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Sail America, the trade association for the U.S. sailing industry, includes four new member to its 2023 board of directors: Beth Oliver, Offshore Sailing School; Randall Carnahan, Hilb Group NE; Dan Krier, Marine Servicenter; and Parker Stair, Bonnier Corporation. All […]

The ocean is not just our playground, it is our source of life. A vibrant ocean secures the future, and a heightened awareness today of past misdeeds seeks to improve upon that outlook. Yet, there remain limits. At Scuttlebutt HQ, […]

Cape Verde (January 25, 2023) – While a formidable forecast more than lived up to expectations for the first leg of The Ocean Race, delivering heinous upwind conditions with 50 knots and more, the five IMOCAs begin Leg 2 today […]

Matt Struble (USA) won the 2023 DN World Championship when he topped a 105-boat field on January 22-24 in Lake Kegonsa, WI. This was Struble’s fourth world title amid competitors from Canada, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and the United States. Struble […]

There are no shortcuts to reaching the Olympic podium, and when Tokyo 2020 was postponed one year, that was one less year to prepare for Paris 2024. That translates to winter training, and Spain’s Canary Islands have become an intriguing […]

US Sailing has released the 2022 Reach Initiative Impact Report to assess the mission of US Sailing’s Reach program. Since the inception of Reach in 2012, US Sailing’s STEM Education Initiative has sought to impact youth across the country. Reach participants learn Science, […]

After a seven years hiatus from one design racing, the previously annual Ladi’s Restaurant Regatta will be back in 2023 on February 17-19 off the coast of Salinas, Puerto Rico. Postponed due to Hurricane Maria in 2017 and COVID in […]

British offshore racer Phil Sharp reveals his intention to build a new zero emission IMOCA ahead of the 2024 Vendée Globe. This new monohull designed by Sam Manuard is currently under construction at Black Pepper Yachts, a specialist in the […]

Cape Verde (January 24, 2023) – As the five IMOCA teams prepare for the second leg of The Ocean Race, the forecast outlines contrasting conditions from the brutal upwind and fast downwind conditions of Leg 1. This time patience and […]

The Flying Scot Sailing Association is raffling off a brand new race rigged Flying Scot. Just 250 tickets will be sold at $150 each with the drawing via a Zoom call on May 1, 2023, or shortly after all tickets […]

In advance of the DN World and North American Championships in the USA, incoming weather with a snow-rain mix made site selection tricky. Ultimately Lake Kegonsa was chosen over Lake Winnebago and Lake Petenwell in Wisconsin and Lake Pepin in […]

SAIL Editor-in-Chief Wendy Mitman Clarke reflects on how the evolution of the sport may be missing the point: It was late afternoon just after the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis when I climbed aboard the last boat on the schedule. I and […]

When Sailing was dropped from the Paralympic Games after Rio 2016, it was for good reason. Despite its suitability, the management of para sailing was not meeting the International Paralympic Committee requirements. While it was a shocker to some, it […]

The European Yacht of the Year 2023 winners have been announced and comprise the best yacht winners in five categories including a special mention award. Yachting World’s Toby Hodges, one of the 12 jury members who test sailed each of […]

by Joy Martin Thistle Class Association regatta organizers have been utilizing the resources of the Sailors for the Sea powered by Oceana to run clean regattas for the last five years. Each year the number of regattas utilizing the 20 […]

Commanders’ Weather, which provides specialized marine weather forecasting and routing for sailing and cruising yachts worldwide, explained Nor’easters in their Winter 2023 Newsletter on January 22: Every fall, sailors run south to escape them while skiers trek north to find […]

Cape Verde (January 22, 2023) – During Leg 1 of The Ocean Race, Team Malizia’s skipper Boris Herrmann sustained a severe burn on his foot from boiling water shortly before finishing in Mindelo. After seeking medical treatment in hospital, Herrmann […]

Cape Verde (January 22, 2023) – With the IMOCA podium complete for Leg 1 of The Ocean Race, Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm (fourth place) and Benjamin Dutreux’s GUYOT environnement – Team Europe (fifth place) completed the rankings. “That was the first […]

Weather data is getting easier and cheaper to download. Sam Fortescue reviews the latest options for British publication Yachting Monthly and chooses the best weather apps for sailors. Rapidly evolving digital technology now allows the sailing community to benefit from […]

Victor Fernandez seeing in the new year in style in Almerimar during a recent storm Victor Fernandez has been one of the top windsurfers in the world for much of the last two decades. The Spaniard, who currently has 3 […]

Cape Verde (January 21, 2023) – The US-flagged 11th Hour Racing Team, sailing onboard its 60-foot IMOCA race boat Mālama, finished Leg 1 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in second place. The opening leg of the grueling 31,700 nautical miles […]

Cape Verde (January 21, 2023) – Skipper Kevin Escoffier, a veteran of The Ocean Race who is leading Team Holcim-PRB, steered his boat over the finishing line off Mindelo, Cabo Verde just after 01:00 local time this morning, to win […]

The Ocean Race 2023 will be featured in STOPOVER, a documentary series which will follow the five IMOCA teams in this crewed round the world race. Produced by the IMOCA class, the series spans eight episodes filmed at the start […]

(January 20, 2023) – With Elliott Smith (USA) out of the race and Jeremy Bagshaw (RSA) beaten by barnacles, there are now just five contenders left for the GGR trophy in Les Sables d’Olonne and two sailors in Chichester Class […]

Sailing is an equipment sport, which by definition is a barrier for participation. But then not all equipment, even the same equipment, is not created equally. There is a long history of top competitors, regardless of class, investing time and […]

Around the World with Takuma Sugi as the Japanese ripper takes a look back at 2022 With the new year freshly upon us – Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) – has taken the opportunity to […]

St George’s, Grenada (January 19, 2023) – RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim, racing his NMYD 54 Teasing Machine (FRA) is the overall winner under IRC for the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race. While 10 boats are still racing, none of […]

Sail Canada in partnership with David Cripton have launched a podcast series focusing on Canadian sailing called Whitecap, with Episode 10 featuring high performance sailing enthusiast Trevor Parekh. Parekh is a 5-time Canadian 49er champion, a foiling advocate, and president […]

When a well-conceived boat comes along at the right time, sailors get excited and buy in to the action. This was the case with the Melges 24, and while the level of competition and commitment has proven to be somewhat […]

The Personal Watercraft (PWC) category is expanding with jet skis, waverunners, and jetboards, but they all have two things in common. They are fun and make you stupid, or at least the fun can lead to bad seamanship. The Royal […]

Back in the day, Miami OCR in January always marked the traditional start of the northern hemisphere Finn season, so it is with some anticipation the Finn class returns to Miami for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup, the first time […]

(January 19, 2023; Day 5) – The leading IMOCAs in The Ocean Race are expected to finish Leg 1 in Cabo Verde by late Friday night and into Saturday morning (January 20-21) as the fleet eats up the miles on […]

After health and travel restrictions cancelled the Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race in 2020 and 2021, the 35th edition is set to start in 2023 on January 21 and 22. Due to several late withdrawals, only three teams will […]

The Narragansett Bay Adult Athletic Sailing Association (NAASA) is accepting applications for scholarships for the 2023 NAASA F18 League season. Now in the third year, NAASA Scholarships provide fully funded F18 Catamarans for the NAASA F18 League including entry fees, […]

With the IMOCA fleet on the first leg of The Ocean Race from Alicante, Spain to Cabo Verde, Amory Ross provides this report from 11th Hour Racing Team on January 18: Call it a grudge, but after The Ocean Race […]

(January 18, 2023; Day 4) – The Swiss-flagged Holcim-PRB team remains at the head of the IMOCA fleet today as all five boats are setting a blistering pace directly towards Cabo Verde. The leading teams are putting up close to […]

American Joe Harris along with Roger Junet are competing in the Globe40, a multi-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. Seven teams were at the beginning on June 26, with five teams having started the sixth leg on January […]

In Sailing World, David Powlison profiles a sailing club in Colorado that makes a lot out of a little. It’s just before 1 p.m. on a weekend afternoon in mid-August, and Snipe sailors are rigging their boats. There are eight of […]

Following their victory at the Singapore Sail Grand Prix on January 14-15, the New Zealand F50 is currently undergoing damage assessments after the top of the 29m wing was struck by lightning shortly after the final race. The strike occurred […]

The first stops on the US Open Sailing Series were held February 14-16 in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, FL. Competitors saw a wide range of conditions – from zero knots to gusts over 20 knots – on the ocean and […]

Antoine Martin being as radical as ever at Ho’okipa Beach Park Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Sails) remains one of the most radical wave sailors in the world with his scare-free attitude seeing him continually try and deny physics with […]

There was once a time when the Annapolis-to-Newport Race was solely the domain of hardened offshore skippers with boats designed specifically for the purpose. That has changed over the last four iterations as organizers with host Annapolis Yacht Club made […]

In November 2019, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), organizers of the infamous Rolex Fastnet Race, announced how the finish location for the 2021 and 2023 editions would be leaving its historic home of Plymouth, UK. While the premise of […]

(January 17, 2023; Day 3) – The first leg of The Ocean Race had the fleet searching for calmer waters as they sought to exit the Mediterranean Sea, heading towards the Spanish coastline to avoid the worst of the brutal […]

St George’s, Grenada (January 17, 2023) – The Polish National Foundation’s Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL), skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski, crossed the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race finish line today to take Monohull Line Honors in 08:23:37:07. Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati […]

Mackinac Island is famous for being car-free, horse and carriage rides, bikes, fudge, caramel corn, and saltwater taffy. Located in Lake Huron, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas, it is where people go to get away, relax, and have some […]

Highlights of the California offshore circuit include two races to Mexico: San Diego to Puerto Vallarta in even years and the Newport Beach to Cabo San Lucas in odd years, with the later having staggered starts on March 10 and […]

Kicking off Southern California’s offshore racing season in 2023 is the 142 nm Islands Race, co-hosted by San Diego Yacht Club and Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Starting February 24, the course starts from Long Beach Harbor and extends around Santa […]

The IRC rating Race Management Guidelines offer advice to event organizers for racing under IRC Rules. They include guidance and suggestions that a race organizer may wish to consider and give suitable wording that may be used in a Notice […]

(January 16, 2023; Day 2) – The opening 24 hours of The Ocean Race has been challenging, but not unexpected. After running into a quiet spell overnight, during which both fleets compressed, the forecast has played out its threat with […]

Fly along with these high performance ice yachts as they race January 13 on Lake Kegonsa in Madison, Wisconsin. Logan Lein provides this footage from the 2023 International Skeeter Association and Renegade Championships. Music: The Therapist by Foreign Air. Video […]

Sail Canada is looking to receive nominations from the Canadian Sailing community to recognize outstanding sailors, athletes, coaches, instructors, officials, volunteers, and events through one of Sail Canada’s 12 Annual Award categories, based on activities and performances that occurred from […]

Thomas Traversa in his element taking on a monster swell… Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) is well known for his monster swell chasing exploits and if there is a massive swell on a forecast you will more than likely […]

11th Hour Racing Team Media Crew Member, Amory Ross, is embarking on his fourth time as media crew on The Ocean Race. It’s a unique role which Amo shares in this interview: What is it about these boats and the […]

Alicante, Spain (January 15, 2023) – The 14th edition of The Ocean Race, the fully-crewed, around the world yacht race, got underway today for the 32,000 nm course that will take six months to finish in Genova, Italy. Five IMOCA […]

St George’s, Grenada (January 15, 2023) – At 0800 UTC on the eighth day of the RORC Transatlantic Race, 17 boats are still racing in the Atlantic, with the first finishers in the monohull fleet expected on the 17th and […]

In a gutsy and impressive performance New Zealand defied the odds to win the Singapore Sail Grand Prix. The win cements Peter Burling’s position as the main threat to Tom Slingsby’s charge for a third straight season title, with New […]

As the 14th edition of The Ocean Race gets underway, race organizers have revealed a schedule of events stretching into the next decade. In a briefing to race stakeholders, Richard Brisius, the Race Chairman of The Ocean Race, confirmed the […]

St George’s, Grenada (January 13, 2023) – Today at 19:46:26 UTC, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi70 took Multihull Line Honors in the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race. Maserati’s elapsed time sets a new Multihull Race Record for the RORC Transatlantic Race of […]

The Ocean Race (formerly Volvo Ocean Race and Whitbread Round the World Race) was initially to be raced in two classes of boats: the high-performance, foiling, IMOCA 60 class and the one-design VO65 class which has been used for the […]

With five IMOCAs racing round the world in the 14th edition of The Ocean Race, the oldest boat on the 7-leg course will have been launched in 2015… a lifetime ago in this fast moving development class. But Robert Stanjek’s […]

If the US-led IMOCA 11th Hour Racing Team is to win the 14th edition of The Ocean Race, a big contributor will be its British navigator, Simon Fisher. He teamed up with skipper Charlie Enright in the previous race, but […]

On January 15, five Imocas will be on the start line of the 14th edition of The Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Race), with the first of seven stages racing between Alicante and Cape Verde. At the […]

Over 230 competitors from 22 countries will descend on South Florida for the Miami and Fort Lauderdale US Open Sailing Series on January 14-16. The ILCA 4, 6, 7, and Nacra 15 will compete out of Lauderdale Yacht Club, while […]

Marc Paré heads North in the hope of finding some Norwegian nuggets on a forecast Marc Paré (Fanatic / Duotone) spends plenty of time in Cold Hawaii, Denmark, but for a while he has had his sights on a trip […]

DN iceboat sailors from around the world are making preparations as the DN iceboat class celebrates 50 years of international competition at the 2023 DN World Championship. Fifty years ago, in 1973, the DN Class held its first international competition […]