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Roger Cottle was presumed dead after falling overboard and lost at sea for five-and-a-half hours in a holed lifejacket, at night. He tells the story for Practical Boat Owner magazine: Falling overboard, I discovered that what they don’t tell you […]

The America’s Cup Hall of Fame has selected James Spithill, Paul Cayard, and Susan Henn for the Class of 2025. They will be honored at the America’s Cup Hall of Fame Induction gala in the Model Room of the New […]

US Sailing is seeking entrants to represent the USA for the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championship, to be held September 22-October 1 in Cowes, Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. This is the second edition for the mixed […]

US Sailing and the Match Racing Committee have chosen Lindsey Baab, Will Donovan, and George Higham as the recipients for the 2025 David Storrs Grant. The program is designed to help match race teams ages 19-29 to pay for expenses […]

The second event of the 2025 Sailing Grand Slam has athletes competing in the 56th edition of the Semaine Olympique Française on April 21-26 in Hyères, France. More than 800 athletes are expected for the ten Olympic classes. Windfoil (iQFOiL): […]

In their Extraordinary Boats series, Yachting World profiles the 42-foot JV43, a racing and fast cruising machine designed for a couple with a thirst for adventure and a taste for the barefoot sailing life: Compared with the multihulls and centre […]

US Sailing met with Will Holmgren, President of the North Haven Dinghy Foundation, to get the scoop on one of America’s most enduring sailboats. The North Haven Dinghy, with its distinct wineglass stern and rich history, has long been a […]

Dave Dellenbaugh, member of the 2025 Class of the National Sailing Hall of Fame, wants us to be better headsail trimmers. He offered some tips in WindCheck magazine, and continues the education in this report: Luff tension Like the mainsail […]

by Anne Kolker, WindCheck magazine Having asked many sailors if they would be my crew for a Marion Bermuda Race, I was often told that they were uncomfortable to lose sight of land. My reply has always been that I […]

As Season 5 of SailGP approaches its mid-point, the league has released a first look of its forthcoming 2026 Season, including the return of fan-favorite locations, with multi-year hosting agreements secured across all regions. For the sixth season, stages will […]

After previous unsuccessful attempts by World Sailing to create an Olympic circuit of events, prominent events on the Olympic class calendar saw the value of the idea and launched the Sailing Grand Slam (SGS). As athletes and teams gear themselves […]

The 2025 Marion Bermuda Race starts June 20 from Marion, MA, with the 645 nm course finishing at Bermuda. Dave Caso with his Cherubini 44 Silhouette, a many-time racer and winner, encourages people to take the leap toward the race: […]

Pete Boland hosts Sailfaster, a podcast series where racing sailors discuss what it takes to sail faster and how races are won. In this episode, Boland hosts the President of North Sails, Ken Read. What separates the best sailors from […]

The Caribbean Sailing Association (CSA) will host its Annual Conference on June 27-29, 2025, in St. Maarten. This is the second time for the event to be held mid-year to ensure it’s early enough for regional events to coordinate promotional […]

Charlie Enright has been hired by US Sailing for their Chief Executive Officer position, replacing Alan Ostfield who left the organization in August 2024. “Charlie offers a wealth of experience as a world-class sailor, a proven leader in sustainable practices, […]

Surfing made its debut as an Olympic sport at the Tokyo 2020 Games as an initiative by the International Olympic Committee to attract youthful interest and heighten excitement. But as the sport prepares for Los Angeles 2028, it apparently isn’t […]

The Osaka Cup doublehanded yacht race is held every four years on average, and extends 5500 nm from Melbourne, Australia to Osaka, Japan. With staggered starts from March 2 to 31, the 17 entrants will pass through multiple weather systems […]

Roger Long is a retired naval architect, and once testified as an expert witness in a case involving a ship that capsized and sank. In this report he offers an explanation of yacht stability: Well, it’s more than upsetting when […]

Forty-eight female sailors took part in the Women’s America’s Cup, while well over 100 were involved across the 12 Women’s and Youth sailing squads and shore teams. But after that last race in Barcelona on October 12, when Italy’s Luna […]

by Carol Cronin Whenever I push away from the shore, I take control of my own destiny. Any watercraft will do, but it’s vessels propelled by the wind that have taught me the most about life’s most valuable balancing acts: […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The World Sailing Rankings for Olympic Classes are administered by World Sailing, and exist because, well, people love rankings. Golf has rankings. Tennis has rankings. It’s cool to say “I am #1 in the […]

World-class women sailors from the world’s toughest races share their views on the future of sailing, gender equality, and balancing motherhood with a sports career. Story by Heather Prentice for Yachting Monthly. Six of the world’s most accomplished women sailors […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The Lake Ontario Offshore Racing is an organization that coordinates distance racing on the easternmost of the five Great Lakes of North America. With the US-Canadian border spanning the center of the lake, the […]

The 2025 College Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament saved its best for last as the championship game was one for the ages with Florida defeating Houston 65-63. That result also enshrined Matt Brock (aka Matt Depenbrock) as the 2025 Scuttleball […]

The 77th Annual Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race is set to take place on April 25, 2025. With more than 800 competitors and 130+ yachts registered. Starting in Newport Beach, CA, competitors will either pursue the 88nm race course […]

Quicklier Film Partners, which produced MELGES: The Wizard of Zenda, has released an educational film for sailing schools. Called Lessons from the Wizard, it is an instructional film that focuses on the attitude and character of a sailor. This 50-minute […]

More than two dozen teams from 11 countries have officially requested an invitation for the inaugural New York Yacht Club International Women’s Championship, with racing in the club-owned IC37 yachts on September 12-19, 2026. With numerous other teams expressing interest, […]

Sail Canada 2025 Youth Fest, a sailing event focusing on training and development for U19 sailors, will be held August 1-5 in Kingston, Ont. The event will be hosted by CORK/Sail Kingston and will be held along Sail Canada 2025 […]

The New Zealand America’s Cup defender will have to prepare for the 38th edition without their skipper Peter Burling who was unable to reach an agreement with the team. Here’s the official statement from Team New Zealand: With the America’s […]

After identifying a defect in select wingsails across the F50 fleet, the SailGP league has canceled the next Season 5 event – planned for May 3-4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – in order to facilitate required repairs. Racing will […]

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound is launching Aqua Alert, a new pilot program designed to quickly notify the public about urgent maritime emergencies. Modeled after Amber Alerts for missing children and Silver Alerts for seniors, Aqua Alert provides […]

It was three months after INEOS Britannia lost in the 37th America’s Cup when trouble was revealed amid the British challenge. The nation’s most successful effort to win the trophy had imploded, with team skipper Ben Ainslie and team sponsor […]

The race toward the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics has begun as nearly 800 boats and boards competed on March 31-April 5 at the 2025 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca in Mallorca, Spain. Twelve nations won medals, seven winning multiple medals, with […]

The 16th edition of the Yacht Racing Image Award has opened entries for yacht racing photographers from all over the world to submit their best image taken since October 14, 2024. Founded in 2010, the photo competition dedicated to the […]

Superyacht designer Dan Lenard is preparing to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unassisted solo non-stop sailing in a dinghy. His plan is to commence in the second half of June 2025, using an ILCA 7 in the […]

The 38th America’s Cup has no venue or Protocol, the A75 Class Rule has not been released, the Challenger of Record had a messy divorce, yet Defender Team New Zealand wants to hold the racing in 2027. Considering an AC75 […]

The sport of sailing likes to make improvements, but better isn’t always best. Change is often led by those at the elite end of competition, but are these “advances” at the detriment of the entry level? Champion competitor Mike Zani […]

Over the course of nearly three decades, Charleston Race Week has developed a proven reputation that brings sailors back year after year. While ‘location, location, location’ is an integral piece of the puzzle, well-run races in a unique venue as […]

There’s no shortage of talent or breeze in the BVI as almost eighty boats prepare to assume the challenge in the 52nd edition of the 2025 BVI Spring Regatta on April 4-6 in the Caribbean waters off Nanny Cay Resort […]

The United States SailGP Team has been struggling to improve, which has prompted observations for how the crew is short on high performance experience. While social media comments pushed for change, helm Taylor Canfield wanted to trust their current plan. […]

The Sailing Museum & National Sailing Hall of Fame has announced the 11 individuals who will be inducted into its prestigious National Sailing Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The new inductees include a diverse group of influential figures in […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and wooden boatbuilder Leo Goolden nominated the Nordic Folkboat. Here’s the report: “The humble Nordic Folkboat is, in […]

The National Women’s Sailing Association (NWSA) is expanding their 2025 National Women’s Sailing Association Conference to three days for June 6-8 at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, FL. The organization, which will be celebrating its 35th anniversary, […]

In Olympic parlance, there are sports and those sports have events. For the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, the two heavy hitters are Swimming and Athletics which lead all 36 sports in having 49 and 48 events, respectively. In comparison, Sailing […]

Not far from the German headland of Cape Arkona, a sailing boat sank March 31 due to massive water ingress. The crew had to climb into the life raft, from which they were rescued a short time later by a […]

World Sailing has launched the new National Race Officer Training Program for Member National Authorities (MNAs) to apply for on an annual basis with the aim of providing a recognized qualification for race officials from nations without their own national […]

Now that Auckland has removed itself as an option to host the 38th America’s Cup, the leading candidates floating in the media are Italy and Greece, with Greek billionaire George Prokopiou as the man behind his nation’s bid to host […]

World Sailing has launched a new program for Member National Authorities (MNAs) which targets coaches and instructors working in grassroots sailing through to the national level. The World Sailing Coaches Scholarship 2025-2028 is supported by the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic […]

With a June 2025 deadline to reveal the venue for the 38h America’s Cup, defender Team New Zealand has confirmed that their home of Auckland is no longer a consideration. When The Ocean Race 2027 confirmed the course would have […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics expects to host 36 different sports, and while venue selection typically has little impact on how the athletes compete, Sailing is not like most sports. Understanding the weather conditions […]

The 2025-26 Mini Globe Race made an overland transfer of 15 Globe 580 yachts from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean to continue on the round-the-world event. On March 25, the fleet set off on leg 2, a 7,200-Mile course […]

Not long after New Zealand won the America’s Cup in October 2024, the host of the 37th edition – Barcelona, Spain – declined repeating. Uncertainty surrounding the event, always a weakness, would continue again. Long gone are the days when […]

Over the years, the Transpac Race has drawn many legends of yacht racing, with the 2025 edition attracting one one such legend that returns after years away. Recently relaunched and sporting significant upgrades, the 65-foot Ragtime’s signature black hull and […]

Rod Davis is pretty accomplished in the sport. Two-time Olympic medalist. Extensive America’s Cup career, on and off the boat. But at 69 years of age, he’s also old enough to remember the simpler times of the sport. His passion […]

Established in 2018, the SailGP global sports league has two goals: 1) Deliver fan-centric inshore racing among national teams in some of the iconic harbors around the globe. 2) All teams would be privately owned after five seasons. It is […]

The Australian Sailing Team shared an update about their preparation for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, but it included two bits of information that may not help the team at all: • Their training was in March. • They trained […]

The transformation of the Olympic Sailing Program began at Rio 2016 with the introduction of the Women’s Skiff and Mixed Multihull events. These changes were to deliver a more dynamic presentation, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wanted more. Sailing […]

In a session at the 2025 US Sailing Leadership Forum, Bring the Fun Back to Sailing Using Innovative Regatta Formats, the title implies that the fun has left sailing. Has it? Increased participation does follow fun, and growth in the […]

by Pascal Schürmann, Yacht The year is 2035 and all antifouling has been banned throughout the EU. And yet the hulls of yachts moored in harbours on the North and Baltic Seas and in the Mediterranean remain as smooth as […]

Diego Botin likes San Francisco. After winning the Season 4 SailGP Championship at the venue, he led his Spanish team to dominate again in 2025 when the league returned to northern California on March 22-23. After winning the 7-race qualifying […]

Increasing participation in sailing is a popular topic, and one being pursued in Australia as they release their second annual Participation Report. Led by the national federation Australian Sailing, the document details the results of their work partnering with Sailing […]

The path for the USA to the 2025 Youth Sailing World Championship will pass through the 2025 U.S. Youth Championship, to be held on October 10-13 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The qualifier is US Sailing’s pinnacle youth regatta, featuring the […]

by Nikki Henderson, Yachting World Back in December, I reminded myself what ‘too close for comfort’ feels like. After 18 days at sea, my crew and I finished an Atlantic crossing and parked up in Rodney Bay, St Lucia, with […]

The 2028 Olympic Games are in the USA, which presents a massive opportunity for the nation. While a successful US Olympic Sailing Program is a priority for new President Henry Brauer, execution remains in question. Dean Brenner, who led the […]

The 2025 RORC Caribbean 600 brought together a world-class fleet for one of the most challenging and exhilarating offshore races on the calendar. A 600-mile course weaving through 11 stunning Caribbean islands, with record-breaking Maxis, professionally crewed teams, and Corinthian […]

Francesca Clapcich, two-time Olympian and on 11th Hour Racing Team when they won The Ocean Race 2022-23, has launched her campaign for the 2028-29 Vendée Globe. Using the 60-foot IMOCA, the Italian-American will take on this elite offshore race held […]

It is never good to hit marks, and especially not good for the SailGP teams this season. With the change to T-foil daggerboards that extend outboard of the hull, the Danish passed too closely to a mark during the Los […]

(March 20, 2025) – Kirsty Coventry has been elected the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee. The 41-year-old Zimbabwean was chosen in a secret ballot of seven candidates at the 144th IOC Session being held in Costa Navarino, Greece […]

A successful rescue is always rooted in preparation which George Day has us thinking about in this report for the Cruising Compass: We’re soon going to be in the spring and early summer migration and offshore event season so our […]

The 14-event schedule for SailGP will be in San Francisco on March 22-23 for the fifth event of Season 5, though Scuttlebutt worries the league is without a calendar. In their propensity for hype, SailGP repeatedly refers to this as […]

Whether you’re preparing for a race or even just a leg of a longer race, there’s always a process for planning your routing, says professional navigator Simon ‘Si Fi’ Fisher. “I’ll start looking at the forecast and the different weather […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News It was the 1970s when I witnessed the early days of windsurfing as Hoyle and Diane Schweitzer cajoled their beach buddies to race boards in Marina del Rey, CA. Their nearby factory soon energized […]

It may come as some surprise that the Sailing Program for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is not confirmed. World Sailing has presented a tentative plan of ten events – the same plan as Paris 2024 – but the International […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has worried about the relevancy of their Olympic Games. People are attracted to more “extreme” competitions, so the IOC included Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, and breaking at the Paris 2024 Games, while Sailing dramatically revised […]

The Ocean Race 2027-28 will return to New Zealand for the iconic around the world offshore race. While the 2022-23 race extended non-stop for 12750 nm from South Africa to Brazil, the 15th edition will finish the stage in Auckland in […]

by Brendan Huffman, UK Sailmakers Perhaps one of the more overlooked sections of the Racing Rules of Sailing is Appendix G1.2, which addresses the display of sail numbers. With the increasing use of black sails on racecourses, race officers are […]

World Sailing has published a progress report on the World Sailing Para Inclusive Strategy 2024-2029, six months on from its launch, with current participation data showing that 34 nations are now actively involved in international Para Sailing. The update covers […]

The yachts – Columbia (US-16), Weatherly (US-17), Nefertiti (US-19), and American Eagle (US-21) – played historic roles in Defender selection trials with two securing America’s Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1967. The competition on Narragansett Bay will have crews […]

Max Ebb is a regular contributor to Latitude 38 magazine, and with sidekick Lee Helm, use their pseudonyms to discuss the problems of the world, Here’s their chat from the March 2025 edition: College students — especially “starving” college students […]

As the National Governing Body for the Sailing, USA law mandates that US Sailing fields a team for the Olympic Games. Qualifying for the team requires an objective selection process, but how athletes train for selection can vary beyond the […]

A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to Canada and using less fuel to help reduce emissions. Led by George Thompson, the founder of GT […]

This summer marks the 25th anniversary of Summer Sailstice, the global celebration of sailing, set to take place on June 21-22, 2025. Founded in 2001 by John Arndt, Summer Sailstice brings together sailors from around the world to celebrate the […]

Hall of Fameer Dawn Riley is never short of ideas, or the energy to execute them. Her latest mission is the Oakcliff Celebration and Collaboration Tour which brings sailors, organizers and funders of all ages and skills within a region […]

A weak southerly breeze straggles across Lake Washington as the last of Seattle’s fall colors cloak the hillsides of the still-leafy Leschi neighborhood. Four local J/70s are gathered for a driving clinic, and the onboard combinations are unusual: all captains […]

This Women’s History Month, US Sailing celebrates trailblazers who are not only excelling in their fields, but are also breaking barriers and advocating for inclusivity. As the CEO of Women Who Sail, former Vice President of the National Women’s Sailing […]

by Joe Kirk, Point of Pittsburgh Sailing League When Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch faced a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, he decided to deliver what he called his Last Lecture. In the lecture, he talked about […]

When three major sailmaking brands were retained by a single ownership group, the sailing world struggled to believe it. No marine industry competes against each other with greater vigor, and now they are attending the same holiday party? This Seahorse […]

A 90-year-old ice windsurfer died March 12 after falling through the ice on Lake Chemung, located 44 miles northwest of Detroit, MI. Witnesses contacted local rescuers that were able to reach the man and keep him above water, but needed […]

After their start on February 24 from Antigua, 14 of the 15 19-footers in the 2025-26 Mini Globe Race successfully completed the 1200nm first leg to Panama. The leg was won by Renaud Stitelmann on Capucinette in 8 days, 18 […]

Long Beach Yacht Club’s Congressional Cup, celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2025, confirmed the ten skippers from seven countries to compete April 30-May 4. Defending champion USA’s Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team will seek a third consecutive win […]

With a new top speed of 51.3 knots, the SP80 boat surpassed the mythical 50-knot barrier as it aims to break the world sailing speed record before the summer of 2025. To achieve this, they must exceed the current 500-meter […]

As a trained fine furniture maker and lifelong sailor, Ben Gray’s search criteria for a restoration project to which he could bring his woodworking skills to bear would seem, on the face of it, entirely practical. “I understand the charm […]

It is remarkable how the standards in the sport have risen, particularly in race management, but not every regatta is a world championship. As Scuttlebutt stated in 2020, the pursuit of perfection has squeezed out many casual competitors, but we […]