bolster commercial interest, and that’s a goal for the America’s Cup when it launched AC Sailing for gamers along with its first-ever e-sports […]

As the national governing body for sailing in the United States, US Sailing is seeking nominations to fill five open seats on the US Sailing Board of Directors. Application must be submitted no later than May 15, 2024. – Details Source: scuttlebutt […]

After the Alinghi Red Bull Racing had a swanky reveal for their AC75 on Friday, and the Kiwis splashed their new boat for its first sail on Friday, now its the INEOS Britannia, the British Challenger of Record, that pulled back the […]

Sara Stone (USA), who has been selected by UpWind by MerConcept as crew on their Ocean Fifty trimaran, shares her story in this interview: What path led you to ocean racing? I actually started out as a competitive rower, which is an […]

The UpWind by MerConcept project begins in 2024 with this new racing program seeking to provide female sailors with racing opportunities at the highest levels of the sport. Francesca Clapcich, two time Olympian and the only Italian to win The Ocean Race, […]

Andy Du Port explores which rules need to be followed to the letter to avoid collisions at sea and considers those which can be safely ignored: Saying ‘International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea’ is something of a […]

The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremony honoring individuals and teams from the world of sports along with sporting achievements throughout the year. The 25th edition has South African Kirsten Neuschäfer as the sole sailing nominee being recognized for […]

There’s no set formula for evaluating the entry list for an invitational event. But among the critical criteria would be a healthy number of former champions, geographic diversity, and a handful of new entries. Collectively, the selected entrants for the […]

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. Featured in this episode are perhaps the […]

Spring nationals is the annual highlight and conclusion of the College sailing season, with a new format pairing the Open and Women’s Team Race Championship to be held a few weeks before the corresponding fleet race dinghy nationals. Giving an early preview […]

Over 170 non-professional sailors, including 25 Americans, are on board a fleet of eleven 70-foot yachts en route to the USA on the latest leg of the 2023-24 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Teams are currently crossing the world’s […]

It is a big year for the IMOCA solo skippers as they prepare for the 2024-25 Vendée Globe, and one of the early tests for the solo, non-stop, round the world race will be New York Vendée-Les Sables d’Olonne. With […]

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1, and early speculation is that this could be a hyper-charged year as far as the number of storms is concerned. The Atlantic basin includes the Atlantic Ocean as well as […]

Ten yacht club teams across the USA and Sweden competed for the Palmer Trophy at the Grandmasters Team Race event, hosted by Newport Harbor Yacht Club on April 14-16 in Newport Beach, CA. The home team topped the double round […]