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In a record year of interest, it’s perhaps fitting that the 100th entry to the 50th edition of the Transpacific Yacht Club’s biennial 2225-mile Transpac race from LA to Honolulu is at 55 years old one of the oldest in […]

by Robert Nutter, Chair, 2019 Bayview Mackinac Race We are entering the time of year when owners start thinking about assembling their crew for the season. Some owners grow their crew with the purchase of the boat and others rotate […]

The J/105 Class Association has fleets throughout North America, with one of the more active groups located in Toronto, Ontario. Doug Bullock, who races from this fleet and was 2018 Class President, shares his thoughts on what makes a successful […]

(February 11, 2019; Day 43) – Alex Alley (GBR) is now riding the southern latitude freight train that will send him eastward in his pursuit to break the Solo Non-Stop Around the World Record in his 40-foot yacht – Pixel […]

With limited practice time, and no preseason, the first event of the inaugural SailGP season is going to unveil on the world stage the latest attempt to deliver a commercially viable sailing product for spectator consumption. Funded by billionaire Larry […]

Conceived by professional sailors and designed by an international team of designers, engineers and naval architects, the Eagle Class 53 seeks to provide the most advanced boat without needing expert skills to sail it. With the latest in foiling and […]

SailGP, which seeks to deliver a commercially viable international circuit of high speed competition, has secured broadcast agreements that ensure coverage in 90 countries, across five continents. The first of five events in 2019 begins February 15-16 in Sydney, Australia. […]

SailGP’s inaugural event of Season 1 kicks off February 15-16 when rival national teams from Australia, China, France, Great Britain, Japan and the United States will fight it out on Sydney Harbour in the high speed F50 catamarans. And joining […]

The 31st season for the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta begins with the first of five USA events on February 15 to 17 in St. Petersburg, FL. The opening stage has over 160 boats entered in 14 […]

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One of the most enthusiastic 18ft Skiff sailors in the world must be the Northern California-based Katie Love, who is presently spending the 2018-2019 Australian summer as skipper of the Panasonic Lumix-sponsored boat in the Australian 18 Footers League fleet […]

The 2019 U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship, an invitational event open to sailors between 16 and 20 years old, will be held June 26-30 in San Diego, CA. The event will use J/22s for up to ten teams to compete […]

The Notice of Race for the U.S. Youth Championships is available for the 2019 event to be held June 21-25 in Beach Haven, New Jersey. Competition will be held in six events with no gender restrictions. Details. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

Competition for all 10 Olympic events came to the USA at the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series Miami which began January 29 with Medal Races on Saturday, February 2 and Sunday, February 3. Competition details – Results – Facebook The […]

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 February of her 2019 Ultimate Sailing […]

This week’s “World on Water” global sailing news show produced by www.boatson.tv. In this week’s “WoW TV”: • Spindrift 2 damaged their starboard rudder and were forced to abandon their record attempt. • The Dutch 36th America’s Cup Challenge syndicate […]

US Sailing and the NBC Sports Group are partnering to present World Sailing’s prestigious Hempel World Cup Series to U.S. viewers on the Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. […]

Los Angeles, CA (February 7, 2019) – The Transpacific Yacht Club and Archipelagoes Tahiti are organizing the 15th edition of the Transpac Tahiti Race in late May 2020. This is one of the world’s longest classic ocean races, a 3570-mile […]

The US Naval Academy Midshipmen will return to defend their title at the 2019 Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup regatta on March 8-10 in San Pedro, CA. Competing in every Harbor Cup since its inception, Navy’s victory last year […]

Through its eight editions, the Vendee Globe has grown in reputation to be the most extraordinary test of solo offshore racing. Combined with the IMOCA, an immensely powerful 60-foot class boat which now includes lifting foils, this non-stop around the […]

We could forgive The Australian Financial Review for not being tuned into sport, but when the sportsman is New Zealand’s highest-profile international yachtsman, and was once its highest paid athlete, you’d think Sir Russell Coutts would be better known on […]

The boatbuilding craftsmanship in Maine is legendary, a skill that’s passed down from one generation to the next. It’s hard to calculate how many builders are in the state where there’s a mix of established names with large production runs […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt As a columnist for Sailing World, I reflected on my appreciation for record setting. Our sport can be a blur of boat types and race formats, but we all dabble in record setting. How many days […]

Multihulls have been racing in the RORC Caribbean 600 since the very first race in 2009 when Claude Thelier’s (FRA) Region Guadeloupe, skippered by John Burnie (GBR), set a record that was not bettered until 2015. In recent years the […]

Swells off Portugal’s famed Praia do Norte can become so massive even drones have a tough time keeping a safe distance. Like this one… Source: sailingscuttlebutt

Sydney, Australia (February 7, 2019) – As the inaugural SailGP season nears its first event, Sydney Harbor witnessed the SailGP F50s of Australia, China, Great Britain, France, Japan and the United States lined up for the first time prior to […]

When the team at Scuttlebutt HQ does local sailing, it is on San Diego Bay where the kelp is a frequent nuisance. On a bad day, it is hard to find water without obstacles, which is sort of what this […]

When the Viper 640 racing is cancelled because the wind is 30+ knots, one team was not taking no for an answer. Video published on Feb 6, 2019. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

Miami, FL (February 6, 2019) – American sailor Luke Lawrence with crew Alexey Selivanov won the inaugural Star Junior World Champion Under 30 after a six race regatta in the water of Biscayne Bay. The championship started off well for […]

The commitment of the Volvo Ocean Race to deliver raw and unfiltered storytelling to fans during the 2017-18 edition has seen the Race shortlisted for a prestigious 2019 Yahoo Sports Technology Award, despite the challenge of telling the story of […]

Once upon a time, a one-design class was launched with a piece of paper that carried on it the dimensions from which the boat would be built. If popular, class interest would foster multiple suppliers to provide the best options […]

The key to increasing participation is to increase the comfort level for possible entrants, and when the greatest group of prospects are those with lower performance boats, that means taking a close look at their needs. The irony is how […]

The Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, the world’s longest running technical forum dedicated to advancing the study of the art and science of sailing yacht design technology, will be held March 15-16 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. […]

What it is that connects us to Sailing. Video published on Feb 6, 2019. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

“No waiting in lift lines. No over priced lift tickets. Just you, the kite and a pair of skis or snowboard.” – Steve Bodner Source: sailingscuttlebutt

The entry list is forming for the 2019 Argo Group Gold Cup, the oldest match racing regatta for one-design yachts which is scheduled May 6-11 in Hamilton, Bermuda. Twelve teams will be vying for a $100,000 prize purse, with the […]

Super Sunday was exactly that for two members of the U.S. Sailing Team. Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) and Luke Muller (Fort Pierce, Fla.) stood on the podium at Regatta Park to accept a silver and bronze medal, respectively, for their […]

In a career stretching back 25 years since Brian Thompson set a class record in the OSTAR singlehanded transatlantic race, he’s gone on to break sailing speed records on more than 40 occasions, everything from a circumnavigation of the planet […]

Thousands of Star class boats are spread around the world, each with a unique personality, and certainly a unique story. It’s true that a boat can eventually reflect the persona of its owner, and this is especially true of the […]

The graceful curves and sweeping views of the Atlantic from Newport, Rhode Island’s Ocean Drive is what hooked professional sailor Andrew Palfrey to cycling. He was coaching at the 2006 Farr 40 World Championship and needed to put in a […]