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Following a grueling selection process, the eleven professional skippers who, with over a million miles of experience between them, will be leading teams in the 2019-20 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race are presented. The newly appointed Clipper Race Skippers, […]

(March 27, 2019) – The Extreme Sailing Series™ stormed onto the professional sailing scene in 2007, and since then has changed how fans, sponsors and media engage with sailing. On the water, on shore, online or on TV, its pioneering […]

The international photographic award dedicated to competitive sailing celebrates its tenth edition in 2019, an anniversary that attests the success of this unique event. The winners will be announced in public at the 2019 Yacht Racing Forum on November 25-26 […]

The Royal BVI Yacht Club will host the 2019 BVI Dinghy Championships Regatta at Nanny Cay May 17-19, 2019. Racing is open in the following classes: Optimist, Optimist Green, Laser Standard, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7 and RSFeva. Registration is now […]

(March 27, 2019) – The Star Sailors League (SSL) Gold Cup was announced last November as an innovative event on the international sailing scene that will crown the best sailing nation, just like the football World Cup crowns the best […]

(March 27, 2019) – With the GC32 flying catamaran racing circuits this year amalgamated on the GC32 Racing Tour, 10 teams, including the GC32 teams from the Extreme Sailing Series, are expected to compete on this season’s five event circuit […]

Chris Klevan provides this week’s update from the seven conferences of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Brown University won the Duplin Women’s Team Race at Tufts University in Larks on Mystic Lake. Like most New England regattas, the Duplin was […]

In 90 days the fleet of 20-plus yachts is scheduled to depart from Newport, R.I., and head eastwards across “the Pond” in the Transatlantic Race 2019. The reasons for competing are unique to each sailor, but often range from a […]

The 2019 Caribbean sailing season is well underway with events already held in Barbados, Grenada, St Maarten, St Croix, St Barths, and US Virgin Islands. The focus now shifts to British Virgin Islands for its Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival […]

The 50th edition of the 2225 nm Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu will award a new team scoring title which will be called the Storm Trysail Club Trophy. This new trophy is designed to promote camaraderie among offshore […]

Bristol, RI (March 26, 2019) – Kilroy Realty Corporation (Kilroy Realty), an industry-leading commercial real estate company, has partnered with US Sailing as a primary sponsor of the US Sailing Team. Kilroy Realty will support the US Sailing Team at […]

by Lea Maxwell, thriveglobal.com When I signed up for sailing school at the age of 43, I had never been on a sailboat. I agreed to do it because the boy I was dating wanted me to. Typical. But I […]

World Sailing has confirmed that the L30, a 30-foot one design keelboat, has been selected as the supplied equipment for World Sailing’s inaugural Offshore World Championship to be held October 2020 in Valletta, Malta. The L30 is a light, modern […]

Aspirations to increase the popularity of sailing through the wider reach of broadcast television suffered a setback with this announcement from two-time Olympic gold medalist Shirley Robertson: The CNN Mainsail segment has been a part of CNN’s sporting line-up for […]

We are fans of the wall calendar, and the start of each month welcomes new imagery from our J/Boats, Onne van der Wal, and Sharon Green calendars. Here Sharon shares the behind-the-scenes story from March of her 2019 Ultimate Sailing […]

St Thomas, USVI (March 24, 2019) – Clouds and a couple of squalls sent windy curve balls across the courses set for the 50-plus boats racing in the 46th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). “We had light air and heavier […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Nobody could have anticipated the explosive growth of the J/70 Class. What was deemed a dumbed-down sprit boat was in fact what the market wanted, which was a boat with decent performance that could be mastered […]

San Francisco, CA (March 24, 2019) – Jack Sutter and Charlotte Versavel bested the fleet of seven competitors to win the second and final stage of the Nacra 15 US Qualifier for the the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships on […]

The America’s Landsailing Cup, the premier landsailing event in the USA, is being held March 24 to 29 on Ivanpah Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, CA. Classes to be contested are Mini Skeeters, Manta Single, […]

The Dutch America’s Cup challenge DutchSail has resorted to crowdfunding for their campaign, seeking contributions of €100 per month for the next two years to get them to the start line for Auckland 2021. Skipper and syndicate CEO Simeon Tienpont […]

by Karen Price, USOC When Anna Tobias announced her retirement from Olympic-level sailing in 2014, the passion for competing at the highest level was gone. Now, 11 years after winning a gold medal in her Olympic debut, Tobias (née Tunnicliffe) […]

The UK-based Maverick is the Swiss-army knife of boating: Paddle, Stand-Up Sailing, Sail, or Windsurf. We like the cozy inflatable seats for when you’re tired of standing. Here it is on Lake Garda, Italy. Video published on Mar 24, 2019.

Coronado, CA (March 23, 2019) – The second day for the 29er Midwinter West Championship saw South San Diego Bay back to its normal self in many ways. Instead of the 2-6 degree oscillations of Day 1, the breeze today […]

St Thomas, USVI (March 23, 2019) – Among the 50-plus boats racing on the second day of the 46th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR), some stretched their class leads while others overtook fellow class competitors to jump into the lead. […]

Long Beach, CA (March 23, 2019) – An eclectic and international mix of skippers met off the Belmont Pier today for the first afternoon of Long Beach Yacht Club’s double round-robin Butler Cup match racing event. gr Of the eight […]

If you went up to someone random on the street and asked them what they thought Australia’s top five most successful sports were, they would not mention sailing. If you went up to someone random on the street and asked […]

It’s not big wave windsurfing but messing around on the bumps is pretty cool too. Video by Guy Trudeau published on Mar 23, 2019. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

Coronado, CA (March 22, 2019) – The opening day for the 29er Midwinter West Championship completed four races with winds of 10-15 knots from 250 degrees slow drift to 270 as the day went on. It was definitely not the […]

St Thomas, USVI (March 22, 2019) – Caribbean perfect sailing conditions spelled a great day of racing for the 50-plus boats competing in the first day of the 46th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). Warm trade winds blew an average […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt When the FBI and federal prosecutors uncovered a massive bribery scheme to get students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes and help them cheat on college entrance exams to gain admission, it revealed the extent […]

From March 11-15, 2019, the D-Zero, Laser, Melges 14 and RS Aero were put through their paces at Sea Trials for the Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy Equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. World Sailing launched a […]

The MudRatz youth program continues to go from strength to strength in exposing young people to the sport of sailing, and while their foundation is in the Optimist and Club 420, it is their commitment to diverse ideas and opportunities […]

(March 21, 2019) – With only the HH55 Ticket to Ride still racing, the results for the 800nm Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race are firm as John Raymont’s Andrews 40 Fast Exit posted the best corrected […]

The America’s Cup was held in Newport, RI 12 times from 1930 to 1983, with the 12 Metre as the selected class for nine of those times, from 1958 to 1983. When the 12 Metre World Championship comes to Newport […]

(March 21, 2019; Day 264) – American Hungarian solo yachtsman Istvan Kopar reached the finish line at 13:58 UTC today to take 4th place in the 2018 Golden Globe Race at Les Sables d’Olonne, France. “This is the happiest day […]

Sixteen teams started the 2019 St. Petersburg to Habana Race on March 18 with Guy Williams’ Esse 990 Fresh Pineapple claiming Line Honors on the 278 nm course with a time of 1:08:43:19. With strong breeze and big waves from […]

A record 86 O’pen BIC sailors hailing from Hawaii to Bermuda to Germany competed in the 2019 O’pen BIC North Americans on March 15-17 in San Diego, CA. This was quite a showing, considering the O’pen BIC class only started […]

St Thomas, USVI (March 21, 2019) – Eleven boats competed in the 4th Round the Rocks Race, a scenic and competitive course featuring a circumnavigation of the 19-square-mile neighboring island of St. John. As the precursor for the 46th St. […]

Australian Sailing has appointed Ben Houston (above) as Chief Executive Officer. As current President of Commonwealth Games Australia and as a past President of Triathlon Australia with over a decade as Supervising Counsel at Telstra, Houston is a widely respected […]

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has confirmed the eleven professional skippers who will lead the teams in its twelfth edition this summer. The Skippers, who have a combined total of 1,312,300nm in their log books, hail from the […]

(March 20, 2019) – Tom Barker’s Swan 60 Good Call (above) was the first to cross the finish today in the 800nm Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race as Cal Maritime’s Andrews 77 and David Happ’s Andrews […]

Hamilton, Bermuda (March 20, 2019) – The addition of four of the world’s top match racers, including Women’s World No. 1 Pauline Courtois of France, heightens the field for the 2019 Argo Group Gold Cup match race regatta. Courtois and […]

London, UK (March 20, 2019) – The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), under new ownership since January 1, has announced an extension to the 2018 season in order to complete the World Championship following its sale by Aston Harald in […]

The most impressive collection of offshore racing hardware from across the globe is set to gather off Cowes for the start of the biennial 605 nm Rolex Fastnet Race on August 3. Following the 340 available places in the IRC […]

Once a month, a bunch of America’s Cup sailors, ocean racers, and former Olympic medalists gather alongside some young and others not so young at a New Zealand lake on Auckland’s North Shore. It’s a group that has grown in […]

When the ice is no longer sailable. A different kind of iceboat experience on Lake Kegonsa in Wisconsin on March 19, 2019. Photo courtesy of Deb Whitehorse at iceboat.org. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

Chris Klevan provides this week’s update from the seven conferences of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). The Graham Hall is the largest team race on the College Sailing spring schedule. Showcasing 16 teams, this year’s edition ended with 122 races […]

We are in annual awe of the iceboating community as they balance passion, patience, and persistence to pursue their love of hardwater sailing. In this report by John Hayashi, he details how it all came together at last. No one […]

(March 19, 2019) – Attrition continues in the 800nm Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race as Tom Holthus’ Pac52 BadPak and John Sangmeister’s SC70 OEX have retired. That leaves 25 of the 30 entrants continuing to the […]

by Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune I was shocked to read that Stanford University had fired head varsity sailing coach John Vandemoer in the wake of a federal investigation into shady college admissions practices nationwide. Authorities allege that Vandemoer accepted more […]

Sailing is male dominated for no other reason than history, and while the sport does require strength, the hurdles for women toward participation tend to be more cultural. Change requires opportunity which can be found at the U.S. Junior Women’s […]

Miami, FL (March 19, 2019) – The final day of the 61st Annual Lightning Miami Midwinter Regatta failed to complete any racing for the 30 teams, so the results stand with Chileans Felipe Robles and his crew of Andres Guevara […]

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(March 18, 2019) – The early starters continue to benefit from better winds in the 800nm Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race, with the slow pace for the bigger boats proving to be too slow for Manouch […]

Miami, FL (March 18, 2019) – After suffering through a lack of wind yesterday, the 61st Annual Lightning Miami Midwinter Regatta collected four races today for the 30 teams. The Chileans dominated the day as Felipe Robles and his crew […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt I don’t know how long I’ve been banging this drum, but the fact remains that our sport has evolved to the point where it has become less attractive for some recreational racers. While perfectly aligned windward-leeward […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Imagine 50 yard line seats at the Super Bowl. Floor seats at an NBA Championship, or behind the dugout at the World Series! Too unobtainable? How about front-row seats at one of the world’s top yacht […]