SG Yelken İngilizce Archive

(December 12, 2024; Day 33) – While Vendée Globe leader Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) is due to pass into the Pacific tonight, and also cross the theoretical half way point of the 23,890 nautical miles course for the 10th […]

At one month since the start of the race, the 2024-25 Vendée Globe is showcasing sporting and media success. Between the record number of visitors to the start village, historic audiences and unprecedented sporting performances so far, this 10th edition […]

When World Sailing sought modern equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympic windsurfing events, the iQFOiL was intentionally designed and chosen in a selection process. However, after one Olympic cycle, significant changes proved necessary… here’s the update: Starting in January 2025, […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Thomas Bach has served as president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013, but his announcement to retire prompts a March 2025 election with his replacement taking over June 2025. One of the issues […]

(December 9, 2024; Day 30) – As is very often the case in the southern oceans, big breakaways caused by one weather system are rarely maintained on the Vendée Globe and today the tables have turned a little more in […]

The top teams on the World Match Racing Tour are in China for the final event on December 10–15 in Shenzhen, with the winner crowned the 2024 Match Racing World Champion and earn a share of the USD 200,000 prize […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I’m a fan of the round the world races, and have massive admiration of the sailors that do them. It is an adventure that gets more extreme for each lap, with 38 solo sailors […]

USA won one sailing medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and it was in the Men’s Skiff event which had fostered a strong team ethic which carried through two campaigns. Success does not come quick, nor does it come alone, […]

  Dave Perry is a welcomed authority on the racing rules. Long time chair of the US Sailing Appeals Committee, he is also an entertaining presenter on the rules and is available for in-person and on-line presentations in 2025. In […]

Pauline Courtois (FRA) dominated the 2024 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, held December 5-8 in Dubai, UAE. Courtois and her team of Maelenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, Sophie Faguet, and Laurane Mettraux were undefeated, winning all 21 races in their road […]

(December 8, 2024; Day 29) – At 17:00 UTC yesterday in the Vendée Globe, second place skipper Sébastien Simon (FRA) alerted his team that his starboard foil had just broken on his IMOCA Groupe Dubreuil while in the southern Indian […]

The 2024 Optimist World Championship has attracted 227 entries (164 boys, 63 girls) for racing on December 7-14 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Fifty-two nations are represented by no more than five competitors, aged 15 years or younger, with the […]

Francesca Clapcich, two time Olympian and the only Italian to win The Ocean Race, revealed in February 2024 that she would skipper a new racing program to provide women with racing opportunities at the highest level. Using the Ocean Fifty […]

It’s not clear if the growth of wingfoiling is attracting new enthusiasts to sailing, or providing something new for those already in. Carol Cronin (Jamestown RI), who is very much in, shares her obsession with the foiling board and handheld […]

When we watched the Season 5 opening event of SailGP, there were two observations. To start, with the first and last two events in the Middle East, we hope significant host fees justify the region’s notorious light winds (yawn!). No […]

(December 5, 2024; Day 26) – The Vendée Globe story continues to be how the leaders in the Indian Ocean – Charlie Dalin and Sébastien Simon – are outrunning a monster low pressure system as they pass the Kerguelen Islands. […]

For the first time in the long history of Cruising World’s Boat of the Year contest, the 16-boat fleet of nominees was split 50/50, right down the middle, among monohulls and multihulls. After the dockside inspections were completed and every […]

What are the variables that impact participation? For any fleet of boats or regatta organizer, the issues will differ but when the cost in time and money to participate exceeds the pleasurable benefit, people will seek alternative activities. Fun is […]

Looking for the perfect gift for the sailor in your life—or want to drop a hint for something you’d like? Our friends at RCR Yachts took a look at multiple gift guides to find some of the most popular recommendations. […]

CBS Sports will have a record 54 hours of television coverage for the fifth season of the SailGP sports league set to air across its platforms during the 2024-25 season. The first event of the Season 5, which was held […]

(December 4, 2024; Day 25) – As the solo skippers race across the southern oceans close to Antarctica, the Vendée Globe is helping to navigate safe passage. A virtual zone called the Antarctic Exclusion Zone (ZEA) has been set up […]

Sailing has a fan problem, says Sir Russell Coutts, CEO of the SailGP sports league. Wile other sports have embraced fans as essential to its success, sailing seems to still be reluctant to do the same. “To have longevity, the […]

New Zelander Jo Aleh competed in four Olympics, and coached in a fifth, during a 16-year span. The 38-year-old Olympic gold and silver medalist in the 470, who also competed in the 2024 Women’s America’s Cup, offers her view on […]

The World Cruising Club revealed the lost crew member in the 2024 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers was 33-year-old Swedish sailor Dag Eresund who fell overboard from Johannes Schwarz’s Volvo 70 Ocean Breeze on December 2 at 02:27 UTC. The search […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and Kiwi America’s Cup legend Ray Davies nominated the AC72. Here’s the report: “I think one of the […]

The Boating Barrister is a monthly feature in WindCheck magazine by John K. Fulweiler, Esq. which offers tips for navigating tricky legal waterways, always with a healthy dose of wit. In the Nov/Dec 2024 edition, John offers his take on […]

How people get connected to sailing varies through the decades, but also by the region. Joe Cooper recalls his early days for WindCheck magazine: What was it like when you learned to sail? I had to stop and think about […]

The countdown is on as the Admiral’s Cup, organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), will return to the spotlight on July 19-31. Two boat teams from across the globe are rallying for the 2025 return of this legendary […]

Following the August 2024 tragedy that killed seven people, plans to salvage the 56-metre Perini Navi sailing yacht Bayesian are underway with several recovery proposals submitted to the prosecutor’s office in Termini Imerese, Sicily. A syndicate of insurers led by […]

Race Week Pacific Northwest will be moving their Washington event from Anacortes to Bellingham for the 2025 event on July 21-25. The move will help the event grow through additional moorage and better scheduling. “Anacortes has been a great venue […]

(December 2, 2024; Day 23) – Sometimes the fastest, most efficient route between two points on the Vendée Globe course is not the shortest, most direct course. Usually it is, but occasionally something big and brutal blocks the way and […]

At 02:27 UTC on December 2, a crew member went overboard from Johannes Schwarz’s Ocean Breeze, a Volvo 70 competing in the in the 2024 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, an annual event from Gran Canaria to Saint Lucia. Starting November […]

Twelve teams competed in the 2024 Youth Match Racing World Championship was held November 29-December 2 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Using FarEast 28 keelboats, the winner was Australia’s Cole Tapper with crew Hamish Vass, Jack Frewin, Joel Beashel, and Chelsea […]

Race Week Pacific Northwest will be moving their Washington event from Anacortes to Bellingham for the 2025 event on July 21-25. The move will help the event grow through additional moorage and better scheduling. – Full report Source: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2024/12/02/race-week-moving-to-bellingham/

Regardless of handicap rating system, they tend to work best when dissimilar boats race in fleets with similar design-types. However, a Seahorse magazine report by Andrew McIrvine of the International Maxi Association explains how his organization wants the rating rule […]

Firecrown has acquired Active Interest Media’s Marine Group, a premier source for boating content covering yachting, sailing, fishing, and boating. The acquisition includes SAIL magazine which now joins Boating, Yachting, Sailing World, and Cruising World which were acquired October 2023. […]

Since the first America’s Cup in 1870, interest in the competition has been high. But it was for the 34th edition in 2013 when the revised format – faster boats, course boundaries, and broadcast enhancements – turned the challenge event […]

Daniel Escudero has chalked up quite a 2024, which combined disappointment at the US Olympic trials along with major victories at events like ILCA North Americans and most recently winning college nationals in the ILCA 7. He also recently became […]

While Sailing seeks to heighten its commercial profile with broadcast friendly formats for the America’s Cup and SailGP, the real measure is athlete awareness. Watching fast boats is one thing; recognizing the athletes walking down a street on Tuesday is […]

Tasked with leading a crew of up to 22 adventure-seekers around the world, the role of a Clipper Race Skipper is one of the most demanding leadership positions in the industry. Once the successful Skippers get through a rigorous selection […]

When Lara Dallman-Weiss and Stuart McNay set sail together at the 2024 Paris Olympics, they weren’t just navigating open waters, they were challenging traditional norms in a sport historically dominated by single-gender teams. As the first U.S. mixed-gender team to […]

Foiling Week Pensacola 2025’s line-up has been bolstered with the addition of three fast-foiling boards and an open class discipline, taking it to fourteen classes participating so far. Foiling Week is the premier international foiling event, and the World Sailing […]

The stage is set for an electrifying 16th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, starting from Antigua on February 24, 2025. The early entries in IRC Zero reveal a fierce battle among some of the most advanced offshore racing machines […]

In their Extraordinary Boats series, Yachting World profiles the Cayman 28 Rooster, a ‘gentleman’s skiff’, and a 28ft sportsboat with racks, originally designed for the shallow waters of the Inner Sound in the Cayman Islands. Zipping through the herd of […]

The 2024 US Sailing Youth Racing Camps are poised to bring the nation’s top youth sailors together for intensive training and collaboration. For the first time, this annual event will take place on both coasts, with the East Coast Camp […]

Sail Newport, Rhode Island’s Public Sailing Center, has been selected to host a unique national sailing event next year with the remote-controlled DragonFlite95 (DF95) National Championship. The regatta will occur October 16-19, 2025, and will be the first radio-controlled national […]

by Wally Cross, Quantum Sails Choosing 10 boat improvements each year will lead to consistent and faster results. This is the perfect time of the year to review everything that affects to your boat’s speed. Many sailors choose improvements such […]

From the Williams sisters to the Brownlee brothers, plenty of talented families have graced the Olympic Games. And if there is one athlete who has seen success in the prestigious sporting event shared out across generations, it’s Brazilian sailor Martine […]

Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 23, 2024) – The 2024 Star South American Championship wrapped up in spectacular fashion at Club Náutico Olivos, with Paul Cayard (USA) and Pedro Trouche (BRA) claiming the title after three days of exhilarating and closely […]

New Zealand has planted its flag in the 2025 SailGP Season, beating Emirates GBR and the United States to claim a dominant win in Dubai over November 23-24, 2024. It marks the second consecutive win for Peter Burling’s Kiwi crew […]

Applications are now open for match racing skippers wishing to compete in the 2025 California Dreamin’ Series. This long-standing series features events at four prominent yacht clubs on the West Coast. The Organizing Authority’s Invitation Committee will review requests received […]

The wait is over. Red Bull Italy SailGP Team has officially been unveiled as the 12th and final nation to join the 2025 Season of SailGP. Italy enters the fast-paced sailing series for the first time with an ambitious roster, […]

Sailing World’s Dave Reed takes a look at the new squads, new looks and a new season for the teams of SailGP, which steps off in Dubai for the long year ahead. SailGP Season 4 is so yesterday, and today […]

Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 20, 2024) – The 2024 Star Class South American Championship is set to kick off in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 20 to 23, bringing together 31 teams from around the world. Hosted in Buenos Aires, […]

One week on exactly since Nico Lunven (IMOCA Holcim-PRB) set a new solo 24-hours monohull distance record on the second day of the 2024-25 Vendée Globe, Paprec Arkéa solo skipper Yoann Richomme dramatically bettered that mark on the Vendée Globe, […]

Racing sets sail November 21 out of Nanny Cay, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands for the concluding event of the 2024 44Cup. At present the battle for the season’s title looks set to be between Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika […]

(November 21, 2024; Day 12) – Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) took over the lead of the Vendée Globe solo race round the world very early this morning benefiting from his position to the west of his rivals which include his teammate […]

The Boat Builder Awards were handed out during a ceremony at the Amsterdam Maritime Museum in conjunction with 2024 Metstrade. Organized by International Boat Industry and Metstrade, the annual awards program recognized boatbuilders across 11 categories. For the 10th edition […]

US Sailing, the National Governing Body for sailing in the United States, announced the athlete selection system and requirements for the highly anticipated 2025 Team Race World Championship. The event will be hosted by the New York Yacht Club in […]

Since its inauguration nearly 80 years ago, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has built an esteemed global reputation and become one of the most famous fixtures on the international sporting calendar. Rolex has partnered the event and its organizer, […]

  The walls of Scuttlebutt HQ include the Ultimate Sailing calendar by Sharon Green, with Betsy Senescu sharing this behind-the-scenes story regarding the November 2024 images. Can you believe it’s already November? The year has flown by … but luckily […]

Bristol, RI (19 November 19, 2024) – Luke Muller (Fort Pierce, FL) was elected as the next Team USA Athletes’ Commission Representative for US Sailing, the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport. Chris Barnard (Newport Beach, CA) was elected […]

The Kiwis beat Britannia to retain the Auld Mug in the Cup’s 37th match in Barcelona in October, becoming the first team in the modern era to win the trophy three times in a row. As expected, the British team, […]

This year the DAME Design Awards Jury inspected 114 entries from 28 countries. It nominated a total of 58 products for inclusion in the DAME Design Awards showcase which were then entered in the final rounds of judging. Fifty-eight products […]

Getting smacked by a flying fish during an offshore race won’t make headlines, but what a shark coming onboard a dinghy competition? This story by Alison O’Leary comes close: We were sailing east from the west passage of Narragansett Bay, […]

When US Sailing hired sports and entertainment industry professional Alan Ostfield in April 2021 as its Chief Executive Officer, it was a change in course for the national sailing federation. Prior to Ostfield, the position was held by someone within […]

The Notice of Race is online for the 2025 Channel Islands 500 which starts March 14 in Santa Barbara, CA. There will be several course routing options available to choose for the two-night race depending on forecasted wind conditions, and […]

With the fifth season of SailGP set to begin in the Middle East on November 23-24, the United States SailGP Team has a new color. Gone is the traditional flag blue, replaced by the blue-green tone of the Statue of […]

(November 18, 2024; Day 9) – Descending the North Atlantic in the Vendée Globe is typically a sleigh ride of trade wind sailing, but it has been one pothole after another as the fleet seeks passage across of rivers of […]

The 8-person crew on the AC75 for the 37th America’s Cup had four people sailing the boat, and four people on cycles to power the systems. The cyclors were mostly not known within the sailing community, having excelled outside of […]

With ten team competing in Sonars, Boston College won the 2024 College Match Race National Championship held November 15-17 in Oyster Bay, NY. BC blanked Brown 3-0 in the Final match, with Coast Guard topping Stanford 2-1 in the Petit […]

The World Sailing Boat of the Year was introduced as an annual award in 2018, with recognition* going to the Carkeek design Fast 40+ Ran VII (2018), F50 (2019), Vortex Pod Racer (2022), and AC40 (2023). But for 2024, the […]

(November 15, 2024; Day 6) – Maxime Sorel (FRA), the 38 year old skipper of V and B – Monbana – Mayenne, is the first skipper to abandon the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe. After finishing 10th on the […]

Performance catamaran racing is growing hugely in popularity. Helena Darvelid shares some key learnings from her 84-foot Nigel Irens designed catamaran with Andy Rice for Yachting World: Modern cruiser/racer multihulls have a high level of safety provided you know what […]

During the Newport Bermuda Race this year, the J/122 Alliance struck a submerged object in the Gulf Stream in the middle of the night, suffering damage that caused her to sink (A Eulogy for Alliance). Fellow racers aboard Ceilidh, a […]

Across the bay from Scuttlebutt World Headquarters is docked the 212-foot Star of India, the world’s oldest active sailing ship, located in San Diego, CA. Her rigging, outlined in lights amid the downtown skyline, provides a reminder each evening of […]

When the 184-foot Bayesian sank at anchor as it endured a storm off the Sicilian coast, seven of 22 people on board perished. It remains under investigation for how this Perini Navi luxury superyacht could fail so tragically, with the […]

(November 14, 2024; Day 5) – After successive leaders Charlie Dalin, Sam Goodchild, and Yoann Richomme, the Vendée Globe solo non-stop race around the world has another new leader in Nicolas Lunven (HOLCIM PRB). As the lead group passes the […]

The Flying Scot Sailing Association is raffling a new Flying Scot boat with proceeds to support class activity. A limit of 200 tickets for $200.00 each are being sold with the winning tickets to be drawn in January 2025.- Details […]

The merry-go-round keeps spinning in Great Britain with the news that Dylan Fletcher will helm the SailGP Team for Season 5. Fletcher drove the British team in SailGP’s first ever season in 2019, but when the team was bought and […]

San Diego Yacht Club’s 2025 Women’s Winter Invitational Regatta (WWIR) is on February 14-16 in San Diego, CA. The annual event is held in club-owned J/22s, just off the docks where competitors enjoy close competition and camaraderie. This invitation-only event […]

There have been previous attempts by World Sailing to highlight the Olympic Sailing pathway and provide exposure to the athletes, with the latest effort coming from the events which have organized the Sailing Grand Slam (SGS). This 5-event series unites […]

The International Sunfish Class Association (ISCA), which has endured a strained relationship with supplier LaserPerformance, has appointed Zim Sailing as the new builder and supplier of class approved boats and parts. Zim Sailing is North America’s largest manufacturer and distributor […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When the first season of the SailGP commenced in 2019, all six teams were funded by the league, but only through five seasons. Well, it’s now the fifth season, and nearly all 12 teams […]

The Vendée Globe, raced in the 60-foot IMOCA, is the elite race round the world, solo, non-stop, and without assistance. On November 10, 40 skippers started the 2024-25 edition which begins and ends in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. Armel Le […]

Nicolas Lunven, the skipper of the IMOCA Holcim-PRB, broke the outright solo monohull 24-hour record on the second day of the 2024-25 Vendée Globe. Opting for a more westerly route than the fleet, he covered 546.60 nautical miles in 24 […]

With remote learning not uncommon for young racing sailors, AEON School has been named the Official School of US Sailing. Providing learning experience for students through Grade 12, this partnership will provide the opportunity to pursue academics amid training and […]

The growth of high school sailing in the USA has focused youth activity toward institutional-type boats such as the Club version of the 420 and Flying Junior. While popular, this emphasis has narrowed the path for teenagers, limiting exposure to […]

The fifth season of SailGP Gets underway November 23-24 and Al Posnack has a suggestion on how to make the broadcast more interesting: Full disclosure: I’m hooked on SailGP. I love the concept. I love the technology. I love the […]

Under the direction of five-time winner Russell Coutts, the America’s Cup began its transformation into an entertainment product in 2011. When he lost control of the America’s Cup in 2017, he launched SailGP two years later, applying the lessons accrued […]

What happens when you put a young racing rockstar and a lifelong cruising legend on stage together—and then throw a bunch of questions at them? That was the idea that kicked off SAIL’s first Rockstars and Legends event, with Cole […]

Of the 40 boat that started the 2024-25 Vendée Globe on November 10, the question is always how many will return for the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. The 24,300 nm course round the world is not kind, with […]

Racing solo on an IMOCA like Malizia – Seaexplorer is a high-stakes endeavor where both the skipper and the boat are pushed to their absolute limits. The boat itself is a cutting-edge prototype, designed to tackle the most challenging weather […]

Racing yachts are meant to be raced, so rather than strapped to a shipping cradle for a trip to North America, the 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race departs from the Canary Islands on January 12 for the 3000nm course to Grenada, […]