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Team racing is a sport of split-second decisions. A moment of hesitation can quickly undo a promising race. A good day on the water can often be broken into a series of smart moves that can seem extrasensory in nature. […]

The 2023 Chester Race Week held its biggest regatta in a decade with racing on August 16-19 in Chester, Nova Scotia. Billed as the largest fixed keel regatta in Eastern Canada, Chester Race Week over 1,200 sailors from Ontario, PEI, […]

The Hague, Netherlands (August 20, 2023) – Hungary’s Maria Erdi came through an exceptionally tight medal race to claim the final gold of the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague. The 25-year-old went into the ILCA 6 medal […]

Nearly 40 years ago at the Los Angeles 1984 Games, the Olympic Regatta consisted of a total seven races across a week. One race per day, lasting up to two hours or more. If you hit the windward mark you […]

The Hague, Netherlands (August 19, 2023) – Foiling Saturday delivered with thrills, spills and spectacular speeds as two new Olympic classes put on a show at the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships. Formula Kite and iQFOiL will make their Games […]

Aarhus, Denmark (June 4, 2023) – In advance of the Leg 6 start on June 8, The Ocean Race returned to the water for the In-Port Race for clear skies and a building sea breeze. This marked the return of […]

Kings Point, NY (June 2, 2023) – An update at the 2023 College Open Team Race National Championship found winner Harvard University, led by skippers Lachlain McGranahan ’24, Justin Callahan ’26, and Mitchell Callahan ’26, had retired from a race […]

Newport, RI (May 20, 2023) – Due to deteriorating weather, today’s In Port Race has been postponed and will now be incorporated into the start tomorrow of Leg 5 for The Ocean Race. This was due to a forecast for […]

The World Sailing Show delivers 30-minute episodes which feature news, profiles, and racing highlights from across the world of sailing. Here is the May episode description: The show focuses on Tom Slingsby’s Team Australia in San Francisco as SailGP season […]

The 2022-23 Globe40 was an eight-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. Seven teams were at the beginning in June from Tangier, Morocco with four teams completing the course in March at Lorient, France. American Joe Harris, who sailed […]

Day 2: Nicolas Goyard completes superb hat-trick while Justine Le Meteyer maintains control at the top of the rankings Another windy day in Gruissan, south of France, the place where the Tramontana never stops blowing! The Défi WIND organisation took […]

Former race winner and 11th Hour Racing Team navigator Simon Fisher provides a guide to Leg 5 of The Ocean Race that returns the race to Europe. The teams will make their way from Newport in the USA, across the […]

Florida Women’s Sailing Association on the west coast of Florida has promoted women in sailing since 1973, which includes their annual Young Woman Sailor of the Year Award which signifies both accomplishment within the sport of sailing as well as […]

Newport, RI (May 18, 2023) – After losing their mast on the fifth day The Ocean Race’s fourth leg, overall leader Holcim-PRB arrived yesterday on the cargo ship it boarded in Rio on May 3. The IMOCA was launched around […]

The news of America’s Cup defender Emirates Team New Zealand purchasing ten Elliott 7s for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron youth program should be seen as a generous gesture, but as it comes on the heels of negative press, […]

With four of the seven legs of The Ocean Race 2023 completed, just one point separates the top three teams. However, the fifth leg from the USA to Denmark will change that as there is double points to be earned, […]

When Larry Ellison funded the start-up SailGP circuit, his stipulation was how all the teams would be off the dole after five seasons. While the early entrants are working toward that goal, the league’s desire to expand the field is […]

Dan Egan, who was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, hosts the podcast Edging the Xtreme which profiles athletes that push the limits. In this episode, Egan chats with Amory Ross, the onboard reporter for the […]

The 37th America’s Cup is taking a significant step toward its 2024 competition as teams pack up from their remote training sites for the move to Barcelona, Spain. Challenger NYYC American Magic concluded winter training in Florida on May 10, […]

Sail Canada has released the list of sailors who will be part of the 2023-24 Canadian Sailing Team and Canadian Sailing Development Squad. The 28 squad members were selected based on the Canadian Sailing Team Sport Canada Carding Criteria as […]

During the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee meeting on May 11, 2023 (NBSAC), the U.S. Coast Guard released a summary of statistics on calendar year 2022 recreational boating incidents, revealing that there were 636 boating fatalities nationwide in 2022, a […]

Day 1: Nico Goyard and Justine Lemeteyer on top from the start The world’s most famous long distance race started with a bang on day 1 with event title holder Nico Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) in […]

Pensacola is on its way to having a permanent home for America’s Cup challenger New York Yacht Club American Magic after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed off on a $3.9 million grant from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund on […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I have found there is a proximity risk with the America’s Cup. The closer I get, the more enthralled I am. Flashing my media pass, the oxygen within the walls tilts perspective. Complimentary Moët […]

More yacht and sailing clubs are now offering adult team racing programs and its working to get more younger members back to the house. Report by Gary Jobson for Sailing World: For Doug Sabin, one approach to getting more of […]

Team New Zealand’s pre-America’s Cup regatta in Saudi Arabia has started sinking with the refusal of the New York Yacht Club’s entry, American Magic, to race in Jeddah. The team says it’s too dangerous for Americans to sail an open […]

Following a selection process, the eleven skippers for the 2023-24 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race are set to lead teams of non professional sailors from all walks of life around the globe. With nationalities from the UK, Uruguay, Portugal, […]

The America’s Cup challenger American Magic (USA) is refusing to participate in the second Preliminary America’s Cup Regatta in Saudi Arabia citing security concerns. The regatta is scheduled to be held in Jeddah from November 30 to December 3. However, […]

The C&C 30 came to life in 2014, by 2015 had one design racing in the USA, but then seemingly burnt itself out in a couple years. The high point may have been 11 boats at 2016 Key West Race […]

Behind the scenes with Sarah-Quita Offringa, Oda Brødholt & Lennart Neubauer in Aruba The majority of the time we mainly see pro windsurfers competing at the top of their game or polished edits of sick moves only… well here’s a […]

Event Summary: Justine Lemeteyer emerges as genuine world title threat, whilst Maciek Rutkowski makes a flying start to the season The 2023 PWA Slalom World Tour kicked off with a new addition to the calendar with the Torbole PWA World […]

Day 5: Lemeteyer destroys the field to claim emphatic first win whilst Rutkowski makes perfect start to world title defence The final day of the Torbole PWA World Cup turned out to be the best day of the event as […]

The arrival of The Ocean Race to USA has ignited the race village, titled Ocean Live Park, at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI. Along with music and entertainment, the Ocean Race Newport’s family-friendly festival is created to celebrate […]

The Chicago Blackhawks are Bulls are watching the playoffs, the Chicago White Sox are underperforming in the American League with the Cubs teetering in the National League. The Chicago weather in June is mostly comfortable before the hammer of summer […]

The On Course series takes a regular look at the sailing world with show host Matt Sheahan. Here is the Episode 25 description: We take a close look at the big three: the America’s Cup, The Ocean Race, and SailGP. […]

by Kevin Gunn Over this past school year, the STEM for Others class at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) has been working on designing and building a more sustainable sail for Haitian fisherman. They are currently using […]

Halifax, Canada (May 13, 2023) – At 12:30 local time today, the GUYOT environnement – Team Europe arrived after their dismasting in the fourth leg of The Ocean Race. The crew – skipper Benjamin Dutreux, Robert Stanjek, Annie Lush, Sébastien […]

Les Sables d’Olonne, France (May 12, 2023) – Michael Guggenberger (AUT) started the 2022-23 Golden Globe Race with a few impediments compared to other entrants in the GGR. First, he is coming from land-locked Austria when most of the other […]

Since their dismasting on the fourth leg of The Ocean Race, GUYOT environnement – Team Europe has yet to disclose their future plans. The incident occurred during a massive storm while just over 600 miles east of the finish in […]

History will be made during the 2023 Annapolis-to-Newport Race when the 38th biennial edition gets underway on June 4 and 5. For the first time ever, an all-women crew will be competing on the 473 nm course. Leading the Change! […]

The current leader of The Ocean Race is on a ship due to their dismasting on the fifth day of Leg 4 from Brazil to USA. With the next leg to Europe starting on May 21, here is an update […]

The latest shift by the U.S. Government for its International border policy has the U.S. Coast Guard standing above the fray. This concerns Title 42 which was an emergency health authority that began in March 2020, and it allowed U.S. […]

The Port of Pensacola will be the permanent home of the American Magic yacht racing team. According to WearTV, Triumph Gulf Coast approved a $8.5 million grant to complete renovations to Warehouse 10 in the Port of Pensacola. American Magic […]

The shenanigans of boat builder LaserPerformance (LP) led to their removal as a supplier to the Laser Class, and due to their rights to the Laser name, led the popular one design organization to change its name to ILCA. It […]

by Heather Mahady, UK Sailmakers Every dog has its day, and pursuit racing is an excellent way to make all competitors feel like they have skin in the game. Pursuit racing, commonly called reverse handicap racing, is a variant of […]

Among the 12 teams participating in the Youth & Women’s America’s Cup, each of the six entrants for the 37th America’s Cup will be fielding squads to compete in these events to be held in Barcelona, Spain. Challenger New York […]

America’s Cup challenger NYYC American Magic concluded winter training in Florida on May 10, 2023. Their final day on Pensacola Bay lasted over five hours and saw their AC40 America cover in excess of 70 nautical miles with Tom Slingsby […]

The Ocean Race 2023 has completed four of the seven legs, and the five IMOCA teams are showing their scars. The recent leg had three finishers in Newport, while two others are fighting logistics due to their dismastings on April […]

The 14th edition of The Ocean Race hardly looks like its history which began in 1973. While previous entrants resemble most yachts in the sport, today’s field is more spaceship that sailboat. The 60-foot IMOCA (above) being used for the 2023 race […]

South African sailor, Kirsten Neuschäfer emerged victorious in the prestigious Golden Globe round-the-world race, renowned as the sailing world’s ultimate test of endurance. Notably, this extraordinary race forbids the use of modern technology for navigation, demanding participants to rely solely […]

Newport, RI (May 10, 2023) – 11th Hour Racing Team won leg 4 of The Ocean Race, leading the fleet into their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on a spectacular spring afternoon in New England. Skipper Charlie Enright was beaming […]

(May 10, 2023; Day 18) – It’s a cool, crisp, spring day, with bright sunshine and clear blue skies for the Leg 4 finish in Newport, RI. Unfortunately for the trio racing towards the finish line off Fort Adams State […]

In this monthly video series, the USA America’s Cup challenger American Magic offers a behind the scene view of their journey toward the 37th edition in Barcelona, Spain. Video posted on May 10, 2023. Following the publication of the AC37 […]

At 47-meters, the Götheborg of Sweden is the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world. Launched in 2005, it was based on an 18th-century merchant ship and built using the tools, methods, and materials of that time. While the […]

In May, US Sailing is celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month by profiling sailors in that community. In this report they meet with sixty-nine year old Matt Chao who has never let adversity keep him from time on […]

(May 9, 2023; Day 17) – The morning began with the news that GUYOT environnement – Team Europe lost their rig at 0243 UTC when in gale force winds and big waves, the boat slammed off a wave and the […]

Day 2: Alexandre Cousin strikes first blood in the men’s, whilst Femke van der Veen sets the pace in the women’s after a tricky day of racing The weather on day two of the Torbole PWA World Cup still wasn’t […]

Day 1: After a quiet opening day we caught up with last year’s World No.3 Enrico Marotti The inaugural day of the 2023 Torbole PWA World Cup saw a quiet start to proceedings with a thick layer of cloud engulfing […]

Event Preview: Slalom set to return to Italy for first time in 11 years as world’s best racers prepare to battle it out in beautiful Lake Garda Winter training is over and the final preparations are almost complete, which means […]

Reigning World Champion Maciek Rutkowski raring to go ahead of the season opener in Lake Garda The clock is rapidly counting down for the start of the 2023 Torbole PWA World Cup, which sees the world tour return to Italy […]

Sailors for the Sea Powered by Oceana, which engages and activates the sailing and boating community toward restoring ocean health, has launched its Clean Class initiative to recruit one design fleets to implement Clean Regattas best practices into class-wide operations […]

(May 9, 2023; Day 17) – In the final stage of the fourth leg of The Ocean Race, fate dealt a heavy blow to GUYOT environnement – Team Europe when their mast broke just over 600 miles east of the […]

It has been a big month both on and off the water in this 37th America’s Cup cycle with all the teams stepping up their training and testing programs ahead of their move to their Barcelona bases, which are springing […]

(May 8, 2023; Day 16) – The fourth leg of The Ocean Race is expected to see the leaders finish May 10 in Newport, RI. For now, the script is well written as hometown entry 11th Hour Racing Team is […]

(May 8, 2023; Day 16) – As The Ocean Race leading boats get within 600 miles of the finishing line off Newport, Rhode Island, the crews are preparing for a brutal afternoon and evening at sea. There is a weather […]

The International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA), which manages the grand prix 60-foot monohull activity, has created a document which focuses on sustainability and social diversity in its sporting activities. Here is their report: “The publication of our very first […]

For the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Sailing venue to the South in Marseilles is receiving opposition due to the constraints the competition will put on the host area. The Nageurs du Prado Collective (The Swimmers of the Prado), the Petit […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Our society likes to keep score, and sailing feels the pinch of this shift. For an activity that need not include competition, we shine the light brightest on the winners. Measuring fun is hard, […]

Somewhere between the harbor of Sydney, Australia (where one aspirant still hasn’t begun his solo ocean crossing to the start line), and a country lane just a stone’s throw south of Sherwood Forest (where last year’s Team Zen Dog has […]

Marine publication BoatingWorld.com seeks to answer that age-old question, “What makes sailing popular among wealthy individuals?” 1. The sense of freedom Sailing provides a sense of freedom that is hard to match with any other activity. Out on the open […]

San Francisco, CA (May 7, 2023) – Tom Slingsby’s Australia has reasserted its league-defining dominance by winning Season 3 in spectacular style and securing the SailGP three-peat on San Francisco Bay. The Aussies claimed the one-million dollar prize in a […]

(May 7, 2023; Day 15) – The Ocean Race competition level is high as 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia duel towards the finish. “11th Hour Racing Team is just a few miles away and we’re doing everything we […]

Chick Pyle’s Beneteau 36.7 Kea was deemed the overall winner of the 2023 Yachting Cup held May 6-7 in San Diego, CA. The team finished first in their class by winning every race – a total of six bullets. The […]

One hundred forty-nine teams spread across 14 classes participated in the third stop of the 2023 Sailing World Regatta Series which held racing May 5-7 in Annapolis, MD. Bruce Irving’s teammates on Shamrock not only won the J/30 East Coast […]

The 2023 Antigua Sailing Week on April 30-May 6 attracted boats and crew from over 20 nations, with sailors competing from six continents. With moderate trade winds and tropical heat, sailing conditions delivered for the 54th edition. Chris and Caroline […]

San Francisco, CA (May 6, 2023) – With a spot in the Championship Final Race on the line, Emirates Great Britain soared and France faltered in today’s three races on what could be a defining day in both team’s seasons. […]

(May 6, 2023; Day 14) – While the IMOCA fleet is making progress towards The Ocean Race finish line for Leg 4, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. 11th Hour Racing Team holds the lead over Team Malizia but the […]

Reigning World Champion Marion Mortefon looks ahead to the start of the 2023 season, which begins in just a few days time in beautiful Lake Garda The start of the 2023 PWA Slalom World Tour is now just a few […]

The inaugural Global Solo Challenge 2023-24 seeks to be a budget-friendly solo, non-stop race around the world. For boats from 32 to 55 feet with an IRC rating below 1.370, a pursuit start over 11 weeks begins in A Coruña, […]

(April 11, 2023) – Ian Herbert Jones (GBR), competing in the 2022-23 Golden Globe Race, was successfully rescued today after his Tradewind 35 Puffin had become disabled northeast of Cape Horn. It was 1740 UTC when Jones first saw the […]

(April 11, 2023) – One day after Ian Herbert Jones (GBR) required rescue in the Golden Globe Race, a multi-agency effort has been underway which anticipates help to arrive today by 1700 UTC. Jones was northeast of Cape Horn when […]

The Notice of Race is posted and registration is open for St. Francis Yacht Club’s inaugural Offshore Mixed Doubles Race, scheduled in 2023 on July 29-30 in San Francisco, CA. Open to doublehanded crews of mixed gender, the race committee […]

(April 10, 2023) – Ian Herbert Jones (GBR), who had been racing his Tradewind 35 PUFFIN in the Golden Globe Race, had his boat roll over and dismast, with the skipper injuring his back and incurring a gash to his […]

Final highlights of the event in Chile which saw 5-time World Champion Philip Köster & Jane Seman take home respective victories in down-the-line perfection There was no stopping an onform Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) […]

The singlehanded A-Class Catamaran has a strong presence in the USA, which was strong enough to host the 2022 World Championship, and strong enough for the country’s Ravi Parent to win the Open division world title. Scuttlebutt editor Craig Leweck […]

Anyone who has followed the Volvo Ocean Race and the Whitbread before it, knows that winning ‘the unofficial world championship of fully-crewed offshore ocean racing’ requires a massive team effort both on the boats and on shore. With multiple stages […]

(April 10, 2023) – The wind is strengthening and veering for the Golden Globe Race frontrunners who have about three more weeks before finishing in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. Leader Kirsten Neuschäfer(RSA) is nearly heading north, and as she is […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and Italian yacht designer and project manager Matteo Polli nominated the Cookson 50. Here’s the report: “I think […]

Top ranked US match racing skipper Nicole Breault hosted the 2023 Bunny Bash Match Race on April 8 in San Francisco, CA. Eight teams participated in this developmental opportunity for sailors relatively new to match racing. Gray skies and chilly […]

North American sailors were denied medals at the 2023 Trofeo Princesa Sofía on April 3-8 which attracted 970 boats and boards to Palma, Spain. As the first of the four Sailing World Cup events, this was an early look at […]