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The Viper 640 held its second Women’s North American Championship and its first Youth North Americans on October 15-16 in Gulfport, MS. A full schedule of eight races was held in mostly the 5-7 knot range with only the final […]

Monaco-based Dutchman Nico Poons and his Charisma team won the 2022 RC44 World Championship held October 12-16 in Portoroz, Slovenia. While five out of the eight teams competing had previously won the class world title, this was the first time […]

Denmark’s Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and Rio Olympic bronze medalist Anne-Marie Rindom was named 2022 ILCA 6 World Champion in the women’s fleet, with American Peter Barnard (above) securing the men’s title in the 12-race series held October 11-16 on […]

Daniela Moroz (USA) won her sixth consecutive Formula Kite World title at the 2022 Championship held October 11-16 in Cagliari, Italy. One hundred fifty riders from 44 countries competed in men’s and women’s divisions, with Toni Vodisek (SLO) taking the […]

The Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame welcomed 12 new inductees during a ceremony held at the Kingston Yacht Club on October 15, 2022. The Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame is a collaboration between the Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame, the […]

If there is an age at which words such as ‘blockchain’ and ‘cryptocurrency’ make you feel old, you make want to skip this Forbes story: SailGP—dubbed the sailing world’s equivalent of Formula One—is navigating into the Web3 space. SailGP is aiming to […]

Melanie Sunshine Neale, founder and owner of Sunshine Cruising Yachts, was presented the 2022 Sailing Industry Distinguished Service Award. Initiated in 2014, the honor recognizes members of the sailing industry that strive for high standards of excellence, service, and commitment. […]

Dieter Van der Eyken shares his top tip specifically aimed at the takeoff of the backloop Have you been struggling with over rotated backloops or out of control straight jumps? If so, Dieter Van der Eyken might just have the […]

As the National Governing Body for the sport of sailing, US Sailing’s mission is to provide leadership for the sport of sailing in the United States. To measure their effort, they have released the organization’s 2021 Annual Report. Here are […]

by Greg Gilmartin, WindCheck magazine I still remember one of the first sayings I learned when I tried out sailboat racing. “One hand for you, one hand for the boat!” Couple that with a legendary comedy bit where the punch […]

(October 13, 2022; Day 40) – Following weeks of upwind sailing out of Europe, and a nerve-racking doldrums experience, the 2022-23 Golden Globe Race fleet was desperate for beam reaching trade winds in the South Atlantic toward Trindade Island off […]

by Bill Ramacciotti The J/24 is an oldie but a goodie and has flourished into the newest one-design class in San Diego, CA. The fleet grew through the spirt of cooperation, as we’re not big budget programs, with a goal […]

Beyond his two Olympic medals and nine world titles, Australian Nathan Outteridge is equally excellent at presenting information as he did in the video explaining how to sail the AC40. This newly commissioned boat will be used for Youth and […]

Annapolis, MD (October 13, 2022) – The 2023 Boat of the Year nominees for Cruising World and Sailing World magazines have been revealed as the U.S. Sailboat Show gets underway today in Annapolis, MD. For Cruising World, sixteen boats – […]

The 2022 edition of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award attracted submissions from 150 professional photographers representing 29 nations, with the six-person jury advancing the 80 entrants that fulfilled contest rules and were deemed to be among the best images. […]

In an effort to further serve the US sailing community, US Sailing has released the second-ever One Design Survey. Members of all one design classes are encouraged to give their feedback to help US Sailing support one design sailing. “Our […]

As the only World title for offshore sailing, it remains a missed opportunity for North America when the 2020 ORC World Championship to be held in the USA was cancelled due to the pandemic. But momentum for this measurement rating […]

From his studio set in the beautiful British sailing village of Hamble in Hampshire, world-class yacht designer Tony Castro checks in regarding a recent Scuttlebutt story: I would like to congratulate Craig Leweck for an extremely well written piece about […]

A new short film featuring storm chasing legend Thomas Traversa Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) is well known for his storm chasing escapades. Now the Frenchman has recently teamed up with Jack Pirie to record a new short movie […]

From his studio set in the beautiful British sailing village of Hamble in Hampshire, world-class yacht designer Tony Castro checks in regarding a recent Scuttlebutt story: I would like to congratulate Craig Leweck for an extremely well written piece about […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The Yacht Racing Forum is the leading annual conference for the business of sailing and yacht racing, and after being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, returns in 2022 on November […]

The 37th America’s Cup will use the newly conceived AC40 as the testing platform for all entrants, offering the ability to trial different foil wings and flaps along with sails and masts. The AC40 also has a strict one design […]

The 2022 J/70 World Championship has attracted 90 international teams from 23 nations for racing on October 18-22 in Monaco. Anglo-Saxons will be out in force with a dozen American boats and no fewer than seven British teams. Peter Duncan […]

Sixty-seven teams are entered for the 2022 F18 World Championship being held October 12-16 in Clearwater Beach, FL. With 13 nations represented, USA leads the way with 43 entrants. Past World Champions Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis (GRE) will seek […]

The US Sunfish Class Association is holding its US Masters Championship on October 14-16 at Bay Waveland Yacht Club in Bay of St. Louis, MS. With 39 Sunfish sailors heading to the starting line, Eduardo Cordero is among the favorites. […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The problem with the sport of sailing can be a lack of leadership, the kind that can see down the road and have the stones to say no. But for a sport with no […]

Class organizations such as the Mini 6.50, Class40, and IMOCA support offshore competition, and when courses are long enough, routing seeks out the benefits of offwind angles. Over time, designing to these class rules have developed hulls that may not […]

Professional crew Carlos Robles gets paid to sail, and in this report for Sailing World, he explains why: Anytime the wind picks up enough that we get to plane downwind, there’s huge opportunity to make gains. When boats start to […]

Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and nine other sailors will make up the crew of ‘Sails of Change’ in an attempt to win the Jules Verne Trophy, an award for the fastest non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world. “It’s the […]

Every four years, the non-stop Vendee Globe race provides the hardest test for solo sailing. Using the 60-foot IMOCA, the escalating efforts to claim this prize could have easily imploded the class organization and the events it supports. Too much […]

After the 2020 Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta was canceled due to COVID, hopes were high for 2021, but were dashed when the racing was called off due to strong wind and waves. Fortunately, 2022’s rendition was greeted with ideal conditions, allowing […]

The Nacra 17 was created for the Mixed Multihull event at the Rio 2016 Olympics, and while it was intended to reflect modern catamaran design, it has required significant upgrades to keep pace. First it was the addition of foiling […]

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 third leg from Mauritius […]

Reigning M32 World Champions Convexity with skipper Don Wilson and tactician Taylor Canfield defended their title, with 11 teams from four nations competing in 2022 on October 6-9 in Cascais, Portugal. The top six teams were in reach on the […]

Peter Keck (Delafield, WI) won the 2022 US Sailing Championship of Champions held in MC Scows on October 7-9 at Brick, NJ. With 20 class champions completing on Barnegat Bay, Keck gained his invitation at the C Scow Nationals, the […]

Pearson Potts and his team of Bobby Savoie, Bryce Kopp, James Barry, Lucas Adams, and Abigail Preston (Newport, RI) claimed his fourth U.S. Match Racing Championship title on October 7-9 in Oyster Bay, NY. Sailing with an all-American crew in […]

Several top pros share their top tips to master the vulcan The vulcan is the gateway move into the wonderful world of Freestyle. Usually it is the first aerial freestyle move to be learned, which can take a while to […]

While sailing at night, with stars glimmering over the sounds of the sea, is when we connect to the beauty and privilege of boating. Unplugged from the noise on land, our minds clear with every breath of sea air. Craig […]

So much for that. After 40 international teams had advanced in 2022 to the inaugural SSL Gold Cup Finals in Bahrain on October 28-November 20, the event has now been postponed. The Star Sailors League (SSL), founded in 2013 as […]

There are eight inductees in the National Sailing Hall of Fame from San Diego Yacht Club, and the bar can be a bit of a who’s-who of yachting. Scuttlebutt HQ is about a 15 minute walk to San Diego Yacht […]

When Russell Coutts and Larry Ellison wrestled away the America’s Cup in 2010, they set out on a mission to create a commercially sustainable event. They put forth their product in 2013 and 2017, showcasing extreme sailing to attract a […]

William Nixon for Ireland’s Afloat magazine follows that catchy headline with this report on how focusing too much on the pointy end can hurt: The Olympic authorities see the Laser as the floating equivalent of the pole-vaulter’s vaulting pole, thereby […]

A selection of the nation’s best match racers will go head-to-head October 7-9 at the 2022 U.S. Match Racing Championship, hosted by Oakcliff Sailing Center and US Sailing in Oyster Bay, NY. The 54th U.S. Match Racing Championship features 10 […]

Protection for occupants during a collision. Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2022/10/06/video-boating-safety-is-all-that-matters/

The 2022 College Sailing fall season is four weeks old and the first installment of the rankings has Brown, Harvard, and Yale at the top of the Women’s and Open lists: The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association College Rankings are created by […]

(October 6, 2022; Day 33) – The 2022-23 Golden Globe Race started September 4 with a rough exit of the bay of Biscay, testing sailors and boats to the limit, with Damien Guillou’s (FRA) PRB returning for repairs, Edward Walentynowicz […]

The ILCA 6 World Championship is coming to the USA with racing October 11-16 on Galveston Bay in Kemah, Texas. With gender divisions, the women’s fleet has 85 entries from 39 countries which is representative of the best in this […]

The 2022 RC44 World Championship taking place October 12-16 in Slovenia has eight owner-driven professional teams vying for the title. It has been a difficult year for a class populated with Russian teams amid a war-time climate which has banned […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The US Sailing national championships have evolved to remain relevant, but the Championship of Champions is as brilliant a concept today as was the first edition in 1976. Get all the U.S. one design […]

From our perch in North America, it has not always been easy to appreciate a solo race that begins in France and finishes in Guadeloupe. However, we have come to learn the 3543nm Route du Rhum is a very big […]

by Darrell Nicholson, Practical Sailor With our Southwest Florida office so near to the path of Hurricane Ian’s eye, we’re getting a sad, up-close look at the storm’s impact on local boats and coastal infrastructure. We’re also gaining a better […]

Marcelino Botin, who was the Principal Designer for the American Magic in their challenge for the 2021 America’s Cup, now has that same title for the Swiss challenger Alinghi Red Bull Racing. In this report, he discusses the designing process […]

A Canarian Summer with Takara Ishii in Gran Canaria & Fuerteventura Like many of the top wave sailors, Takara Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails) spent his summer training in the Canaries, splitting his time between Pozo Iquierdo, where he finished […]

The passion project of America’s Cup defender Team New Zealand gained traction when their land yacht ‘Horonuku’ had its first day of sailing in South Australia with pilot Glenn Ashby behind the wheel in his bid to break the wind-powered […]

While San Diego Yacht Club prepares to host club teams in its 107th Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup on September 28-30, 11 teams of ‘older’ competitors will warm-up the provided boats at the 2022 International Masters Regatta on October 21-23 […]

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 third leg from Mauritius […]

The inaugural Ocean Globe Race (OGR) is refining the course for their crewed race around the world which embraces the ethos of the original 1973 Whitbread Race, with the 50th anniversary event to start September 10, 2023. While the European […]

US Sailing is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month which occurs annually from September 15 to October 15. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under US President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to […]

A staple in west coast racing since 1964, the prestigious Rolex Big Boat Series attracts competitors from around the country and the world for four days of buoy racing on San Francisco Bay. The event has been racing under ORR […]

The letters section of Latitude 38 can be a magical mystery tour of commentary, and the October 2022 issue had a Racing versus Cruising comparison by Jimmy Peter of Malibu, CA. He has done enough of both, out of sight […]

Event Summary: Event and World Champions Crowned After 10 Epic Days in Sylt as Windsurfing Returns to the Biggest Stage Over the last 10 days, Sylt has produced a tremendous variety of conditions from howling, heavy down-the-line wave sailing to […]

The yacht club challenge circuit points west in the fall toward San Diego Yacht Club’s Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup. Attracting top teams across the USA, the round-robin format in J/105s held within San Diego Bay on October 28-30 in […]

The inaugural Global Solo Challenge 2023-24 seeks to be a budget-friendly solo, non-stop race around the world. For boats from 32 to 55 feet with an IRC rating below 1.370, over 50 entrants will have a pursuit start across 11 […]

American Daniela Moroz was uniquely positioned amid the emergence of kite racing in San Francisco Bay. As the class and equipment evolved, her skills were matched against the men developing the gear, and while not quite keeping paced, she crushed […]

It is one thing to have canting keel and water ballasted boats racing against fixed keel designs, but ‘Maxi week’ at 2022 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is taking it to the next level (of madness?) by permitting the entry of […]

The World Sailing Show delivers 30-minute episodes which feature news, profiles, and racing highlights from across the world of sailing. Episode 5 focuses on the recent 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia, Canada. In the main […]