SG Yelken Archive

The Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta (Aug. 22-25) features the six teams vying for the 37th America’s Cup, with the racing to offer the first glimpse of their new AC75 in competition. Here are key areas of the racing that are […]

Barcelona, Spain (August 20, 2024) – Whilst training ahead of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta that starts on August 22, Alinghi Red Bull Racing suffered a rig failure onboard ‘BoatOne.’ ‘Today there was a rig failure during the early stage […]

Imagine a line of the fastest single-handed racing catamarans stretching over a kilometre in length if placed end to end. This is the size of fleet that will assemble at the 2024 A-Class Cat World Championships to be held September […]

One person has died and six remain missing after the luxury superyacht Bayesian with 22 people on board sank off the Sicilian coast on August 19. The missing included British tech giant Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah Lynch, his lawyer and […]

The fentanyl crisis in the USA claimed Reef Baker, a passionate 16-year-old sailor who inadvertently took something laced with the drug. A gofundme page is set-up to assist the family: Reef had a heart of gold. He would help those […]

Most racing occurs between competitors without umpires on the course, leaving it to the sailors to police themselves within the Racing Rules of Sailing. It is not a perfect system, but when you consider how the sport has survived by […]

The World Match Racing Tour will start the 2025 season with a new event in China on January 8-12. Located 62 km from Hong Kong, the MACAO Match Cup will have teams compete in Far East 28R match racing edition […]

The Irish Times carried an editorial by Jonathan Liew in which he found the Olympic Games had grown to include many sports, and arguably, too many. So Liew initiated a review, and found many negatives about Sailing, calling it to be “a […]

Marseille, France (August 5, 2024) – After nine days, the ten events at the Paris 2024 Olympics are either completed or approaching the finale, though today’s light winds limited some racing. For all competition reports, click here. Event details – Results – Notice Board Men’s […]

The 2024 Lightning Class North American Championships is being hosted by Buffalo Canoe Club in Ridgeway, ON. The schedule begins with racing for Women’s, Junior’s, and Masters on August 4-6, followed by the Open Championship for 67 entrants on August 8-11. Source: scuttlebutt – […]

The 2024 Chubb U.S. Youth Triplehanded Championship, also known as the Sears Cup, will be held August 6-8 in San Diego, CA. Hosted by San Diego Yacht Club, the championship in J/22s has crews of four that must have reached […]

The SailGP sports league has continually added new teams, but it became apparent in the fourth season how the ability gap was getting hard to close. Practice time has always been limited before events, and with some teams and athletes […]

Whatever amount of civility that exists during the four years prior to the Olympic Games, it all goes out the window as competitors seek advantage wherever possible. At the Rio 2016 Olympics, a nonsense protest that went against Caleb Paine […]

When the Men’s One Person Dinghy Heavy event was discontinued after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the lament was that plus-sized people no longer had a place in the Olympic Games. While Star Class and Finn Class sailors had enjoyed a […]

Allie Blecher became a 4-time champion at the US Women’s Match Racing Championship when she won the 2024 title on August 2–4 in Chicago, IL With her crew of Alana Marks, Katja Sertl, and Alicia Blumenthal, they topped the 10-team […]

Marseille, France (August 4, 2024) – The eighth day at the Paris 2024 Olympics completed the planned schedule for the six events, with history made as the first ever Formula Kite races were held at an Olympics. For all competition […]

The Youth America’s Cup will have 12 entrants – six teams supported by America’s Cup campaigns and six independent crews. Among this latter group is Concord Pacific Racing which in July took a from virtual simulations to real-world sailing on the water. Jack Gogan […]

The New York Yacht Club American Magic team knows all about ‘so-close-yet-so far’ in this game, and they are more than determined to bring the America’s Cup trophy back to the club on West 44th Street that held it continuously […]

Marseille, France (August 3, 2024) – The Men’s Windsurfer and Women’s Windsurfer showcased the new Medal Series format to award medals, while the seventh day at the Paris 2024 Olympics finally found its mojo at the Mistral breeze delivered stronger winds and waves. For all competition […]

Marseille, France (August 3, 2024) – The Women’s Windsurfer is one of 10 Sailing events held at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Using the iQFOiL equipment, 24 nations competed in the 14-race Opening Series on July 28-August 1, with the top […]

Marseille, France (August 3, 2024) – The Men’s Windsurfer is one of 10 Sailing events held at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Using the iQFOiL equipment, 24 nations competed in the 13-race Opening Series on July 28-August 1, with the top […]

Marseille, France (August 2, 2024) – As the Men’s Skiff and Women’s Skiff events held their Medal Races, the sixth day at the Paris 2024 Olympics continued the competition for the Windsurfing and One Person Dinghy events, and began racing in the Mixed Two […]

Among the biggest 2024 events in the USA will be the Star World Championship to be held September 8-13 in San Diego, California. As one of the Star Class homes, it returns after over a decade, with host San Diego […]

Marseille, France (August 2, 2024) – The Men’s Skiff is one of 10 Sailing events held at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Using the 49er equipment, 20 teams competed in the 12-race Opening Series on July 28-31, with the top 10 […]

Marseille, France (August 2, 2024) – The Women’s Skiff is one of 10 Sailing events held at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Using the 49erFX equipment, 20 teams competed in the 12-race Opening Series on July 28-31, with the top 10 […]

Marseille, France (July 28, 2024) – The Sailing Program at the Paris 2024 Olympics got underway today with four events – Men’s and Women’s Skiff and Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing – on the schedule. While the winds were too light […]

Orcas relentlessly battered a yacht in a “terrifying” two-hour attack on July 24 that didn’t end until the $128,680 vessel sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Robert Powell, 59, and his crew were just 22 hours into their […]

Following SailGP’s fourth season of competition, the global sports league reports new growth records and an expanding international fan-base. After hosting ten teams, 13 events, and an increase to the total prize pot of US $7M, the organization enters the […]

Dutch shipbuilding company Royal Huisman marked its 140th anniversary with the milestone hull turning of what will be, at 280 feet, the world’s largest yacht with a single mast. The main part of the aluminum hull, at 200 feet, was […]

Among the 10 events on the Sailing Program for Paris 2024, racing in the Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy and Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing use supplied equipment. While this eases the financial burden to compete, variances and restrictions are […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The Sailing Program at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games begins July 28 in Marseille, France, which begs the question every four years: who can handle it? Success requires maintaining routine, managing distractions, and executing […]

U.S. Sailing Team meteorologist Chelsea Carlson Freas shares insights with The Weather Channel on how weather data and instincts could help bring home a gold medal as this summer’s Olympics races take place along France’s southern coast in the city of Marseilles: […]

Two people were thrown into the ocean after a humpback whale landed on their fishing boat off the New Hampshire coast on Tuesday morning (July 23), and the entire incident was caught on video. “We didn’t see him for a […]

The Curmudgeon’s once noted how “If you want a new idea, read an old book.” This observation comes to mind from a report by yacht designer and past Seahorse magazine editor Julian Everitt: Thirty-six years ago, Tony Berry and Peter de Savery […]

Seattle has one of the highest numbers of recreational boats per capita of anywhere in the United States, and that was on full display Tuesday night on Lake Union. A sailing race called Duck Dodge has been a staple on […]

Sail Canada has released the list of sailors who will be part of the 2024-2025 Canadian Sailing Youth Squad (CSYS). A total of 19 athletes has been selected following their participation and evaluation at the 2024 CSYS Trials Camp held […]

The 2023-24 Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) All-Academic Team has been reviewed and selected, recognizing 290 student athletes that have been named to the team. The ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team recognizes Juniors and Seniors who have participated as a competitor or […]

SailGP’s chief operations officer Julien Di Biase recently gave an indication of the cost to host an event, but this report by STUFF media details how much was paid to host the New Zealand event: The SailGP event in Lyttelton in March […]

Polars and sail charts are crucial tools for sailors to ensure they have the right sail at the right time, but their accuracy requires effort. Report by Christopher Lewis for Sailing World: The phone rings with an incoming WhatsApp call […]

The Canadian SailGP Team is on the hot seat. They have no funding, no event next season, and a skipper that may be the most disliked in the league. Worse, two new fully-funded teams are coming, and the league is […]

The 2024 Bayview Mackinac Race attracted a record 332 entrants when the 100th edition got underway on July 20 for the 204 nm course from Southern Lake Huron to Mackinac Island. Here are two reports from the race by Phoebe Wall Howard: […]

A record 332 monohulls and multihulls entered the 2024 Bayview Mackinac Race with 309 boats completing the 204 nm course in conditions that ranged from perfect to challenging. The 100th edition had all competitors compete on the original course used […]

The Olivia Constants Team Race was created as a memorial regatta for Olivia Constants following a tragic youth sailing accident in 2011. Per the Olivia Constants Foundation, Olivia’s Team Race represents the way Olivia would have liked to have a […]

With staggered starts on July 15, 17, and 18, 64 teams entered the biennial 2070 nm race from San Francisco, California to Kaneohe, Hawaii. Here’s an update on July 22, 2024: Day one of the 2024 Pacific Cup was off […]

Mike Schoettle is living proof that good things come to those who wait, as just days before the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, the USA sailor finally received his long-awaited gold medal from the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Schoettle was an alternate […]

The Independence Cup founded by the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation has partnered with US Sailing to include the U.S. Para Sailing Championship. Titles are held in three divisions, with the foundation’s fleet of 20 boats made available at no […]

The Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound (JSA of LIS) will be celebrating its 100th birthday with a reunion party and alumni regatta on July 27, 2024 at Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, NY. For former juniors 21 years […]

It’s soon to get real for the teams seeking to win the 37th America’s Cup with the final preliminary event on August 22-25, and then the challenger series begins August 29. All the hours of training, the work in the […]

Sam Fortescue takes a look at the latest clothing technology being used at the highest level of our sport, that may be making its way to your kit soon: We’re weeks away from the start of one of the biggest […]

The goal of every host for the Olympic Games is to create a legacy, which for France is the sailing center to be used at Paris 2024 in Marseille. Built at a cost close to €50 million, the facility has […]

by Buttons Padin For a major regatta to retain its vitality for 126 years, it must be offering something special. Larchmont Yacht Club’s annual Race Week does just that, yet that special factor has evolved over the past century. No […]

Tony Langley’s Gladiator became the first British flagged team to lift the Rolex TP52 World Championship, winning the 2024 title held July 16-20 in Newport, RI. With Guillermo Parada steering, backed up by Bruno Zirilli navigator and the owner calling […]

Cooper Keeves and Matthew Commons won the 2024 Club 420 North American Championship held July 17-20 in Redwood City, CA. One hundred four teams completed 12 races in Gold Fleet and 10 races in Silver Fleet. Mornings started with 8-12 […]

Published since 1974, Practical Sailor is the only independent product test report of sailboats, sailing equipment, and gear. They’re also good about providing advice which they do in this report about the VHF radio: Learning how to use a marine […]

A total of 418 sailors from 70 countries competed in the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships, held July 15-19 in Lake Garda, Italy. The host country retained their Nations Trophy, awarded to the best overall nation, by winning six of the […]