SG Yelken Archive

Lydia Mullan went offshore looking for adventure and found it in spades during this year’s Annapolis-Newport Race. She shares her story in SAIL magazine: It’s 4 a.m., and we’re taking on water. I’m kneeling beside the nav desk, gasping into […]

Day 5: The winners’ of the 2023 PWA/IWT Cold Hawaii Youth Windsurf World Cup officially crowned Day 5 of the 2023 PWA/IWT Cold Hawaii Youth Windsurf World Cup saw the official prize giving held as the respective winners’ were crowned […]

Rather than start 90 solo sailors on the first leg of the 2023 Mini Transat, the fleet of 21-foot Mini Class competitors were postponed on September 24 due to strong winds and large seas forecasted off Spain’s Cape Finisterre when […]

Sailing competition offers a test of ability, but it also can distract us from what is good in the sport. Matt Burridge (St. Louis, MO) provides some wisdom on this topic: I’ve heard that time is the only resource we […]

The lineup for the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Bermuda Gold Cup, a World Championship event of the World Match Racing Tour scheduled October 3-7, is complete with all 16 entrants confirmed. Fourteen of the 16 teams were revealed in August […]

Sweden’s WINGS match racing team led by Anna Östling have been crowned 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour champions after winning the final stage of the tour at the KDY Women’s Match Race held September 21-24 in Copenhagen. New Zealand’s […]

Brian Keane and Team Savasana are the 2023 J/70 North American Champions after nine races held September 21-24 in Chicago, IL. Conditions for the 45 teams were light and lumpy in the first two days, allowing one race each day, […]

In advance of the 2023 505 World Championship on September 26-October 1, the 2023 505 North American Championship was held September 23-24 in San Francisco, CA. Fifty-four teams competed in the 6-race series with Mike Martin/ Adam Lowry (USA) claiming […]

Chris Poole and his team of Andres Guerra and Austin Colpaert clinched their first U.S. Match Racing Championship title held September 22-24 in Rochester, NY. Ten teams competed in Sonars, with Poole going 3-1 against Dave Dellenbaugh in the finals. […]

The 2023 Viper 640 North American Championship was held September 22-24 in Ottawa, ON. Sailing on Lac du Shien, 22 teams completed the 7-race series won by Jimmy Praley with Austin Powers and Max Vinocur. A shore postponement on the […]

Ninety-five teams representing 25 nations endured challenging weather during the 2023 Star World Championship on September 19-24 in Scarlino, Italy. But the German team of Max Kohlhoff and Ole Burzinski rose above, and with two bullets and five of six […]

The 2023 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta attracted 17 university teams for keelboat competition on September 23-24 in Chicago, IL. Purdue University dominated the 11-boat Tartan 10 fleet while Brown University won on countback over College of Charleston in the […]

Ben Ainslie’s Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team overcame an event of two halves by winning the ROCKWOOL Italy Sail Grand Prix on September 23-24 in Tranto, Italy. This is the team’s second consecutive win as the Brits topped Tom Slingsby’s […]

After finishing on the end of season overall podium five times, Harm Müller-Spreer and his German flagged Platoon crew finally clinched the 2023 52 SUPER SERIES title on the Bay of Palma, with the annual circuit concluding September 19-23 in […]

Twenty-five teams have entered the 2023 Viper 640 North American Championship on September 22-24 in Ottawa, Ontario. As 2022 champion Jackson Benvenutti is not among the field, runner-up last year and 2021 Champ Mark Zagol is the favorite in the […]

Any achievement award system that relies on public nominations is flawed as the likelihood of forgotten accomplishments is high. In this update from World Sailing, we hope there is also an employee that reads Scuttlebutt to capture glory as it […]

The 2023 Mini Transat is a solo transatlantic yacht race held biennially for the the 21-foot Mini Class. Starting on September 24 from Les Sables d’Olonne in France, the first stage finishes in the Canary Islands before the fleet takes […]

Sail Canada’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the past seven years, Don Adams, will retire in the upcoming year. Over his 43-year career as a leader in the Canadian sport system, Adams previously worked with Badminton Canada, Diving Canada, and […]

The US Team has been confirmed for the 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships on December 8-16 in Búzios, Brazil from December 8-16. The USA will compete in 10 of 11 events, not sending a representative in the Formula Kite Female event. […]

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain (above) traveled to Barcelona to award the first edition of the La Vanguardia prizes, dedicated to people and entities that work in social, economic, political, or cultural domains. Their Majesties arrived at the […]

Brianna Brand (Chestermere, Alberta), Head Coach at the Calgary Yacht Club, has been selected Sail Canada Coach of the Year for 2022 as the country celebrates National Coaches Week, an annual event which ends on September 24. Established in 1931, […]

While New Zealand has spawned some of the world’s most famous male match racing skippers – Chris Dickson, Russell Coutts, Dean Barker, Adam Minoprio, Phil Robertson – female Kiwi skippers have made less of an impression…until now. The 2023 KDY […]

As foiling appendages continue their application in sailing, the technology is also being applied to powerboats. While the motivation is to heighten performance while reducing energy consumption, the smooth ride has proven handy for those prone to seasickness. This has […]

(September 19, 2023) – An injured crew member from the 53-foot French Yacht Triana, racing around the world in the 2023-24 McIntyre Ocean Globe Race, was successfully rescued yesterday after a dramatic long-range helicopter mission. The alarm was raised early […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News During the America’s Cup era when Larry Ellison controlled the event, the mission was to create a spectator sport that would attract commercial riches. He gave it his best shot in 2013 and 2017, […]

(September 18, 2023) – The Portuguese Rescue Coordination Center is working with the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race crisis management team for a long-range helicopter medivac of injured sailor Stéphane Raguenes on board the French yacht TRIANA. The yacht is one […]

Nineteen nations will be represented when nearly 100 teams compete at the 2023 Star World Championship on September 19-24 in Scarlino, Italy. Italian Diego Negri will be in pursuit of his third consecutive title. “I know and appreciate the regatta […]

Nearly 50 teams are registered for the 2023 J/70 North American Championship to be held September 21-24 in Chicago, IL. Twelve races are planned with the entrants to complete across five different divisions: Open, One-Pro, Corinthian, Mixed, and Youth. “We […]

Variable sailing conditions hounded 79 teams at the 2023 Rolex Big Boat Series, held September 14-17 in San Francisco, CA. From a challenging ebb coupled with strong gusts in the low 20s on the first day, to diminishing breezes each […]

The 2023 Sonar North American Championship was September 15-17 on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata, MN. Originally planned for 2020, there were 17 Sonar boats from as far away as New Hampshire and Vancouver, BC for the seven race series. Brian […]

Hosted by the Larchmont Yacht Club on September 16-17, the 2023 Ideal 18 North American Championship attracted 34 teams from around the northeastern U.S. and Canada for the nine race series in Larchmont, NY. The approach of Hurricane Lee did […]

Richard Reid and his team on Zingara won the 2023 Melges 24 North American Championship on September 15-17 in Toronto, Ontario. Ten races were completed in three days, but Reid’s team of Bill Gooderham, Brian Kamilar, Ian Sloan, and Serena […]

It came down to the final race win for Augie Diaz/ Bruno Prada (above) to claim victory at the 2023 Star Western Hemisphere Championship, held September 11-14 in Cleveland, OH. As the first major Star Championship in over 20 years […]

Vilanova i La Geltrú, Spain (September 17, 2023) – It was not the ideal opening act for the 37th America’s Cup, as winds proved mostly unfavorable for the foiling AC40, but NYYC American Magic proved to be survive best to […]

Eight teams representing their respective US Sailing Areas from regions around the country vied for the Lloyd Phoenix Trophy on September 15-17 at the 2023 U.S. Offshore Sailing Championship. Skipper Charles Schaffner and his crew from Edgewater Yacht Club (Ohio) […]

After New Zealand suffered a huge blow following the first day of racing at France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez when the wing of their F50 collapsed, the bad news continues as a replacement rig can not be transported in […]

Keith Whittemore’s Furio (USA), with team Willem van Waay, Marianne Schoke, Brian Thomas, and Melanie Edwards, have been crowned 2023 J/24 World Champions. Whittemore, who also won the 2019 J/24 World Championship in Miami, Florida USA, ended this event with […]