SG Yelken İngilizce Archive

orre Grande, Italy (October 13, 2021) – The opening day of the 2021 Formula Kite World Championships was stalled by inclement weather, allowing three races for the women but keeping the men’s division on hold until tomorrow. A total of […]

Murcia, Spain (October 14, 2021) – The fourth day of the 2021 Finn World Masters produced yet more great racing, with France’s Valerian Lebrun (above) securing the title with a day to spare. Holding an insurmountable 17 point lead with […]

Maximizing the performance of our boats requires a utilization of the sail trim adjustments, and an understanding of the impact from each adjustment. Correctly trimming the sails through the range of wind speed and angle directly influences our position in […]

Annapolis, MD (October 14, 2021) – Cruising World magazine revealed its roster of nominees for the 2022 Boat of the Year awards. Testing for the awards is taking place during and after the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, which […]

At the beginning of September, VPLP Design and Multiplast builder won the architectural competition which was launched by the offshore organization in France (UNCL), United Kingdom (RORC), and the USA (Storm Trysail Club) for the design and build of the […]

by Katy Stickland, Yachting Monthly An investigation by Maritime New Zealand has concluded that window storm covers could have prevented the fatal sinking of the Bavaria 47 Ocean, Essence off North Island. New regulations on window storm covers for yachts […]

The U.S. National Sailing Hall of Fame selected eleven sailors in 2021 to join the 90 previously-recognized individuals who have been enshrined since the first class in 2011. Among the 11th class to be formally inducted on October 16 is […]

Whether you have a long keel or twin keel rudders, there will be pros and cons when it comes to performance. Toby Heppell explores three boats’ differences for Yachting Monthly. Ask any sailor to explain the differing characteristics of hull […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Since Scuttlebutt was launched in 1997, we have witnessed how the sport has embraced the internet. More information, more widely shared, than ever before. You could call this progress, but often maintaining the information […]

As we reflect on summer and all of the awesome regattas we were able to participate in, it’s hard not to see a few big lessons learned staring you in the face. Offshore sailing tends to do that; it shows […]

by David Roper, Points East magazine I couldn’t stop thinking about her. Though I didn’t want to tell my wife about what I’d been going through over the past year or so, I knew I couldn’t keep it from her […]

The 2021 U.S. Match Racing Championship features 10 teams that will compete October 1-3 in Long Beach, CA. Sailed in Catalina 37s, the 53rd edition is hosted by the Long Beach Yacht Club. Person Potts, 2018 and 2019 U.S. Match […]

Menorca, Spain (September 30, 2021) – Winners of the regatta when it was last held in 2019, Harm Müller Spreer’s Platoon crew took the lead at the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week after a fourth place and a race […]

(September 30, 2021; Day 4) – Whilst the front runners of the Mini Transat have negotiated Cape Finisterre this afternoon, and are now powering along in the trade wind, the bulk of the fleet is continuing to make headway in […]

Iceboating clubs around the USA will again host their annual fall iceboat swap meets in October and November in anticipation of the coming season. Events will offer insight into the sport and types of boats. NEW ENGLAND: October 23, 2021 […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and double gold medalist Shirley Robertson nominated Ngoni. Here’s the report: “Build me a beast. Don’t build me […]

At 24 years old, Riley Gibbs just competed in his first Olympic Games, finishing 9th overall in the Mixed Multihull event (Nacra 17) with crew Anna Weis. In this report by Michelle Slade for the St Francis Sailing Foundation, Gibbs […]

Savvy tourists have known for years that early fall is the best time to visit Newport. The summer crowds and humidity are significantly diminished. And those who time the visit just right are rewarded with the combination of sparkling, warm, […]

Part Two of Takara Ishii’s Best of Series Featuring Spots Around Gran Canaria Takara Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails) is back with the second part of his ‘Best Of’ series, which sees the young Japanese sailor exploring several spots around […]

Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2021/09/28/video-beach-start-foil-board/

The France SailGP Team will have a new driver for the next SailGP event as Quentin Delapierre takes over from Billy Besson for the remainder of SailGP Season 2. Besson has been integral to the French team since its inception […]

As a follow-up to the report which considered the Mayflower as among the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, J/Boats co-founder Bob Johnstone echoed that sentiment by sharing this excerpt from author Nat Philbrick who wrote in his […]

Tampa, FL (September 28, 2021) – The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) revealed the winners of the IBEX Innovation Awards for the 30th Anniversary Show. The judges selected 11 Innovation Award winners and three honorable mentions among dozens of […]

It was a minor miracle for Auckland to host the 36th America’s Cup amid the strict pandemic guidelines of the New Zealand government. For small island countries, it is easier to block the borders and hold consistent policies, and they […]

Menorca, Spain (September 28, 2021) – Andy Soriano’s Alegre hold the overnight lead after the first day of racing at the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, comfortably winning the only race which could be contested due to very light, […]

(September 28, 2021) – Having left Les Sables d’Olonne midway through the afternoon yesterday, propelled along by a NW’ly breeze of between 15 and 20 knots on relatively heavy seas, the 90 sailors in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef saw […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When the college admissions scandal hit the headlines in March 2019, and the Stanford sailing program was implicated in the plot, I desperately wanted this not to be a Scuttlebutt story. However, when every […]

by Adam Cort, SAIL According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hurricanes (the term most U.S. sailors are familiar with) and typhoons are just two different names for the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones, i.e., “a rotating, organized […]

As keelboats get stored for the winter in the northern latitudes, David Evans reflects on lessons learned from his base in the United Kingdom. In 1984 I had a Stephen Jones designed Hustler SJ30 (lovely boat) and it was stored […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and round the world racer Pete Goss nominated the Mayflower. Here’s the report: The Mayflower is certainly the […]

Eleven teams completed a 9-race series at the 2021 Beneteau 36.7 North American Championship on September 24-26 in San Diego, CA. Chick Pyle’s Kea team dominated the event, winning seven races to build a 22 point lead over Tom Shepherd […]

Jonathan and Libby McKee topped the 24 entrants to win the 2021 Tasar US National Championship held September 25-26 in Seattle, WA. With a recent record-sized fleet, and the most competitive field in years (including three World Champion teams), the […]

Team Holiday Sideshow bested 23 other teams from around the USA in the 2021 US Team Racing Championship held September 24-26 in Bristol, RI. The winning team was comprised of Colin Merrick, David Thompson, Rachel Holick, Christopher Klevan, Greiner Hobbs, […]

The racing rules allows for fair competition, but it is a challenge to understand every scenario. To help facilitate the process, the Racing Rules of Sailing Forum offers an opportunity for experts to voice opinion, and Al Sargent posed a […]

Boston, MA (September 25, 2021) – Augie Diaz and Barbie Brotons (USA) were able to sail conservatively in the final race today to ensure their win at the 2021 Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship. With a 10 point lead […]

Initially scheduled for September 26, the start of the 23rd edition of the Mini Transat has been pushed back 24 hours due to a front offshore of the Coast of Light, with the delay to improve the safety of the […]

The Oakcliff Triple Crown Series got underway with the first of two stages in which over $35,000 of prize grants is awarded to each class at each stage. Stage one saw eight teams in the 49er duke it out in […]

Red Bull Flugtag was in Vienna on September 26 where 40 teams of DIY aviators jump from a six-metre ramp on their homemade flying machines. The crew that gets the best marks from the judges wins. Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2021/09/26/video-even-crazy-wears-a-pfd/

When the Mixed Two Person Offshore World Championship was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, it not only derailed the inaugural event but also halted momentum for the event’s inclusion at the Paris 2024 Olympics. But despite the International Olympic […]

Auckland, New Zealand (September 10, 2021) – America’s Cup defender Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron along with British Challenger of Record Royal Yacht Squadron have revealed a new class of boat, the one design AC40 foiling monohull, will be developed […]

After cancelling last year due to the pandemic, the 2021 Rolex Big Boat Series is prepared to safely proceed with its 56th edition on September 16-19 in San Francisco, CA. Over 80 boats will be competing in ORR, Classics, J/70, […]

The 2021 North Sails Snipe North American Championship has attracted 41 teams for racing on September 10-12 in Beverly MA. Among the field are Olympians, Rolex Yachtsman of the Year winners, and collegiate All Americans along with Ernesto Rodriguez and […]

Aspiring America’s Cup team Stars+Stripes, led by Mike Buckley and Taylor Canfield, have formed a development team that will compete at the 2021 Ficker Cup match racing regatta on September 10-12 in Long Beach, CA. The development team will be […]

Just 21 days after fracturing his leg at the ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix, United States SailGP Team Wing Trimmer Paul Campbell-James hopes to be competing with the team at the France Sail Grand Prix on September 11-12. The team […]

Porto Cervo, Italy (September 9, 2021) – The fourth race day in the 31st Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup confirmed the Race Committee’s decision to move the rest day from today to tomorrow as all divisions were able to race in […]

Kiel, Germany (September 9, 2021) – The fourth day of the 2021 Star World Championship was productive as 8 to 15 knots of steady easterly breeze allowed two races to be held for the 82 teams from 15 countries. In […]

Ross Brady had always loved the sea, and it was after his tour with the Royal Marines ended in 2015 that he thankfully found his calling. He shares his story: A dusty and desolate landscape revealed itself when I first […]

In the first of five installments during the 2021-2022 College Sailing season, Stanford University tops both the women’s and coed rankings. The panel of college coaches considered returning rosters and performance expectations, as well as the most recent college spring […]

Porto Cervo, Italy (September 7, 2021) – The second day of racing at the 31st Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup brought light airs of eight to ten knots from the northeast. After two days of coastal races, the leaders of the […]

Lago di Garda, Italy (September 7, 2021) – Tom Slingsby (AUS) defended his Moth World Title, dominating the 2021 event by winning 13 of the 14 races over the field of 139 competitors. Finishing second was Iain Jensen (AUS) while […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and Australian explorer and event organizer Don McIntyre nominated the S&S 34. Here’s the report: The most innovative […]

A four-time Collegiate All-American at Dartmouth College (’95) and a member of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team in the Women’s 470 Class in the 1990s, Whitney Peterson is currently found frostbiting SeaDog dinghies in the winter and promoting youth sailing […]

With a goal of fielding ten teams, the SailGP global sports league revealed Switzerland SailGP Team as the ninth entrant. In Season 3, which will start in May 2022, the Swiss effort will go head-to-head against rival national teams from […]

f you didn’t grow up sailing, how long did it take you to figure out what sailors mean when they say “put the bow down?” After hearing from newer sailors that the language of racing is hard to decipher, SailZing […]

The second day of the 2021 Moth World Championship completed the qualifying stage with three more races in around 14 knots. As yesterday, the 138 competitors are divided into two fleets, and despite the groups being reshuffled, Australians Tom Slingsby […]

(September 2, 2021) – Sarah Douglas was named Sail Canada’s Rolex Sailor of the Year for 2020-2021. Following her 6th-place finish at Tokyo 2020, Sarah Douglas received this award for the second time in a row at Canada’s Celebration of […]

The 2021 Congressional Cup now has a revised line-up as it prepares for its 56th edition on September 14-19 in Long Beach, CA. Last-minute snags have defending champion Ian Williams (GBR) withdrawing, in addition to Phil Robertson (NZL) and Nick […]

The third edition of the round-the-world yacht Golden Globe Race will set off in 2022 on September 4 from Les Sables-d’Olonne, France. With 26 skippers of 11 different nationalities, the race is the only solo non-stop round-the-world yacht race without […]

Event Organiser Mads Bjørnå Gives a Glimpse into What You Can Expect From the Upcoming Youth PWA World Cup in Cold Hawaii The 2021 Noerstick Cold Hawaii Youth PWA World Cup is now just over a week away with the next […]

It’s worth trying any seasickness cure once, but what if you try them all at the same time? Dave Selby shares the results of his experiment… My mate Sea Sick Dave knows more about seasickness than anybody I’ve ever come […]

Kingston, ONT (September 1, 2021) – Andreas Koechli from Toronto, ON, won the first edition of the Canadian eSailing Championship following six races that were held during the Finals. Competing against 19 other finalists, who were selected according to their […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and Eddie Warden Owen, whose drive took him into the British Olympic sailing team, then on to race […]

by Adam Loory, General Manager, UK Sailmakers International Every race win has a good story about how the boat got to the top of the podium. Here is one that tics a lot of different boxes and creates an interesting […]

(September 1, 2021) – The Magenta Project opened applications for the fourth edition of its flagship mentoring program. The Magenta Project Mentoring Program aims to link up aspiring female sailors from across the globe with incredible mentors from the sailing […]

Chris Bertish plans to do something that could be viewed as crazy. He’s going to cross the Pacific on a hydrofoil board with a wing. Alone. He’s estimating it’ll take him around 50 days, completely unassisted. His plan was to […]

The Sailing Film Festival is produced by Oregon Youth Sailing Foundation and is a short film competition for youth 25 and under. The entries are split into two age categories; Juniors under 15 and Seniors aged 15-25. Each category will […]

Valencia, Spain (August 31, 2021) – The 2021 Zhik 29er World Championship Cup in the waters of Valencia wrapped up today after six days of competition in which 190 teams from 24 countries have gathered. At the top of the […]

Porto Cervo, Italy (August 31, 2021) – The first half of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda’s 2021 sporting events season has seen the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, the Swan Sardinia Challenge and the Grand Prix 2 event of Persico 69F […]

Spencer Buell, staff writer at Boston Magazine, looks at how for 75 years, the Boston institution, Community Boating, Inc., has kept a prime piece of Boston’s waterways from becoming a playground for the rich. It’s hard not to be charmed […]

Annapolis, MD (August 31, 2021) – The Eastport Yacht Club (EYC) Foundation is awarding a group of students, passionate about the water and boating, $20,000 in scholarships for marine and maritime education. Each student receives $1,000 per semester as long […]

A Day in Karpathos with Oda Brødholt & Sarah-Quita Offringa Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) & Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) jumped on a plane to Karpathos, Greece, which is renowned for its consistently strong winds. […]

The fourth stage of the SailGP season started in explosive fashion, with broken boats to broken bodies, as the teams prepared for the mid season event. Conditions did settle down for racing, but success was even harder to grasp as […]

American Lara Dallman-Weiss, who competed with Nikki Barnes in the Women’s Two Person Dinghy event at Tokyo 2020, reflected back on preparing to go to Tokyo and processing being back home again. I just found this drafted post I wrote […]

The California Dreamin’ Series (CDS) consists of three match racing events: the St. Francis Yacht Club Stop on August 29-30, 2021 in J/22 type boats, the San Diego Yacht Club Stop on October 9-10, 2021 in J/22 type boats and […]

Kevin Escoffier became famous on the last Vendée Globe for all the wrong reasons. Rescued by Jean Le Cam after his IMOCA PRB broke up spectacularly early in the Southern Oceans, the episode overshadows the fact that Escoffier was very […]

Oyster Bay, NY (August 30, 2021) – Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team were crowned winners of the 2021 Oakcliff International, held August 26-30. Poole is a regular Oakcliff International skipper but this was his first win. It is […]

Valencia, Spain (August 27, 2021) – The 2021 Zhik 29er World Championship continued today for the 189 teams which completed only two races, after a postponement on land of almost an hour. France is in the lead in both male […]

Valencia, Spain (August 28, 2021) – The 2021 Zhik 29er World Championship continued today for the 189 teams, which completed the qualifying series. The top American team of Ian Nyenhuis and Noah Nyenhuis finished the qualifying series in 10th place […]