SG Yelken Archive

Matt Sheahan and his PlanetSail team share the latest episode in a regular series of features about the road to the America’s Cup that will take us from the first official event in Vilanova to the Cup match itself in October 2024 […]

The Atlantic hurricane season officially gets underway on June 1 and runs through the end of November, and AccuWeather’s team of long-range forecasters say now is the time to prepare for a frenzy of tropical systems. There are signs that […]

Promoting environmental causes has become an attention-seeking tactic in sailing to gain commercial interest, and while it often seems self-serving, protecting the earth is never a bad thing. This has been a foundational aspect of the SailGP sports league, which is […]

There are times when the sport melts the internet, and Cole Brauer did that when she finished the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge. We all got to know the 29-year old Cole for 130 days as she shared her non-stop race around the world, […]

The Race to Alaska will hold its 8th edition in 2024, continuing with its 750-mile course from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. And now there is a podcast series prior to the June 9 start. This episode highlights two teams, both alike […]

The 55th edition of French Olympic Week will the last major multi-series meeting for the world’s best sailors before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In 2024, it will take on an additional purpose as it features two events on April […]

Andrea Mura (ITA) on his Open 50 Vento di Sardegna is expected to be the third finisher in the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge, with his arrival on March 16 or 17 in A Coruña, Spain. Of the initial 16 starters, […]

While the America’s Cup grinding position may have been more about muscle than sailing ability, the skills were still similar to big boat needs in recreational sailing. Relatable, right? But there is little about the 37th America’s Cup that has […]

Former world champion Pierre Mortefon joins FMX Racing for Slalom X As one of only two riders to win an elimination on the fin in 2023, with the separation of fin and foil racing, Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom […]

When the second leg of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race (now The Ocean Race) started from Cape Town, and had a northerly course in the Indian Ocean toward Abu Dhabi, crossing through the doldrums was not the only concern. The […]

Registration is open for the 2024 Boat Builder Awards as the 10th anniversary hosts categories that draw strong focus on three key pillars that lie at the heart of future sector success – innovation, the environment, and people. The Boat […]

The form guide is forming for the ten Sailing events at the Paris 2024 Olympics as revealed by the World Sailing Rankings latest update. Below are the top three nations in each event along with Canada and USA if they rank […]

Type II Fun: An experience that’s miserable in real time but great once it’s astern. It’s also the kind of fun that Christina and Justin Wolfe, of Orcas Island, Washington, gravitate toward. Case in point: Christina, the 2023 Rolex Yachtswoman […]

A South Florida man is grateful to be alive after being bitten by a crocodile on March 10. Speaking to Local 10 News from his hospital bed, the 68-year-old Rodrigo Constain was grateful to be alive. It happened just before 5:00 pm […]

Before The Ocean Race 2023 got underway, eventual winner Charlie Enright admitted their use of an autopilot on the IMOCA was over 90% of the time. The use was partly because the boat was not well configured for hand steering, but […]

Since Anna Tunnicliffe won gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the USA has been struggling to get back to the podium for the Women’s One Person Dinghy event. The 30-year old Erika Reineke has been trying to change that, and in […]

Among the five challengers for the 37th America’s Cup is an entry from Italy, a nation that’s involvement began with Gianni Agnelli, a lawyer by trade with a winning and divisive reputation. It was at a time when professional sailing […]

Registration is open for the 2024 Yacht Racing Forum to be held alongside the METSTRADE fair on November 20-22 in Amsterdam. The 14th edition of the event seeks to offer a platform for industry professionals to explore and discuss the […]

North Sails president and DragonFlite 95 remote control yacht racer Ken Read hosts a boat tuning clinic in Newport, RI. Also, fleet member Jeff Roy explains the deeper menus and fine tuning of the FlySky remote control unit. Source: scuttlebutt […]

Robert L. Johnstone, lll has been named the 2023 recipient of the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, US Sailing’s most prestigious annual award, going to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of sailing in this country […]

The Sailing venue at the Paris 2024 Olympics may be 400+ miles to the south in Marseille, but there will still be plenty of boating in the capital of France as 180 boats float down the River Seine for the […]

The Yandoo team of Micah Lane, Fang Warren, and Lewis Brake won the 2024 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on March 2-10 in Sydney Harbor after scoring a brilliant win in the final race of what has been one of […]

Erwan Fischer and Clement Pequin (FRA) and Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (NED) claimed the top titles at the 2024 49er and 49erFX World Championships held March 5-10 in Lanzarote, Spain. For Canada, the 8th place finish by Georgia and Antonia […]

The commitment by the International Olympic Committee to gender equality has led to a steady increase in the number of female athletes at the Olympic Games year on year. Starting with just 2.2% in Paris 1900, where women competed at […]

The windmill, located alongside a working farm to crush grain or pump water, had a certain charm. But while harnessing the wind for agricultural processes feels good, wind farms cluttering nature landscapes for electrical needs feels less good. First it […]

Marco Nannini, organizer of the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge, reflects on the future following the second-place finish of American Cole Brauer, and her intention to pursue the highest mountain in solo offshore sailing – the Vendée Globe: The Global Solo Challenge […]

The Women’s World Match Racing Tour has added a new event for the 2024 season to be held October 28 to November 3 in Bermuda. Joining five previously announced events, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club will host the women alongside the […]

Maine Maritime claimed victory in the 16th running of The Port of Los Angeles/Cal Maritime Harbor Cup Regatta on March 8-10 in San Pedro, CA. Champions of the 2008 and 2009 regatta, the Mariners topped the 10-team field racing Catalina […]

For the first time in the 173-year history of the America’s Cup, there will be in 2024 a stand-alone women’s event open to all female athletes regardless of age. Alongside teams from the America’s Cup entrants – New Zealand, Great […]

The port side of Joel Ronning’s J/70 Catapult takes one for the team at the 2024 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta in Miami, FL. Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2024/03/08/video-j-70-collision-in-miami/

What happens when you combine 40 knots of wind and waves with Nico Prien & Amado Vrieswijk on slalom gear? Recently Tenerife has been enjoying a solid run of wind and waves. As many of you will already be aware, […]

The 97th Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta (Miami, FL) brought together over 200 teams, setting a new record in 2024. With the Stars racing on March 4-9, and the J/70, Melges 24, Snipe, Viper 640, and VX One classes […]

Yachting World editor Helen Fretter takes a look at 10 women who are driving success in competitive sailing at the moment: With a Women’s America’s Cup due to start in 2024, a gender balanced sailing event at the Paris 2024 […]

While the maxi crowd point their bows toward Superyacht Challenge Antigua and St. Barths Bucket Regatta, the 2024 St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) is where mainstream yachting will be on March 29-31 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. With its focus on delivering […]

Full gender parity will be achieved for the first time at the Paris 2024 Olympics with half of the 10,500 total athletes being female. This milestone has been a long time in the making and quotas have steadily increased over […]

Both Canada and USA are using the 2024 49erFX World Championship as the first of two events for their Paris 2024 Olympic selection in the Women’s Skiff event. After three days of racing, Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance (CAN) and Stephanie […]

The 2023-24 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race had the Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam team claim victory for the 645 nm race from Ha Long Bay, Vietnam to Zhuhai, China, with the 11 teams preparing for the 1370 nm which starts […]

(February 29, 2024; Day 54) – Charles Caudrelier, winner of the 2024 Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest, may have been granted dream conditions for his victorious finish but thousands of well wishers braved the Breton drizzle to welcome home second placed Thomas Coville […]

A veteran offshore sailor with nearly two decades of professional racing experience, Jesse Fielding has been named the next head offshore sailing coach at the US Naval Academy. The founder, CEO and skipper of Open Ocean USA, Fielding has an […]

The Race to Alaska will hold its 8th edition in 2024, continuing with its 750-mile course from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. And now there is a podcast series prior to the June 9 start. This episode revels in the clever team […]

Matt Sheahan and his PlanetSail team share the latest episode in a regular series of features about the road to the America’s Cup that will take us from the first official event in Vilanova to the Cup match itself in October 2024 […]

The 97th Bacardi Cup and the Bacardi Invitational Regatta will break all past entry records with an unprecedented 213 teams gearing up in 2024 to compete in Miami, FL. The regatta begins with the six-day schedule for the Star Class […]

Disciplinary and appeal decisions within World Sailing are determined by Independent Panels appointed by the Judicial Board. Decisions made by Member National Authorities (MNAs) are decided by the disciplinary systems of those MNAs. The Judicial Board members are: Hon. Ruth […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and Michel Desjoyeaux nominated Monitor. Here’s the report: “It has to be Monitor, of course! The father of all […]

Monte Rosa Sports (MRS) has appointed Main Board Director Knut Frostad to the sailing apparel and fashion company Henri-Lloyd as Executive Chairman from March 01, 2024. Headquartered in Switzerland, MRS is the holding company for sportswear brands Henri-Lloyd, Odlo and […]

The Melges 24 Class celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2023, and remains as groundbreaking today as it did in 1993. But how you sail the boat has evolved over the years, and for the crew that gut-hike off the lifelines […]

The 2024 Force 5 Midwinter Championships attracted 47 sailors representing Canada, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida for racing on February 22-24 in Key Largo, FL. The Midwinter Championships featured two rig types with Jason Breeden winning […]

El Niño brings Dieter Van der Eyken’s favourite spot to life for multiple days after waking from hibernation… Dieter van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails): “First winter swells delivered some exceptional conditions in Tenerife this year. A spot that […]

Aside from bad accommodations and worse food, offshore racing requires a lot of preparation. This prompted the organization of the inaugural Northeast Ocean Race Symposium in March of 2023. With over 150 people in attendance, the event was a winner […]

America’s Cup challenger Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s race boat, known as BoatOne, had on February 26 left the boatyard along the shores of Lake Geneva in Ecublens, Switzerland. BoatOne is being trucked across France and into northeastern Spain before arriving […]

With American sailors in an Olympic slump, two-time medalist JJ Fetter is calling for the resignations of U.S. Sailing’s CEO, president and any other board member who supports a federal lawsuit against a sailing foundation and three of its principals, including former […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Providing focused and concise event reports is a challenge with the inclusion of sponsors in event names. There is nothing concise about 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series – St. Petersburg. Where brands […]

With 22 entrants and three staggered start dates, the 2024 San Diego to Puerto Vallarta International Yacht Race can spread the fleet out along the 1000nm course. Peter Isler, who is navigating Roy Disney’s Andrews 68 Pyewacket, shares some advice […]

Of the ten Sailing events at the Paris 2024 Olympics, only three of the competitions use boats most people can relate to: ILCAs and 470s. Everything else is a skiff, board, or catamaran. How did this premier event become so […]

World Sailing has published its Olympic Vision strategy which is aimed at strengthening the sport’s contribution to the Olympic Movement. Produced with the support of global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, and following extensive consultation with Member National Authorities (MNAs), […]

It is hard to imagine the horror endured by an American couple who had their boat boarded by escaped convicts in Grenada, and then violently forced to aid their movement to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. While the boat and criminals […]

(February 27, 2024; Day 52) – French solo racer Charles Caudrelier, skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, crossed the finish line off the coast of Brest this morning at 8h 37mn 42s local time (UTC+1hrs) to win the 2024 […]

by Dave Reed, Sailing World As complex as the AC75s will be when launched for racing at the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Challenger Series, New York YC’s American Magic trimmer Lucas Calabrese says that getting the team’s 75-foot foiler […]

With 85 entrants, the 2024 DN North American Championship on February 26 to March 2 faced the annual challenge of finding suitable ice. The plan was for racing to be in the continent’s eastern region, but Mother Nature missed the memo. Karen […]

While wind provides clean energy to power sailboats, the sails aren’t all that green. The marine industry is looking for ways to minimize its impact, with North Sails’ Commercial Director Tom Davis responding to some Scuttlebutt questions about their new RENEW […]

Tom Slingsby and his Australian crew have been crowned champions at the SailGP event on February 24-25 in Sydney, Australia. With the home crowd cheering them on, the Australia team secured its first win of SailGP Season 4 after missing […]

The final race of the 4-event 2023-24 Islands in the Stream Series attracted 21 teams for the 160 nm course along southern Florida from Fort Lauderdale to Key West. Following the February 22 start, the division winners were the HH42 […]

Winners Clinch World Number One Position in Buzzer Beater Finishes at Japan World Cup
 In the first 5-star event of the 2024 world windsurfing wave tour, winners from Spain, Japan and Hawaii edged out the field with multiple, buzzer beater […]

American Magic, the US Challenger for the 37th America’s Cup, and the City of Pensacola have confirmed a partnership to support the team’s pursuit of building a premier high-performance sailing franchise in the United States while igniting economic vitality and […]

The 2024 J/24 Midwinter Championship saw a variety of conditions from wild winds and waves to beautiful sun and seas to a final day lacking breeze and races. After five races overall (including one discard), Paul Abdullah’s Team Tarheel earned […]

An American couple has gone missing in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners allegedly used their yacht to island hop before getting recaptured by authorities, according to investigators. Ralph Hendry and his wife Kathy Brandel disappeared from their yacht, Simplicity, which […]

Ford McCann (Houston, TX) and Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, FL) won the USA Trials for the men’s and women’s singlehanded dinghy fleets, which were held February 17-24 for the Paris 2024 Olympics in Miami, FL. Reineke’s victory assures her participation […]

A Coruña, Spain (February 24, 2024) – Philippe Delamare (FRA) on his Actual 46 Mowgli today won the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge, finishing with an elapsed time of 147d 1h 3m 37s. He had faced a serious storm to complete […]

Caleb Paine, Rio 2016 Olympic Medalist and World Champion, hosts the Paineful Truth podcast. Here is the episode description: Paine is joined by Daniela Moroz, champion kiteboarder who embodies her motto: “Shred Till Dead.” A 6-time Formula Kite World Champion […]

Conversations with Classic Boats is a podcast about classic boat designs and the stories behind them. Hosted by Tom Darling, the 29th episode traces how college sailing goes offshore. Among the hundreds of college sailing teams, there is a movement afoot […]