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by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News It is hard to tell if people are more reckless today than in the past. The immense availability of news now exposes any misstep, while the vast tools for rescue may encourage that step, […]

Radical raw footage of local Cabezo ripper Julian Salmonn Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS) finished the 2022 season ranked 19th overall in the Men’s Wave division – which included one top ten result in Gran Canaria where he finished […]

It was March 2019 when Scuttlebutt first reported on how the FBI and federal prosecutors had 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. […]

The 14th edition of The Ocean Race starts January 15, with five IMOCAs competing in the seven leg course round the world. In this profile of Simon Fisher, who will be the navigator for the 11th Hour Racing Team, he […]

by Matthew Sheahan, Yachting World It’s been a long wait for the next fully crewed lap of the planet since the last one finished in 2018, but finally The Ocean Race will start from Alicante on January 15. The total […]

Challenger for the 1987 America’s Cup, the French Kiss 12 Metre bashing upwind in big breeze. Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2023/01/04/photo-good-ole-days-of-americas-cup/

Most people can sail throughout their life without caring about the international authority of the sport – World Sailing. Aside from maintaining the racing rules, the organization is mostly focused on elite competition, and seemingly struggles with much else. When […]

If your winter weather is warm and inviting, keep it to yourself. As for the rest of you, this story from SpinSheet Magazine may get you off the couch: It’s 34 degrees outside. The water temperature measures in the upper 30s. It […]

The Gulf of Guinea, positioned on the Equator along the African continent, is a good place in the Atlantic Ocean to avoid according to a US Maritime Advisory distributed on January 3, 2023: Piracy, Armed Robbery, and Kidnapping for Ransom […]

The National Class E Scow Association (NCESA) is celebrating its 100 year anniversary in 2023 with a series of special events, culminating with the National Championship regatta on Lake Mendota in Madison WI. With design discussion starting in 1921 and […]

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has revealed its 2022 award winners, putting the spotlight on achievements ranging from ocean crossings by young and old, a rescue at sea, and a new award recognizing sailing innovation, to service to the […]

The organizers of the 37th America’s Cup have revealed the French challenge by the Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and their representative team K-Challenge Racing. Led by Stephane Kandler and Bruno Dubois, their Challenge was previously accepted by the Royal New […]

Dieter Van der Eyken shares his top tips to unlock the flaka Dieter Van der Eyken: “The windsurf trick that is on both Freestylers’ & some wave sailors’ lists to learn. A move that is fairly easy to do & […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is among the notable 600 nm offshore events, and in 2022 had a fleet of 109 boats for the start on December 26. Not that any of it […]

For a country to compete in an Olympic event, their sailors must win one of the entry slots allotted to that event. Some countries specialize in only a few of the ten events, but the USA is required to send […]

A seismic moment for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) occurred at the close of 2022 when, after 44 years, Dick Pound will cease to be a full IOC member at the age-limit of 80. The highly opinionated Canadian was arguably […]

A record number of entrants are set for 2023 Caribbean Multihull Challenge on February 3-5 in St Maarten. The 5th edition currently has a 30+ percent increase over 2022, a reflection of the event’ effort to provide a more inclusive […]

Bill Pinkney, inducted to the National Sailing Hall of Fame, is on a mission: In 1989, through the help of my sponsors, we bought the 47-foot Bob Perry designed Valiant built by Valiant Yachts in Gordonville, Texas. The boat had been […]

by Duncan Johnstone, STUFF media It’s moving year in the America’s Cup cycle. Much like the third round of a golf major, this is the period that will set up the real hopes of success in a four-year campaign. Those […]

Conversations with Classic Boats is a podcast about classic boat designs and the stories behind them. Hosted by Tom Darling, this episode comes from the Mystic Seaport Museums exhibit, “Story Boats, the Tales They Tell”. The exhibit presented the offshore […]

(January 1, 2023) – Along the 2022-23 Golden Globe Race course are several mandatory media stops, with the leaders having fulfilled the requirement along the southern tip of Hobart, Australia. Entrants must sail over a line and pause for 90 […]

Watching a DN iceboat sail is to witness radical mast bend, but it had not always been that way. During his term in 1992-1993, Past Commodore Bob Schumacher and class officers began to address the issue of DN mast specifications […]

source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2022/12/31/video-bad-moments-caught-on-camera/

Explosive Fuerte Freestyle featuring New Caledonia’s Antoine Albert Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing) finished the 2022 Wave World Tour in 18th place, whilst the New Caledonian who comes from a Freestyle background claimed his place in the overall top 10 of […]

Fanatic and Severne win the overall 2022 Constructor’s Championship for Board and Sails respectively The Constructors Rankings for 2022 have now been tallied up, so without further ado it’s time to announce that Fanatic have claimed the overall Board Constructors […]

Coiling and flaking running rigging properly is an important step to ensuring it runs freely when you it to. Erik Shampain shares his tips in this Sailing World report: Ropes can be finicky. Sometimes they run flawlessly and sometimes they […]

Thomas Cheney is pinching himself that he and the crew on the JPK 11.80 yacht, Sunrise, are in Australia and all but ready to sail in their first Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. For the British navigator, of the Royal […]

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 now on the fifth leg from Papeete, […]

Merle Elwood Hallett died at his home in Vero Beach, FL. on December 13, 2022. He was 94 years old. For 25 years as winter approached the shores of the Maine coast, Merle set sail south on the Wings of […]

While five IMOCA teams are set to race around the world in The Ocean Race 2023, there are five confirmed VO65 entries for The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint which will compete in three of the legs. The Ocean Race Sprint […]

The 2022 eSailing World Championship has advanced the top ten players for the Finals to be held January 7, 2023. The event will be held in front of a live crowd alongside the entrants for The Ocean Race 2023 in […]

Never Say P*G – The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions is the nautical reference book you never knew you needed. Compiled by R. Bruce MacDonald, he goes through the alphabet detailing on what provides good and bad luck at sea. Here’s a […]

Depending on your Hemisphere, today is either Summer or Winter Solstice. For those of us in North America, we are now paying for the fun we had six months ago. Of course, Winter is how you define it, with this […]

Freestyle World Champion Adrien Bosson enjoying the transition of seasons in France Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins) had come agonisingly close to getting his hands on the Freestyle world title twice before this year. However, this […]

by Kim Couranz, SpinSheet magazine I’m somewhat of a creature of habit. To get my brain rolling every morning, while I’m eating breakfast, I play Wordle. I always use the same first word (I have my reasons why, but I’m […]

(December 20, 2022) – World Sailing has joined 20 sports organizations, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a founding partner, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, in signing the first-ever Sports for Nature Framework. Signatories pledge to […]

As 2022 draws to a close, BOAT looks back on all the news stories that captured our readers’ attention throughout the year. Here are the most popular yacht news stories of 2022… Groundbreaking 40m zero-emission trimaran concept Domus unveiled In […]

(December 20, 2022) – The maxi yachts should get off to a flying start in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, based on the NSW Bureau of Meteorology [BOM]’s long range weather forecast. Northerly winds are expected for the […]

(December 20, 2022) – After more than a hundred days at sea, only six of the original 16 entrants who departed Les Sables d’Olonne in France are likely to pass through the Hobart gate which shuts on January 31st. First […]

There is a building at San Diego Yacht Club named after Malin Burnham, and you don’t have to drive far from the club to find others. In his book Community Before Self, he speaks of the importance of giving, and […]

Sailing columnist Chris Caswell reflects on his introduction to sailing and suggests how we can make the sport more inclusive: I’ve been following the efforts of various groups to foster interest in sailing and, while I certainly applaud and support […]

Cabarete is a resort town on the Dominican Republic’s northern coast. With Cabarete Bay protected by a coral reef, the calm waters and breezy conditions make it a center for water sports. Also known as THE WIND AND SURF CITY, […]

The 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has 111 boats entered for the 77th edition. With the start for the 628nm course to Hobart starting within Sydney Harbor on December 26. There are 8 international boats in the race, including […]

While bicycle racing has the Tour de France which highlights its scenic countryside, the nation also has a history of something similar with sailing. Since its first edition in the summer of 1978, the Tour Voile has been a magnificent […]

The proliferation of people getting paid by boat owners to compete in amateur recreational events has complicated the sport, but there are examples of boat types that flourish in a bubble where the approach to competition is similar among the […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and when they turned the question to Guillaume Verdier, one of the most talented and successful naval architects […]

The 2022-23 Bacardi Regatta Series got underway December 17-18 for Melges 24 and J/70 teams in Miami, FL. Despite mixed fortunes for some, the overnight leaders after Saturday’s three races continued to serve up their best, with victory going to […]

The British Sailing Team has been the dominant Olympic program, passing the USA in both the total and gold medal count. The two programs had been going in opposite directions, though the USA has been raising the stakes on turning […]

These are not the best of days for the World Match Racing Tour. What once was the proving ground for current and aspiring America’s Cup sailors is now seeking sunlight for this niche corner of the sport. Foiling boats have […]

Nick Spangenberg recaps on an eventful year with a 2022 recap packed with action Nick Spangenberg (JP / GUNSAILS): “2022 – a year packed with lots of windsurfing, traveling and awesome memories. After I finished school in 2021 I focused […]

Türkiye Tabiatını Koruma Derneği (TTKD) bilim danışmanı Dr. Erol Kesici, Eğirdir Gölü’ne 1970’lerde bırakılan istilacı balık türleri nedeniyle göldeki 10 doğal türden 4’ünü tamamen yok olduğunu, 6’sının da ciddi tehlike altında bulunduğunu açıkladı. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi’nden emekli […]

Sydney, Australia (December 17, 2022) – The four semi-finalists were decided today at the World Match Racing Tour finale event on Sydney Harbour, with the winner of the event to be crowned 2022 Open Match Racing World Champion. Completing the […]

The 2022-23 Globe40 is an eight-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. Seven teams were at the beginning on June 26, with five teams having started the fifth leg on November 26 from Papeete, Tahiti to Ushuaia, Argentina. (December […]

With a sport like sailing, having an opportunity to participate is not as simple as other recreational options. Helping to improve the odds is Dawn Riley at Oakcliff Sailing in Oyster Bay, NY. Here is her end of year update: […]

Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2022/12/16/video-learning-how-to-wing-foil/

Kingston, ONT (December 16, 2022) – Sail Canada will join Abuse-Free Sport following the official signing of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) agreement with the new independent agency to prevent and address maltreatment in sport, which will […]

When Emirates Team New Zealand buried the bow of their AC40 on November 21 while testing in waves on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, the result was significant damage to the forward sections of the hull and deck structure. The bow had […]

Sydney, Australia (December 16, 2022) – The field of 10 teams representing seven nations competing in the 2022 Open Match Racing World Championship has been thinned to eight for the Quarter Final stage at the finale of the World Match […]

Sailing World magazine revealed the Beneteau First 36 as its Boat of the Year for 2023. The 36-footer (above) emerged as the judges’ unanimous favorite after a week of reviews and sailing tests of 11 new performance sailing models in Annapolis, Maryland. […]

The grand prix IMOCA is the leading offshore class for shorthanded racing, and in this report the organization details how they seek to reduce the impact that sail production for these 60-footers has on the environment. In a new IMOCA […]

American Joe Harris along with Roger Junet are competing in the Globe40, an eight-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. Seven teams were at the beginning on June 26, with five teams now on the fifth leg from Papeete, […]

Nikki Storey, President of the Great Lakes Boat Building School (GLBBS), has been named the 2022 Darlene Briggs Marine Woman of the Year. Storey is the 36th recipient of the award named after the late Darlene Briggs of Wayzata, MN […]