SG Yelken İngilizce Archive

Nine teams competed in the 2022 J/70 US Youth National Championship, hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club on November 18-20 in St. Petersburg, FL. Thirteen races were completed in fresh breeze on Friday and Saturday, but Sunday’s cold front brought […]

It is a rarity for Sailing to get much space in the news correspondence from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, which has a bit to do with the under-performance of the US Sailing Team and likely a bit more […]

Australian Ethan Prieto-Low took top honors at the 2022 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship, held November 17-20 in Pittwater, Australia. Too much wind on the final day kept the ten teams ashore, with final placing based on the team’s […]

(November 20, 2022; Day 12) – A record sized fleet of 38 IMOCAs at the start line in Saint Malo on November 9 looks set to produce the closest and most exciting finish for the class in the 44-year history […]

Puerto Rico swept the top two positions at the 2022 Optimist North American Championship, held November 15-19 for 155 competitors in Nassau, Bahamas. Isabella Calzadilla-Allora claimed both overall and top woman awards, beating Diego Jose Marrero-Cuevas by five points while […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News It is tradition when referring to a specific Olympic Games, you reference the City first, such as the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. When the International Olympic Committee began requiring exorbitant fees for hosting rights, […]

Joan Rinken, 85, died November 8 in hospice in St. Petersburg, FL. Rinken will never be in the Sailing Hall of Fame, her years at Chicago Yacht Club campaigning the Tartan-10 Go for It! rarely ended with a visit to […]

(November 18, 2022; Day 10) – Legendary French skipper Francis Joyon sailed to fourth place in the Ultim 32/23 Class when he crossed the finish line for the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe this morning […]

Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes highlights specific aspects of the racing rules … take the test: Question: Two 25-foot boats, L (a leeward boat) and W (a windward boat), are approaching the right-hand end of the starting line, a 30-foot […]

(November 9, 2022; Day 67) – With the absence of modern equipment, the leaders of the Golden Globe Race fleet had a rare check-in as they arrived at the compulsory Photo Gate at the tip of South Africa to drop […]

Saint Malo, France (November 9, 2022) – Postponed for three days due to stormy conditions in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay, today’s rescheduled start to the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe was blessed with near perfect weather […]

Event Preview: Japan set to decide the 2022 Slalom World Titles as World’s best racers head for Yokosuka The elite of the racing world are currently descending upon Yokosuka, Japan, in preparation for the Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World […]

Saint Malo, France (November 6, 2022) – With today’s start postponed for the 3542 nm Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe, due to storm winds and huge seas expected in the English […]

Exploring the other side of the Atlantic as Nico Prien heads to the Outer Banks Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) has been on his travels again, this time taking him to the other side of the Atlantic… more preciesly Hatteras. […]

World class wave sailing with Marc Paré in Gran Canaria & Tenerife Marc Paré (Fanatic / Duotone) enjoyed his best season to the date on the World Tour as the 24-year-old finished 7th overall in the waves, whilst at last […]

Baptiste Cloarec taking his sailing to another level after a successful summer in Gran Canaria Baptiste Cloarec (RRD / RRD Sails) finished the 2022 season ranked 25th overall on the PWA Wave World Tour after recording one joint 17th result […]

Adrien Bosson makes his dream a reality as Frenchman finally gets his hands on the Freestyle World crown Last month, Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins) was finally able to make his dream a reality, after coming […]

The fiberglass era of boat building has led to a significant inventory of used keelboats, providing an affordable option for boat ownership. While there are still plenty of costs with owning a boat, this report by John Stone for Practical […]

San Diego Yacht Club defended their Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup title when they defeated ten yacht club teams in J/105s on October 28-30 in San Diego, CA. Led by Tyler Sinks with crew Max Hutcheson, Lucy Wallace, Nick Kaschak, […]

Jackson Benvenutti along with Andrew Eagan and Christopher Alexander dodged storms and eight other teams to win the 2022 US Sailing’s Adult Championship held October 27-30 in Bay Saint Louis, MS. Sailed in Viper 640s, the team was fresh off […]

The latest chapter in gender equality for sailing at the Olympic Games concluded at the 2022 470 World Championship on October 24-29 in Sdot Yam, Israel. As the boat used for the Men’s and Women’s Two Person Dinghy event since […]

Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger, with team Jay Miles, Chris Morgan, Monica Morgan and Terry Shannon, are the 2022 J/24 North American Champions, held October 28-30 in Annapolis, MD. Seven races were completed in the series, although none on the final day […]

The 2022 World Sailing Annual Conference on October 22-29 came to a close with the World Sailing Council presenting a series of reports from each of the committees to update members on the current direction of the sport and future […]

Following the confirmation of Eric de Turckheim’s French NMYD 54 Teasing Machine as the overall IRC winner of the 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race, the class winners of the 43rd edition have taken shape for the 606nm race. In IRC […]

Auckland, New Zealand (October 29, 2022) – The fourth leg of the 8-stage GLOBE40 set sail today for the five doublehanded Class40 teams, stretching some 2,300 miles toward Tahiti. With Bora Bora as the only course mark to the finish […]

The final event of the 52 SUPER SERIES 2022 proved to be a light air affair on October 25-29, and with no racing possible on the last day due to the absence of wind , Doug DeVos’s Quantum Racing secured […]

Multiple former winners, international entrants, and a record number of two-handed competitors headline a strong contingent of 120 boats entered for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as entries closed October 28. The 77th edition welcomes a truly international […]

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) will have the Annual Meeting of its constituent committees and the ORC Congress on October 29 to November 6. The first part will be electronically through the Zoom video conference platform from October 29-31, while […]

Disputes in the America’s Cup are as old as the competition itself, with the modern era relying on an ‘Arbitration Panel’ to resolve disputes that fell outside of the racing rules of sailing or the individual class rules of the […]

Dieter Van der Eyken continues his in-depth breakdown of the backloop this time covering the rotation and the landing A couple of weeks ago Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails) released the first part of his backloop tutorial, […]

The DAME Design Award celebrates everything that is important about marine equipment design, from aesthetics to functionality, integration to packaging and price efficiency to lifecycle management. With judging held during METSTRADE, the world’s largest trade exhibition for the international leisure […]

It should be an immense honor to win a World Championship, and World Sailing has standards to be reached and maintained for Class Organizations to award such a title. However, it is an area of confusion, as with a 100+ […]

Following the tragic incident that occurred during the running of the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race, US Sailing, at the request of The Bermuda Race Foundation, Inc. as the organizing authority for the race, in conjunction with the Cruising Club of […]

(October 27, 2022) – Teams for the 37th America’s Cup are allowed to build only one AC75 race boat. There are no second chances, so the British America’s Cup team INEOS Britannia hopes the 40-foot test boat they launched today […]

It is hard to believe that Charlie Dalin (FRA) has never raced in the Route du Rhum, but it is true. The skipper who has completely dominated the 60-foot IMOCA Class in recent races, will be setting sail on the […]

Malta (October 26, 2022) – After the multihull and monohull elapsed time winners of the 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race finished yesterday, Eric de Turckheim’s French NMYD 54 Teasing Machine today was confirmed as the overall IRC winner of the […]

Legendary Canadian ocean racer Mike Birch, who won the first edition of the Route du Rhum race by just 98 seconds, passed his final finish line at the age of 90. He was found on October 26 after dying peacefully […]

Luissa Smith, PR Director for the 2022 Bacardi Cup invitational Regatta, quizzed well-known sailing personalities about unshakeable moments that propelled them forward and incidents that still keep them up at night: Paul Cayard (USA) Winner 1997-1998 Whitbread Round the World […]

Wave meets Freestyle over Maui’s beautiful waters What’s better than Wave or Freestyle? Wave combined with Freestyle and that’s exactly what the Fanatic and Duotone team have been busy enjoying in Maui, Hawaii. Watch their latest clip @ https://youtu.be/gqhqv8MZ9Lo to […]

When the Mixed Multihull event was introduced for the Rio 2016 Olympics, it was anticipated for the Nacra 17 to have a female helm and male crew. There were no rule restrictions, but significant strength was needed in the crew […]

The 2022 World Sailing Annual Conference on October 22-29 considers submission by its delegates which propose changes to the sport. Here are three that involve gender issues. Submitted by Royal Yachting Association: There are eight rules in the English version of the RRS that […]

Ten teams from across the USA will take to the water for the 2022 US Sailing’s Adult Championship on October 27-30 in Bay Saint Louis, MS. The event will be held in the Viper 640, with teams were chosen by […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Despite the massive subjectivity involved, and the lack of guidelines with which to utilize, I remain a fan of annual awards recognizing elite achievement. They provide a highlight moment, offer a historic remembrance, and […]

It was the Volvo Ocean Race for 2017-18, but the pandemic has forced a long delay before the newly branded The Ocean Race begins from Alicante, Spain on January 15, 2023. The entry list is not yet final, and there’s […]

What happens when you give Marc Paré, Josep Pons & Ben Proffitt 20 minutes for a 360 challenge? Earlier this summer, Marc Paré (Fanatic / Duotone), Josep Pons (CS Custom Boards / Point-7) and Ben Proffitt took part in a […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Our crew had gathered for lunch, the first sit down with a team assembled to help National Sailing Hall of Famer Augie Diaz compete in the 2022 International Masters Regatta on October 21-23 in […]

Abu Dhabi, UAE (October 25, 2022) – The unstoppable Nacra 17 duo of Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) have added more awards to their impressive collection after being named Male and Female Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2022, […]

(October 25, 2022) – The 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race got underway on October 22, attracting a fleet of 120 yachts from 25 countries for its 43rd edition. It was not anticipated to be a record year for the 606nm […]

Japan hosted the 2022 Para World Sailing Championship alongside the Hansa Class Asia Pacific Championship in Hiroshima, marking a major step forward for diversity and inclusion after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A total of 114 athletes from […]

Alaçati set to make welcome return as Turkey prepares to host the best youth and junior racers in the world With the success of the Youth & Junior Wave events in Gran Canaria and Denmark earlier this year, the PWA […]

Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2022/10/24/video-so-much-boat-so-few-crew/

The 52 SUPER SERIES celebrates its tenth anniversary with the final event of the 2022 series on October 25-29 in Barcelona, Spain. The world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit was started in May 2012 at the Real Club Náutico de […]

The World Sailing Awards 2022, celebrating excellence and achievement in sailing, will take place October 25, starting from 16:30 UTC (12:30pm ET). The 90-minute ceremony, hosted by Alec Wilkinson and Shirley Robertson OBE, is held alongside the World Sailing Annual Conference and […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The 2022 World Sailing Annual Conference is holding eight days of meetings on October 22-29 for delegates to review and discuss the federation strategy and make key decisions that influence the future of the […]

Thirty teams competed at the 2022 Viper 640 North American Championship on October 20-23 in Gulfport, MS. Jackson Benvenutti, Andrew Eagan, and Chris Alexander dominated the 13-race series, sealing victory before the final race with a 28 point margin over […]

The World Match Racing Tour have rescheduled the WMRT Final to December 13-18 and moved to Sydney, Australia. The 2022 event will be co-hosted with the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) and the winner will be crowned official 2022 […]

This year’s international IRC Congress was held in Malta ahead of the 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race which started October 22… here is their report: The meeting was chaired by Michael Boyd, also Chairman of the IRC Board, and representatives […]

The US entry 11th Hour Racing Team provides this update on their preparation for the crewed, around the world race on October 22, 2022: There are now less than 100 days until the start of The Ocean Race, 85 to […]

Sixty international teams are ready to contest the 470 World Championship on October 24-29 in Sdot Yam, Israel. With less than two years to the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, the 2022 World Championship is an important regatta for teams […]

A global fleet will compete in the 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race, with the 43rd edition starting October 22, attracting a fleet of 120 yachts from 25 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, as well as […]

After months of development, the Finn Class has launched its new World Ranking list, with the new ranking platform including more than one thousand sailors from 37 nations. Laurent Hay from France becomes the first Finn World #1 using the […]

Stan “The Fan” Charles and Gary Stein talk with Charles M. Kithcart, CEO of Baltimore-based African Diaspora Maritime, about ADM’s plan to launch the first predominantly Black team for the 2024 America’s Cup. Following the publication of the AC37 Protocol […]

Iceboating has attracted dreamers and creators since some guy in Holland first thought about attaching iron skates to a canal boat back in the 1600s. This past summer, David Jansen of Ontario, Canada achieved his dream of building the biggest […]

(October 20, 2022; Day 47) – Cards are reshuffled and more breakage for the fleet in the Golden Globe Race as the South Atlantic starts testing boats and sailors with the next film drop in Cape Town. The Southern Hemisphere […]

New York Yacht Club American Magic is back in Pensacola for another winter, and the team is looking to make the Florida venue a permanent winter training location. Terry Hutchinson, skipper and president of sailing operations for American Magic, told […]

Sail Canada has selected Canada SailGP Team founder Fred Pye to receive this year’s Sail Canada President’s Award. The Sail Canada President’s Award is a discretionary award, established in 2011, that recognizes individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions […]

Captain Donald Lawson, who acquired an ORMA trimaran in April 2022, is preparing for sailing solo and nonstop around the world, with a start date in February 2023 from Honolulu. Launched in 2004 as Groupama 2, Lawson’s boat earned five […]

Ninety teams representing 23 nations are in Monaco for the 2022 J/70 World Championship organized by Yacht Club de Monaco. But among the star-studded professionals, and the glitz and glamour of this playground of the rich and famous, there is […]

For the new Mixed Two Person Dinghy event at Paris 2024, for everyone that has paired up in the 470 Class for this new Olympic event, they can all exhale now. Triple Olympic medalist Mat Belcher OAM has announced his […]

Professional sailor and coach Chris Snow reminds us that there’s no time to rest during the race: Your quads burn, your lower back is tight and your hands are screaming at you to give them a break. The windward mark is in […]

(October 19, 2022) – Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance (Chester, NS), were named today Sail Canada’s Rolex Sailors of the Year for 2021-2022, while Sarah Douglas and Tom Ramshaw received the Gallagher Skippers’ Plan Female and Male Athletes of the Year […]

Action, action & more action featuring Ricardo Campello in Gran Canaria Ricardo Campello (Naish / Naish Sails), who finished the 2022 season in 5th place, is back with the second part of his highlights from Gran Canaria this summer. As […]

Head honcho Arnon Dagan & Amado Vrieswijk enjoying the delights of Hood River Hood River, AKA the Gorge, has long been known for its howling winds and lumpy waters making it a great spot for any budding wind enthusiasts. Recently, […]

In what began as a passion project for the America’s Cup defender, and an opportunity to keep their design team active, is becoming a headache. Their desire to break the land speed sailing record of 126.2 mph set in 2009 […]

US Sailing has been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month which occurs annually from September 15 to October 15. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under US President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 […]

With the structure of youth sailing programs, problems occur when kids age out of the structure. While the best way to stay in the sport is to look out the window to see what is active in the area, US […]

If you’ve spent any time standing around a keg of beer, the odds are very good you had a red cup in your hand. But not any red cup… a Red Solo Cup. While not ideal amid a shift away […]

Gone in 45 seconds with 20-time world champion Sarah-Quita Offringa At the recent Mercedes-Benz Windsurf World Cup Sylt – Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) – would add to her already incredible haul of world titles – […]

The Women’s World Match Racing Tour, launched in 2022 to continue the legacy of the WIM Series (Women’s International Match Racing Series), has completed three of the four events in its inaugural season of providing a global match racing series […]

The problem with selecting events and equipment for the Olympic Games is that if you focus too hard on emerging design developments, the odds are good that in the time between confirming the sailing program and the competition, those design […]

The problem with record setting is when the pursuit is less about the achievement and more about the exposure. While it is a privilege for adventurers to share their experience, there are times when the endeavor is not as it […]

Technology can make us look pretty good on the race course. Digital compasses put our bow on the start line by tracking time and distance. Navigation software calls out layline to the mark and provides the best route when offshore. […]

This is not a new rant, but some people haven’t gotten the message. Maybe they skipped reading Scuttlebutt that day, or they failed to understand the significance, so here we go again… DON’T USE UNIQUE EVENT WEBSITES What do we […]

The Waterlust team presents environmental science in creative ways, and in this video they take a deep dive into the physics of the tides. Ever wonder why the tides are bigger in some places than others, why some of us […]

Bristol, RI (October 17, 2022) – US Sailing has named five new members of the US Sailing’s Board of Directors who were officially elected on October 14 at US Sailing’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The newly elected and re-elected […]

American Joe Harris along with Roger Junet are competing in the Globe40, a multi-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. Seven teams were at the beginning on June 26, with five teams now on the third leg from Mauritius […]

The British Sailing Team leads the Olympic medal count in both gold (31) and total (64), but when the sailing program for Paris 2024 was to include a Men’s and Women’s Kiteboard event, they had a lack of female riders. […]

When Team New Zealand won the 2017 America’s Cup with cyclists in place of winch grinders, it was the execution of a well-known fact – leg muscles are stronger than arm muscles. The lack of mobility with pedaling stations had […]

Ravi Parent and Severin Gramm posted all top seven scores in the 11-race series to win the 2022 F18 World Championship on October 12-16 in Clearwater Beach, FL. Their consistency over the 61-boat fleet from 13 nations earned them an […]

Eduardo Cordero topped the 37-boat fleet to win the 2022 Sunfish US Masters Championship on October 14-16 at Bay Waveland Yacht Club in Bay of St. Louis, MS. This was Cordera’s first US Masters regatta but he has eight Sunfish […]

Future world champion in the making Carlos Kiefer Quintana shows off his insane level at the age of just 15 Carlos Kiefer Quintana (Fanatic / Duotone) already caught the eye when competing in the U13s division a couple of years […]

The Viper 640 held its second Women’s North American Championship and its first Youth North Americans on October 15-16 in Gulfport, MS. A full schedule of eight races was held in mostly the 5-7 knot range with only the final […]

Monaco-based Dutchman Nico Poons and his Charisma team won the 2022 RC44 World Championship held October 12-16 in Portoroz, Slovenia. While five out of the eight teams competing had previously won the class world title, this was the first time […]

Denmark’s Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and Rio Olympic bronze medalist Anne-Marie Rindom was named 2022 ILCA 6 World Champion in the women’s fleet, with American Peter Barnard (above) securing the men’s title in the 12-race series held October 11-16 on […]

Daniela Moroz (USA) won her sixth consecutive Formula Kite World title at the 2022 Championship held October 11-16 in Cagliari, Italy. One hundred fifty riders from 44 countries competed in men’s and women’s divisions, with Toni Vodisek (SLO) taking the […]