SG Yelken Archive

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 […]

While the Sailing events at the Paris 2024 Olympics aren’t likely to find their way to mainstream news in the USA, the situation is different in Denmark where Anne-Marie Rindom, gold medalist in the Women’s One Person Dinghy at Tokyo […]

Every year, the Master Mariners Benevolent Association organizes a regatta where classic sailboats designed or built before 1937 come out to race on San Francisco Bay, CA. More than 60 boats came out for the racing in 2024.

Ten teams will be on the start line when the 2024 TP52 World Championship is held July 16-20 in Newport, RI. Seven nations will be represented in what is also the third regatta of the 2024 52 SUPER SERIES season, […]

by Marco Nannini, Global Solo Challenge When Louis Robein sailed into A Coruna, clean-shaven and relaxed, it was easy to mistake him for a sailor returning from a gentle Sunday sail. Wearing a t-shirt that read “Never underestimate an old […]

The federal government fulfilled a budget promise to Canada’s athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games with a C$55-million infusion into the sport system. National Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment Randy Boissonnault and Treasury Board President Anita […]

The world’s best young sailors from over 75 countries will take to the waters of Lake Garda for the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships on July 15-20. Eleven events are held for the 1600 competitors: Male and Female divisions of […]

by Ralph Naranjo, Practical Sailor The term Man Overboard (MOB) has been caught in the tide of political correctness, and terminology like Crew Overboard (COB) and Person in the Water (PIW), the U.S. Coast Guard’s latest designator, have changed safety […]

Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing became the first American skipper to win the 2024 GKSS Match Cup Sweden, held July 1-6 in Marstrand, Sweden. The GKSS Match Cup Sweden is a founding event of the World Match Racing Tour which this […]

Sweden’s Anna Östling and her Team Wings successfully defended their Nordea Women’s Trophy title defeating Renee Groeneveld and her Dutch Women’s Match Racing Team in a tense final. This was the second event of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour […]

There are two races that take turns sending racers from California to Hawaii, with even years having the fleet depart from San Francisco to Kaneohe. Three staggered starts narrow the arrival times of the fleet, with the first gun to […]

Sailing centers throughout the country have been awarded grants to grow youth sailing through STEM and environmental education with the US Sailing Reach Initiative. The Reach Initiative grants provide non-profit sailing centers with funds and resources to further their Reach […]

The growth of sailing beyond its base of white males is a Catch-22. People are attracted to activities with those like themselves involved, but to have more women and ethnicities, you need to already have them. While varied ethnicities have […]

It’s all smiles for the America’s Cup teams as the brand new AC75 boats hit the water. But the serious business starts soon as Matthew Sheahan reports for Yachting World: Everyone in the America’s Cup world is in a good […]

There was a palpable sense of tension rising around the Port Vell throughout June as the business end of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup gets real in Barcelona, Spain. The time for thinking is over, it is all about […]

by Kim Couranz, SpinSheet Dinghy racing can be a remark- ably complex sport. From trying to decide which rig setting to go with to figuring out whether or not you might get a lee-bow effect from the current, it can […]

With the shared recon program coming to an end on June 22, the teams for the 37th America’s Cup now enter a ‘dark’ period of reconnaissance where they will look to bring on the innovations, the technology, and the break-throughs […]

The famous Canadian racer has new owners and will be on the lakes this summer. Story by Wendy Mitman Clarke for SAIL magazine: Red Jacket, the 40-footer that became the first Canadian boat to win the SORC and launched what […]

This is the final form guide for the ten Sailing events at the Paris 2024 Olympics as revealed by the World Sailing Rankings latest update on July 1. The rankings are based on results in various graded events over a 12-month period […]

After the 2020 edition of the Vendée Globe generated unprecedented interest, the elite solo round the world race increased the number of places at the start to 40 IMOCA competitors for the 2024 edition. The qualification rules had been strengthened […]

The Atlantic storm season has gotten underway exceptionally early as Beryl on June 30 became the earliest Category 4 on record in the Atlantic Ocean and the only Category 4 in the month of June. Also unique is the storm’s […]

The 2024 U.S. Junior Women’s Championship awarded singlehanded and doublehanded titles on June 27-July 1 in Bristol, RI. Leila Pfrang won the 18-boat ILCA 6 division by three points over Kaitlyn Beaver, while Olympia and Maribelle Barelli won all seven […]

During the racing for the 37th America’s Cup, expect to see the fabulous AC75s limping along, off the foils and struggling in light winds. It is hard to watch and has been one of the focal points as teams prepare […]

The SailGP league made a significant commitment to the United States in Season 4, scheduling four of its 13 events in the country. Having a USA team is part of the formula, but a change of team ownership after the […]

With $2 million USD on the line at the SailGP Grand Final on July 13-14, every points penalty imposed by Craig Mitchell and his team of umpires during the season has had a potentially big impact. What is unique about […]

Event Preview: Elite of the wave sailing world set to descend upon Pozo Izquierdo for third battle of the season, while word’s best slalom sailors prepare to compete in Slalom X for the first time It’s that time of year […]

Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2024/06/27/route-set-for-2025-26-globe40/

Despite their exceptional durability and UV protection, every sail reaches the end of its life cycle at some point. When this happens, consider your options to reuse, repurpose, and recycle your sails instead of simply throwing them away. These three […]

by Greg Grzesiak In the dynamic world of competitive sailing, the fusion of tradition and technology is revolutionizing the sport. With advancements in boat design, weather forecasting, and performance analytics, sailors today navigate a vastly different landscape than those of […]

As the conclusion of SailGP’s 13-event Season 4 approaches, the global racing championship has announced the launch of a new, fan-vote end-of-season awards. The new awards will allow fans to weigh in on the most significant moments and stars who […]

US Sailing welcomed Marcus Lynch in January 2024 as the US Sailing Team’s High Performance Director. He is tasked with leading the US Sailing Team and all its associated high performance programs, including the US Olympic Sailing Team, the Pan […]

Sarah Douglass (CAN) is focused on the Paris 2024 Olympics and shares her 30 day countdown to the games. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are getting closer! I am doing my final preparations: crossing the I’s and dotting the T’s. […]

After a stopover in the US capital, attention has turned to the final stages of the Clipper Race, and the imminent Race 13 across the North Atlantic to Oban. Now over ten months into the global circumnavigation, the race has […]

Melges Performance Sailboats announced the all-new Melges Watersports Center, the country’s newest sailing development and training venue located in the heart of Florida’s Space Coast. The Melges Watersports Center is committed to broadening the base of wind and human-powered water […]

While the Vendee Globe is for the big budget programs, there are other solo round the world races now providing an option for those with less funding: • Fourth edition of Golden Globe Race starts in 2026 • Second edition of Solo Global Challenge starts in […]

Join US Sailing for an exclusive virtual town hall on Wednesday, June 26 from 12-12:45pm ET, where members will get an inside look at the US Sailing Team’s preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics. High Performance Director, Marcus Lynch, and […]

The 2024 U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship (USYMRC) is set, showcasing the top young sailing talent in the country. This prestigious competition will take place from June 26 to 30, 2024, at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The […]

X-Yacht’s 12-strong in-house design and engineering team described using an AI method to create over 10,000 XR model variants. This model is intended as a serious return to X-Yachts’ racing DNA, following an unprecedented hiatus since the launch of the […]

The 2024 U.S. Youth Championship at Roger Williams University was held in the waters of Bristol, Rhode Island, June 22-25. The nation’s top young sailors competed fiercely, showcasing their skills and sportsmanship across five classes. Conditions varied throughout the event, […]

The World’s best racers are preparing to make their debut in the Slalom X in just a couple of days time in Pozo With the 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup now just a couple of days away, preparation […]

Henry Sesselberg’s J/105 Ubuntu (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), a double handed entry in Edgartown Yacht Club’s ’Round the Island Race (‘RTI), managed to sail away with the coveted Venona Trophy in the recently concluded 2024 Edgartown Race Weekend, which was held […]

The Pozo locals are charging ahead of the start of the 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup The 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup is now just 4 days away – starting on Saturday 29th June – and […]

Six teams competed in 4th Edition of Corinthian YC’s Thayer Trophy Women’s Invitational Team Race, June 22-23, 2024, a 3v3 format with spinnakers that got spicy when the breeze came up for the finals. With winds gusting into the 20s […]

Nineteen Race to Alaska teams have savored the sweet taste of victory and the unique aroma of Ketchikan (think wood chips and fish). Five teams are still slugging it out on the course. Team Outtaspace is the farthest flung, with […]