SG Yelken Archive

by Marco Nannini, Global Solo Challenge (February 5, 2024) – Cape Horn has been the primary focus of attention for quite a few days now in the Global Solo Challenge, with Ronnie Simpson (USA) on his Open 50 as the […]

Over 200 competitors came out for the 2024 ILCA Midwinters East on February 1-4 in St. Petersburg, FL. The winners were David Coates in the ILCA 4, William Baker in the ILCA 6, and Hamilton Barclay in the ILCA 7. […]

The 2024 Thistle Midwinters West attracted 36 teams on February 1-3 in San Diego, CA. Consistency was key through the six race series as Wayne Pignolet and his team of Jerry Pignolet, and Elaina Pignolet won only one race but […]

The Los Angeles 2028 Games is a rare opportunity for the USA to boost its Olympic Sailing Program, yet it is unclear how that will occur. Frequent leadership turnover impacts credibility, with the online portal providing little direction. Unable or unwilling to […]

Sarah-Quita Offringa & Oda Brødholt tick off Peru from their bucket list on an all out wave mission. Windsurfing University: Travelling to Peru has been on the bucket list for a long time! We’ve seen so many of our friends […]

While February is the windiest month of the year in the Caribbean, Mother Nature missed the memo as the 2024 Caribbean Multihull Challenge had a bit less for the sixth edition held February 1-4 in Sint Maarten. However, the show […]

The 2024 J/70 Midwinter Championship attracted 51 teams from seven nations for a 9-race series on February 2-4 in Tampa, FL. But without enough wind for racing on the first two days, a front passed through on day three delivering […]

US Sailing awarded their annual One Design and Adaptive Awards to recognize individuals and organizations that were nominated by their peers in the sailing community: One Design Awards • One Design Club Award – Pentwater Yacht Club (Pentwater, MI) • […]

The International Snipe Class (SCIRA) has revealed its 2023 Inductees for the Snipe Class Hall of Fame, recognizing five individuals for the fifth induction class. The SCIRA Hall of Fame evaluates individuals who have made a significant impact to the […]

More than 300 teams representing over fifty countries have already registered for the 53rd edition of the Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca on April 1-6, with the Spanish island hosting all ten sailing classes which will race at the Paris 2024 […]

As a past military and commercial airline pilot, Craig Warner knows a thing or two about safety. In the February 2024 newsletter for the Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation, he shares an observation on the topic: Last year, I met a fellow racer […]

Significant contributors to the sport were the recipients of the 2023 US Sailing Association Awards. Race Administration • Harman Hawkins Trophy – awarded to Rob Overton (Alameda, CA) • St. Petersburg Yacht Club Trophy – awarded to Newport Harbor Yacht […]

Justin Callahan (USA) and his twin brother Mitchell won the 2024 Snipe Junior World Championship in their hometown of Miami, FL. Back now at Harvard University for their studies and college sailing, Pietro Fantoni catches up with Justin for this Snipe Class interview: […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and Yoann Richomme nominated the Class40 Lift 2. Here’s the report: The highly competitive Class40 fleet has long been […]

Sail Canada is has launched its new Long-Term Development in Sailing (LTDS) model. Called LTDS 3.0, the model responds to evolutions in sailing and sport since the first version was introduced in 2011. LTDS 3.0 is an important piece to […]

US Sailing celebrated individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions with their annual Community Sailing Awards. The 2023 recipients were nominated by their peers in the sailing community through a public nomination form and reviewed and selected by current […]

Charlie Enright (Barrington, RI) and Christina Wolfe (Orcas, WA) were awarded the 2023 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Award, deemed the “best in the U.S.” for on-the-water excellence at prominent sailing events while representing the United States in […]

Simmer Style welcome World No.4 Marc Paré back home for 2024 Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer) enjoyed his best season to date on the PWA Wave World Tour, which saw the Spaniard in contention for the world title heading into […]

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

Sail Canada has confirmed the hiring of Ryan Kelly as its new Chief Executive Officer starting March 11, 2024. A lifelong sailor, Kelly worked for a long period of time in support of the Cadets Canada Sailing Program and he […]

There are seven months until racing toward the 37th America’s Cup begins, which means design decisions are complete and each team’s AC75 race boat is well under construction. But there is still plenty to learn as team’s shift to race […]

Fourteen Formula 18 teams representing six countries will compete in the Worrell 1000 50th Anniversary Race which begins May 12 in Hollywood, FL. The 1000-mile course has overnight stops at 13 different locations up the coast to the finish at […]

Reigning Olympic Champion Matt Wearn (AUS) won his second consecutive ILCA 7 Men’s World title at the 2024 Championship on January 26-31 in Adelaide, Australia. Completing the podium was Hermann Tomasgaard (NOR) in second and Michael Beckett (GBR) in third. […]

Overnight anchoring around seven Biscayne Bay islands might be a thing of the past. Report by Cruising World: The state of Florida has long had a challenge in balancing the rights of responsible boat owners against the owners of poorly […]

If you’ve recently been bareboat cruising or attended boat shows, you’ve noticed the explosion of big catamarans. So has the Research and Markets department of Yahoo Finance: The global catamarans market is experiencing robust growth, anticipated to reach USD 1.96 […]

Marino Gil to sail for JP-Australia & NeilPryde for coming 2024 season Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde) finished ranked 11th overall on the 2023 PWA Wave World Tour for 2023, which included almost winning his home event in Gran Canaria […]

(January 31, 2024; Day 25) – The latest casualty for the 2024 Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest is Thomas Coville on the second placed Sodebo Ultim 3 which will stop in Tasmania to repair damage to his bow pulpit and the port […]

Does the lawsuit filed by US Sailing against America One and three of its principals and employees have you asking, what is America One? If so, one of its principles, Paul Cayard, offered this explanation in his January 2024 column for Seahorse magazine: […]

The 2023-24 SailGP circuit will conclude its fourth season in North America with events in Bermuda, Halifax, New York, and San Francisco. When tickets for the New York went on sale January 30, race fan Kai Yves got a bit of […]

It’s all change for the 44Cup’s 16th season in 2024. While the circuit for the high performance owner-driver one designs will still comprise five events, which includes the RC44 World Championship, this year it will visit three venues for the […]

The US Olympic Sailing Program, which once led all nations in the medal count, is in free fall. The heyday of the program is so long ago that it is a challenge to connect what worked then to what is […]

While USA athletes need to focus on preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the legal conflict concerning the US Olympic Sailing Program between US Sailing and financial supporter AmericaOne rages on. Here’s an update issued by AmericaOne on January 30, […]

(January 30, 2024; Day 24) – Charles Caudrelier, leading the 2024 Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest in the South Pacific, discusses life on Maxi Edmond de Rothschild during this solo, non-stop round-the-world race: We get the impression that you are doing great […]

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) has finalized the new rules and regulations for this year’s 2024 season of racing, with the updates covering a range of topics related to fair handicap racing held among a broad range of boat types, […]

In partnership with Sail Canada, David Cripton hosts a podcast series focusing on Canadian sailing called Whitecap, with this episode highlighting Rolex Sailor of the Year Melodie Schaffer who raced her boat Whiskey Jack in the Globe40, a 35,000-mile, eight-leg, doublehanded […]

The Storm Trysail Club, in collaboration with the New York Yacht Club and the Chicago Yacht Club, is hosting a webinar series dedicated to the introduction and explanation of the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC). This educational initiative aims to engage […]

It has long been said that one person’s rubbish is another person’s gold. That truism was certainly brought up to date when the first Equipment Recycling Hub was piloted at the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in Scheveningen, Netherlands. This […]

The amount of ice on the Great Lakes has been steadily and significantly decreasing over the past five decades, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Those who have built their lives around the ice are now […]

Impossible Dream and its adaptive sailing crew set out to win an overnight race, but the weather ultimately defeated them. Story by Herb McCormick for Sailing World: It was just after 0200 on a wild and woolly August morning, just […]

From the start on January 7, the 2024 RORC Transatlantic Race has completed the 3000 nm journey from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands to St George’s Grenada. For this 10th edition, the overall winner under IRC was PAC52 Warrior Won […]

Who doesn’t love a crash? Well luckily for you, you can now watch a two minute montage of nothing but wipeouts courtesy of Fish Bowl Diaries from Ho’okipa Fish Bowl Diaries: “That’s a wrap for 2023 from us but we’ve saved […]

(January 29, 2024) – Race leader Charles Caudrelier in the 2024 Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest yesterday set a new solo record time for the passage of the Indian Ocean between Cape Agulhas in South Africa and the longitude of Tasmania. On […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The future of the US Olympic Sailing Program hangs in the balance as the conflict rises between US Sailing and its largest private financial supporter AmericaOne. What began with the resignation of Paul Cayard […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News It was a bit of a shocker when the US Olympic Sailing Program failed to win a medal at the London 2012 Olympics, as the build-up did not reveal pending under-performance. But there were […]

by Marco Nannini, Global Solo Challenge (January 29, 2024) – In the dynamic and challenging realm of solo sailing, few feats are as awe-inspiring as navigating the treacherous waters of Cape Horn. In its first edition, the 2023-24 Global Solo […]

When it comes to the health of the sport, it’s rarely one thing and varies from venue to venue. It’s also less about national federations, and more about boots on the ground. But key issues tend to be without borders, […]

Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2024/01/29/national-curmudgeons-day/

In addition to the security challenges of hosting the Olympics and the protests that come with the global attention of any event of similar scale, the Summer Games in the French capital from the July 2024 would also face the […]

It’s the biggest indoor boat show in the world and marks the beginning of the Northern Hemisphere season. Seventeen halls full of everything that floats was at Boot Dusseldorf on January 20 to 28 in Germany It is also where the Oscars […]

Nothing can disrupt the peace and tranquility of a harbor quite like when a small city descends upon the small town. And now that small city has gotten bigger. The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, […]

Guillaume Verdier is at the forefront of offshore yacht design and Charles Caudrelier has his design in the lead of the non-stop round-the-world Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest race for the Ultim Class. With the six-boat fleet of maxi-trimarans now in the […]

It’s one of the most physically demanding sports in the Olympic games, and a South Florida native is looking to win it all. Sarah Newberry Moore is just two races away from qualifying for a spot on the U.S. sailing […]

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

The 59th edition of the Congressional Cup has expanded the field from 10 to 12 teams when it gets underway on April 24-28 in Long Beach, CA. As the opening event of the 2024 World Match Racing Tour, the expansion […]

When youth sailing in the USA introduced age-based boats and events in the 1980s, it grew participation and expanded the scope of high school sailing. But in doing so, it created a separate silo for this age group that hastened […]

It remains necessary for both Canada and USA to qualify for the Men’s One Person Dinghy event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championship offering that opportunity on January 26-31 in Adelaide, Australia. With a total of […]

Step 1 was building the right team. Step 2 was to find the right boat. That brings Jon Desmond and his Final Final crew to step 3, racing the heck out of it. A little over a year ago, Desmond […]

The 37th edition of the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta International Yacht Race, a biennial international offshore yacht race between the USA and Mexico, begins with staggered starts that get underway on February 22 for the 1000 nm course. Twenty-six […]

Zim Sailing, the largest small-sailboat manufacturer and distributor in North America, has scheduled upcoming Regional Roundtable events in South Carolina, Illinois, Ohio, and Connecticut which will provide a platform for individuals and organizations to gather and help each other develop […]

The IMOCA fleet will compete in the 2024 New York Vendée – Les Sables d’Olonne, starting off the coast of the United States on May 29 for the 3200 nm course to France. The race provides a final test for […]

The four event 2024 California Dreamin’ Series gets underway January 27-28 in San Diego, CA. The match race circuit, which awards the winner with entry to the 2025 Ficker Cup, selected eight skippers for the first event to race J/22s […]

Shirley Robertson In this edition of Shirley Robertson’s Sailing Podcast, Shirley hosts one of offshore sailing’s most accomplished names, as multiple world record holder Brian Thompson drops in for a two-part chat about being one of the fastest offshore sailors […]

UK Freestyler George Grisley unveils his new short film ‘BITTERSWEET’ shot in the windsurfing paradise of Jericoacoara George Grisley made his debut on the Freestyle PWA World Tour last year and he quickly settled into the competition scene as he […]

The America’s Cup Defender Team New Zealand was widely criticized for their decision to hold a preliminary regatta in Saudi Arabia. Their choice of overlooking the Kingdom’s oppressive policies to gain hosting fees did not sit well with everyone, but now it appears […]

With a back-story rich in hope, despair, redemption, and pay-back but for now, the AC75 Patriot for America’s Cup challenger NYYC American Magic has sailed off into the sunset. As the team’s second boat for the 36th edition, Patriot was […]

No sooner did Italian offshore sailor Giovanni Soldini report that his collaboration with Maserati had come to an end, it becomes known he is trading the Trident for the Prancing Horse of Ferrari. Evidentially, Soldini speaks the language of luxury sports […]

The World Sailing Show delivers 30-minute episodes which feature news, profiles, and racing highlights from across the world of sailing. • A spotlight on the women’s iQFOiL Olympic favorites • SailGP makes its debut in Abu Dhabi • The race […]

After Sarah Douglas (CAN) finished sixth in the Women’s One Person Dinghy event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, she has been on a mission to get to the podium for Paris 2024. But her progression took a big stumble when she finished […]

Quantum Sails expert Wally Cross recognizes that sails are expensive, and not everyone is in a position to replace their aging inventory. In this report, he shares two examples of how he was able to recut sails to improve their […]

US Sailing has organized a 2024 schedule of seminars across the USA to improve the level of understanding and skill for measurement rating rules. Measurement Seminar The goal of this event is to gather current and prospective measurers from throughout […]

The Mini Transat Mission is an offshore sailing podcast hosted by Peter Gibbons-Neff (USA) who competed in the 2023 Mini Transat. In this episode, Gibbons-Neff hosts Sylvain Karpinski who is from Canada and also raced in the 2023 Mini Transat […]

Transport Baptiste Cloarec to one of the longest windsurfing waves in the world, Pacasmayo, Peru, and you can have yourself a great highlights reel Baptiste Cloarec (RRD / RRD Sails) made quite a name for himself last year as he […]

h a Russian or Belarusian passport should not be permitted to compete in events or classes other than those specified above. This updates the position made by the World Sailing Board on November 18, 2023. The recommendation that athletes with a […]

In their Extraordinary Boats series, Yachting World profiles the 1938 S&S yawl Baruna that was relaunched in late 2023 by owner Tara Getty after a seven-and-a-half-year restoration to return her to as close to original as possible. Designed by Olin Stephens in […]

(January 24, 2024; Day 18) – Two-thirds of the fleet competing in the Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest have incurred performance-robbing damage, with Anthony Marchand on the 30-metre Actual Ultim 3 as the latest casualty. He reported yesterday that a collision damaged his […]

Dave Perry, match racing champion, educator, and editor of the The Dial Up publication, details what he calls ‘The Big Decision’: I have always said “Sailboat racing is a decision-making contest played in sailboats.” And match racing is a decision-making contest on […]

(January 22, 2024) – Phiilppe Delamare (FRA) continues to lead the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge on his Actual 46 Mowgli, still the only entrant to have made the turn at Cape Horn, and now ascending the South Atlantic alongside São […]

(January 22, 2024; Day 16) – Charles Caudrelier, leader of the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest, is passing the NE corner of the Kerguelen Islands exclusion zone, racing on a SE’ly course at around 35 knots as he plunges towards the ice […]

The collaboration between an Italian offshore sailor and a luxury car brand has seen its final sunset. Here is their announcement: After 11 years of goals that have entered the history of ocean navigation, and more than two hundred thousand […]

The Race to Alaska will hold its 8th edition in 2024, continuing with its 750-mile course from Port Townsend, WA to Victoria, BC. And now there is a podcast series prior to the June 9 start… here’s the episode summary: […]

It is frequent refrain that Norh Americans struggle in the Olympics because the boats used are not common in the continent. This is not a completely wrong position except the ILCA boats were born in Canada, Class racing for the […]

During 30 years of January racing in Key West, the event had plenty of names as sponsors came and went, but it always delivered a funky onshore vibe alongside dreamy sailing conditions. There was sadness when it ended in 2017, but […]