SG Yelken Archive

Conversations with Classic Boats is a podcast about classic boat designs and the stories behind them. Hosted by Tom Darling, his latest offering is about the iconic vessels and artifacts that are part of an upcoming show. Here’s a tease […]

The crystal clear water of Lake Garda in northern Italy is a slice of heaven, with regattas hosted by local club Circolo Surf Torbole attracting record participation. Formed by glaciers, surrounded by mountains, it is a sailing mecca. So where […]

The final stage of the 4-event Etchells West Coast Spring Series was the 2022 Orca Bowl on May 14-15 in San Diego, CA. Eighteen teams competed in the 5-race event, with Tom Carruthers edging out Chris Busch in the last […]

Join Federico Morisio as he continues to step up his rehab in Hawaii Federico Morisio (Starboard / Severne Sails): “After 4 months and a half in Chile, as the wind season was coming to an end in the South American […]

Jeffrey Todd and his teammates on the J/22 Hot Toddy have finished second in their class at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis (MD) more times than they can, or care, to remember, but in 2022 they […]

Ft. Lauderdale, FL (May 15, 2022) – Peter Duncan’s Raza Mixta (above) with Victor Diaz de Leon, Erik Shampain, Matt Pistay, and Morgan Trubovich won the 2022 Melges 24 World Championship over the 31-boat fleet. After taking the lead yesterday, […]

Wrightsville Beach, NC (May 15, 2022) – Forty-two teams are competing in the 2022 Lightning Masters World Championship, and after the fleet was kept ashore yesterday due to a lack of wind, better conditions today allowed for three races. Marvin […]

Hamilton, Bermuda (May 15, 2022) – Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team appears to have lost none of the momentum from its Season 2 Grand Final victory in San Francisco in March, as it dominated the podium race of the Bermuda […]

While the overall results didn’t reflect it, Jimmy Spithill and the United States SailGP Team are pleased with the progress made at the United States SailGP Team’s Season 3 opener at the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess […]

The second event of the 2022 44Cup series on May 11-15 was a runaway win for Nico Poons (NED) and his Charisma team in Cascais, Portugal. After 11 races for the eight boat fleet, Charisma finished with a 12 point […]

British sailing’s golden girl is sitting out most of this season’s SailGP due to pregnancy but is targeting a quick return to the water. Story by Tom Cary for The Telegraph: Hannah Mills is not accustomed to sitting on the […]

George Lewis, 91, lifelong resident of Sherborn, MA and Vinalhaven, ME, died May 9, 2022. George was an avid sailor whose time on the water included racing around the buoys in boats big and small, worldwide cruising, and several trans-Atlantic […]

Ft. Lauderdale, FL (May 14, 2022) – Day Four at the 2022 Melges 24 World Championship was tricky and challenging both to sailors and Race Committee, shuffling the cards in top rankings. Thirty-one teams from five nations got two races […]

Hamilton, Bermuda (May 14, 2022) – Sir Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailGP Team threw down the first major challenge to defending champion Tom Slingsby’s Australia for Series 3 supremacy, as it claimed two of the three races on day one […]

Tybee Island, GA (May 14, 2022) – It was 8am, and the PRO (Principal Race Officer) John Williams was starting the daily Skipper’s meeting. The general feeling in the air was one of mild “dis-jointedness”… just a little “off”. The […]

Yale Sailing strolls into College Championship season with all the top credentials but the national championship is up for grabs. Report by Brian Clancy for Sailing World: Tulane University in New Orleans will soon play host to the College Sailing […]

Jacksonville, FL (May 12, 2022) – The Worrell Teams scattered the beach at Daytona, with sailors and ground crew busy prepping their boats with a noticeably, more energetic cadence for the leg to Jacksonville. All were feeling the positive affects […]

Ft. Lauderdale, FL (May 12, 2022) – With winds in the teens, Bora Gulari and his crew of Kyle Navin, Norman Berge, Ian Liberty, and Michael Menninger retained their lead on day two of the 2022 Melges 24 World Championships. […]

Fifty-one teams have entered the 2022 Thistle U.S. National Championship to be held May 16-20 in Jacksonville, FL. Hosted by Florida Yacht Club, seven races are planned with two days qualifying and three days of championship competition. While 2021 champion […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When the shift from wood to fiberglass construction began in the 1960s, it led to a massive growth of production. This launched the good times for lots of builders, but since fiberglass boats effectively […]

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: Lucas Calabrese (ARG) 2012 Olympics (Bronze), 2018 J/70 World […]

Originally published in 2013, this message from Clemmie Everett provides a reminder that how we play the game impacts the health of the game… If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one around to hear it, does […]

Jimmy Spithill is doubling down after the United States SailGP Team narrowly missed out on the Season 2 championship crown this past March, and is bringing new ammunition for the Season 3 opener, the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by […]

(May 12, 2022) – At 60 feet long, with foils similar to the AC75 boats used in the 36th America’s Cup, the first full-foiling monohull yacht in the Mini Maxi category got airborne today during sea trials off the coast […]

Professional sports had long feared gambling, worried that players may affect the score not to win but rather to impact the betting point spread. And there had been instances of this occurring, but the bigger gain was fan interaction. Not […]

Daytona Beach, FL (May 12, 2022) – Shortly after Team Australia on May 10 sailed to the Leg 2 finish as just 1 of 4 boats to conquer the Jensen to Cocoa Beach stage of the 2022 Worrell 1000, the […]

Oda Brødholt shares her latest Freestyle training sessions from Beautiful Bonaire Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) has been busy travelling this winter and for some of it she made the short hop from Aruba, to […]

Maryland’s colonial state capital city is surrounded by vast waterways that stretch deep from the interior into the greater Chesapeake Bay, which is why Annapolis is hailed as a sailor’s playground and residents call it “The Sailing Capital” of the […]

Most sports have a set of rules for competition on a defined playing field, but as sailing has no limit on course types, the racing rules have to anticipate a lot of situations. As a result, the rules can be […]

The World Sailing Rankings seek to establish an order of ability based on the results of graded events over a 24 month period. The rankings focus on the ten Olympic fleet racing classes and Open and Women’s Match Racing. In […]

by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kim Reaves, U.S. Coast Guard Water stretches as far as the eye can see, and the air is chilled. The ocean’s surface is studded with memorial wreaths as the shadow of a fixed-wing plane passes […]

(May 11, 2022) – With forecasted winds of 15-20 knots from the North and a 4-6’ surf – all expected to build – the 13 teams lined up at the start yesterday for the infamous Leg 2 of the 2022 […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News During my term on the National Sailing Hall of Fame Selection Committee, it was my mission for the institution to celebrate the accomplishments of all sailors along the timeline of the sport, and not […]

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T helo rescued crewmembers on the 39-foot sailboat Calypso located 80 miles south of Montauk, NY. After the boat was dismasted when allegedly hit by a rogue wave on May 8, the rescue team battled heavy […]

When SailGP was established in 2018, the global sports league had a five year plan for all teams to be independently funded. The initial investment by billionaire Larry Ellison was to get the ball rolling, but the clock was started […]

That there are professionals in the sport is nothing new. Sailmakers, yacht designers, mast makers, etc. have a long history of promoting their products on the race course. The difference today is that the professionals are… more professional. It is […]

(May 9, 2022) – Thirteen teams completed the first leg of the 2022 Worrell 1000 which took the fleet along the Florida coast from Hollywood Beach to Jensen Beach. Before the start, a steady Northeast breeze with a small, 2-foot […]

Sail Canada in partnership with David Cripton have launched a podcast series focusing on Canadian sailing called Whitecap. The first episode on May 11 will feature Canada SailGP team skipper Phil Robertson prior to the start of Season 3 and […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When the Melges 24 was launched in 1993, it set a high bar for one design sportboat racing and remains today a very sweet ride to sail. I witnessed a lot of the beginning […]

William (Bill) Phillips Knowles, 84, passed away after a long illness on April 28, 2022 in Vero Beach, FL. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, out of his childhood grew a lifelong love of the ocean as he spent time sailing […]

The 2022 Wilson Trophy continues its tradition as the premier team racing event in the world. After not being able to run the event for two years 32 teams competed on Marine Lake at the 73rd edition on May 6-8 […]

Nico Prien undergoes a blind test to see if he can still guess which fin he is sailing Most professional windsurfers, especially racers, are very particular about their fins, but can they tell them apart purely by feel? Nico Prien […]

Since the launch of the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2011, it had been the vision to celebrate the accomplishments of USA sailors in a physical building. That happens May 10 with the opening of The Sailing Museum in […]

After being cancelled for the past two years due to the pandemic, the Melges 24 World Championship is on for 2022 when 31 entrants line up May 11-15 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. While not a large turnout, it will be […]

Since this article by Chris Caswell was originally published June 2018 in Sailing Magazine, the landscape for youth sports remains a concern. The eagerness to parlay athletics into some kind of payday, despite the monumental odds against it, hasn’t significantly […]

After the Australian team dominated the first two seasons of the SailGP, the field gets reset again as the third season of the global sports league commences on May 14-15 in Bermuda. SailGP Season 3 features an expanded calendar that […]

The 2022 Caribbean regatta calendar for the international community began in January at Barbados Sailing Week, with the 12-event schedule concluding at Antigua Sailing Week on April 30-May 6. Finally! After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]

Surf meets Freestyle with Youp Schmit in Bonaire When you think of Bonaire you don’t really think of waves, but there is at least one spot – Red Slave – which picks up a little bit of swell and allows […]

Antigua (May 6, 2022) – The final day of racing at 2022 Antigua Sailing Week featured a full schedule of racing for all classes. Teams from over 20 different countries have been competing this year; a welcome return after the […]

Antigua (May 5, 2022) – After the lay day yesterday, Antigua Sailing Week was blessed today with solid trade winds of 15-18 knots, just north of east for Locman Italy Women’s Day, with squall activity raising the tempo but all […]

Sailing legend Donald Street, at 92 years, has little tolerance for boats being abandoned at sea. When the grand prix Infiniti 52 was recently lost in the North Atlantic, Street pulled out his soap box, took a step up to […]

Fifteen teams plan to compete in the 2022 Worrell 1000, beginning the 12-stage 1000nm course on May 9 in Hollywood Beach, FL. Sailed in Formula 18 boats, the first stage of the off-the-beach endurance race will take the fleet up […]

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be the first Olympic Games where two of the three primary roles in the sailing event will be held by female officials. Pinar Coskuner Genç (TUR) has been appointed Principal Race Officer and Ana […]

The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association College National Championships conclude with titles for open team racing (May 16-18) along with fleet racing for open doublehanded (May 19-22) and women’s doublehanded (May 23-26) in New Orleans, LA. Sixteen teams have qualified for team […]

Each one design class defines what it wants to be through its regulations. Some allow full freedom for development, while others have strict mandates on permitted equipment. But regardless of the restrictions, it is generally advised to prepare the boat […]

Yacht Scoring, the web-based race management and scoring tool founded in 2006 by Luiz Kahl, is now supported by the North Sails Group. Kahl passed away unexpectedly in 2021, and this transfer will secure the continuation of Kahl’s standard-setting online […]

by David Flynn, Quantum Annapolis Volumes have been written about trim and technique to optimize performance straight upwind and downwind. It’s the nature of our predominantly windward-leeward racing world. Far less is written about reaching angles. I had a lot […]

Dear Curmudgeon: Our yacht club has 30+ year old J/22s as club boats and they are very long in the tooth. What are four or five great options for club boats? – Asking For A Friend Dear Friend: The best […]

The complaint about college sailing is the doublehanded boats require small-sized people, and while this may exclude some males, the boats tend to be well suited for most girls. In this story by Donald Street, he recalls when this advantage […]

The Gold medal winning 2008 Paralympic Sailing Team of Nick Scandone and Maureen McKinnon has been named as finalist for the Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 in the Paralympic Team category. On May 2-16, votes for […]

Tom Slingsby, an Olympic gold medalist in 2012 for Australia but holds dual citizenship with USA, has joined the New York Yacht Club American Magic challenge for the 37th America’s Cup. While the Deed of Gift for the America’s Cup […]

Victor Fernandez slicing and dicing his way through Cabo Verde Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / Duotone) enjoyed his time in Cabo Verde when travelling to the island of Sal for the 2022 SOMWR 10x Cabo Verde PWA World Cup. The Spaniard […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and four-time Olympian Mitch Booth nominated Kuka Light. Here’s the report: “Kuka Light is the most extreme keelboat […]

Antigua (May 2, 2022) – The second day of Antigua Sailing Week was blessed with stunning conditions with 15-20 knots of wind from the east. Bright sunshine, ocean swell, and solid trade winds provided the perfect cocktail for thrilling racing […]

Sail Canada has released the list of sailors who will be part of the 2022-2023 Canadian Sailing Team and Canadian Sailing Development Squad. The 29 squad members were selected based on the Canadian Sailing Team Sport Canada Carding Criteria as […]

2022 O’pen Skiff North American “Un-Regatta” on April 22-24 in James Island, SC. Video uploaded May 2, 2022.

Australian Lisa Blair is the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica with one-stop, but her aim was a non-stop effort to break the elapsed time record, and she is trying again on her Hick 50 Climate Action Now to […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and British offshore racer Brian Thompson nominates MOD70 Phaedo. Here’s the report: I’d choose the MOD70 without too […]

World renowned sailor, educator, and 2-times America’s Cup winning navigator Peter Isler is offering a Scuttlebutt discount on his online curriculum of weather and navigation courses. But first he shares a recent experience: I had the good fortune of getting […]

The global racing circuit SailGP will include the new podcast Deep Dive to take fans behind the scenes of every aspect of its upcoming third season. International broadcast commentators and world-class sailors Stevie Morrison and David ‘Freddie’ Carr will host […]

It was a year ago when three-time Olympian Chris Rast provided an overview of the robotic mark industry, and in that time there has been more events and hosts that have invested in this new equipment. That list now includes […]

Antigua (April 30, 2022) – The Peters & May Round Antigua Race is the traditional stand-alone event before the start of Antigua Sailing Week. This year two courses were in use by the Race Committee, including a 26-mile Almost Round […]

Hyères, France (April 30, 2022) – After five days of competition in the full range of conditions at the 53rd Semaine Olympique Française (French Olympic Week), it was all light winds today as the top ten in each of the […]