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Peru dominated the 2022 Sunfish World Championships, topping the results overall along with victories in the women’s and grand masters’ classifications, with racing held September 6-10 in Torbole sul Garda, Italy. Jean Paul De Trazegnies easily won the World title, […]

The introduction of on-the-water umpiring began with Pete Ives who recently passed, and his impact on the sport has been felt worldwide. Henry Menin (USVI) – former Chairman of the World Sailing Match Racing Committee and America’s Cup Umpire and […]

Ross Brady had always loved the sea, and it was after his tour with the Royal Marines ended in 2015 that he thankfully found his calling. In this report, Brady offers how he is sharing it with others: I met […]

The walls of Scuttlebutt HQ include the Ultimate Sailing calendar, and in this report Sharon Green shares the behind-the-scenes story regarding the September 2022 images. Some of the most spectacular sailing venues are in the Tropics, like the Caribbean and […]

Saint-Tropez, France (September 9, 2022) – The Sail GP event format has been boosted at the Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix on September 10-11. The addition of one qualifying race – taking place on the second day of every […]

(September 8, 2022; Day 5) – The September 4 start date for the Golden Globe Race has not made it easy departing Les Sables d’Olonne, France. It is a transitional season in the Bay of Biscay and the route towards […]

Following a truly dominant College Sailing season which saw Yale University claim both the Women’s Team Race Nationals and the Open Team Race Nationals, the Bulldogs look to build upon its success this year. The team also won the Fowle […]

Saint-Tropez, France (September 8, 2022) – The entire SailGP fleet took to the waters today for the first time ahead of their fifth event of the season on September 10-11. Practice time is controlled and limited, so it is critical […]

by Chris Caswell, Sailing magazine As often happens for my musings in this column, three things converged like a perfect storm to make me start thinking. First, being a car nut as well as a boataholic, I visited a friend […]

In this report by The Newport Daily News, an incident with four notable Rhode Island residents was nearly tragic: They never really saw it coming. Rob and Pat Connerney, along with two others, were aboard their 30-foot sailboat competing in […]

As seen September 7, 2022 on Strands Beach in Dana Point, CA. Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2022/09/08/video-this-doesnt-end-well/

Norman “Pete” Ives, 93, a former Long Beach Yacht Club commodore who helped implement on-the-water umpiring at the Congressional Cup and was an international regatta judge, died on August 22, 2022. Ives, a Korean War veteran, died of natural causes […]

The Case Book for 2021-2024 follows a complete review of all the cases previously published and includes all new cases adopted by the World Sailing Council since 2017. Many cases have been rewritten, some only slightly but others extensively, to […]

Thomas Traversa continues to put a series of old boards through their paces Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) is back with the second part of his Vintage Boards series, which sees the Frenchman select some of his old boards […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt While SailGP and the modern America’s Cup twist and contort their events to provide television entertainment, two brothers brought sailing to Netflix the old fashioned way – with storytelling. Chapman and Maclain Way, who created the […]

(September 7, 2022) – The financial position of World Sailing took an upward step as the global governing body for the sport of sailing has completed its relocation to its new headquarters in Hammersmith, Central London. After being based in […]

Baptiste Cloarec & Nicolas Quéméner take on the double forward challenge There’s nothing like a little bit of friendly rivalry to help push your level even higher and that’s what Windsurfing.TV have been up to recently we a few different […]

The 2022 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup on September 4-10 offers a combination of windward/leeward racing and coastal courses in north-east Sardinia’s Maddalena Archipelago. The 32nd edition has gathered an impressive and diverse fleet of 50 powerful yachts all over 60 […]

Competition provides structure for improvement, and a test of abilities, but it can also get in the way of enjoying time on the water. More so, success in racing is a double-edged sword, and if not careful, can cut you […]

by Geoff Berkeley, insidethegames Eight Russian and Belarusian World Sailing officials, including Council member Tatiana Ermakova, remain temporarily suspended by the global governing body after losing their appeals. World Sailing’s independent panel decided to dismiss their appeals to regain their […]

Scuttlebutt HQ, located in the southwest corner of the USA, does not have much experience with hurricanes. Any storms in the Pacific Ocean lose their punch when greeted by our colder water, though Hurricane Kay is alleged to soon deliver some rain. We […]

Helena Schneider is an experienced solo offshore skipper and sailing instructor, and shares her experience of sailing with mixed crews. I support women in sailing, but….. Waves are washing over the deck as we are beating to windward; I keep […]

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 one of the world’s best sailors, Nigel Musto nominated Aquitaine Innovations. Here’s […]

What makes Tenerife such as special place? Maciek Rutkowski shows why Maciek Rutkowski: “This is exactly why I love coming the Tenerife. Oh, not the brothels! The fact that whenever you’re not training you can do something totally different and […]

Three Olympic events got tested at the 2022 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships held August 31-September 5 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Both Men’s and Women’s Skiff events were handily won by the Dutch – Bart Lambriex/ Floris van […]

Caterina Romero Aguirre (PER) will seek to defend her women’s title at the 2022 Sunfish World Championship being held September 6-10 in Torbole sul Garda, Italy. Ninety-four entrants from 14 nations are entered for the 51st edition, with 28 competitors […]

Donald Lawson, who acquired the ORMA 60 Trimaran Mighty Merloe from Howard Enloe in April 2022 for a program of record-setting and education, required rescue services when his 60-foot trimaran initiated a distress call on August 31. The delicate multihull, […]

The On Course series takes a regular look at the sailing world with show host Matt Sheahan: At one end carbon rocket ships, at the other 100 year old classics, two extremes that couldn’t be further apart. But in the […]

Jamestown, RI (September 4, 2022) – “It looks like a perfect day,” stated Moose McClintock’s weather briefing to skippers ahead of the 95th Annual Conanicut Yacht Club Around the Island Race. “At this time of year, as the water warms, […]

Royal Canadian Yacht Club (Toronto, ON) successfully defended the Canada’s Cup in a rematch of the 2021 edition with Youngstown Yacht Club (Youngstown, NY). Led by Terry McLaughlin, the Canadian team swept Adam Burns’ US challenger 7-0 in the 126 […]

American match racer Chris Poole dominated the 2022 Thompson Cup on August 31-September 3 in his home waters at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay, NY. Sailed in Match 40 class yachts, this was the fourth and final […]

Les Sables d’Olonne, France (September 4, 2022) – Family and friends bid farewell to 16 skippers competing in the Golden Globe Race, a solo non-stop voyage sailing small 32-36 ft old fashion yachts without technology and no assistance. Following years […]

To fast track their education with the AC75, Swiss America’s Cup challenger Alinghi Red Bull Racing has enlisted the services of Kiwi cup veteran Dean Barker plus Pietro Sibello who worked with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in the 2021 Match. […]

Renee D. Petrillo’s A Sail of Two Idiots is the story about novice sailors who sold their home, bought a boat, grabbed their cat and a few belongings and set sail. Here’s an excerpt provided by Practical Sailor: While on […]

From bay to lake to ocean, there’s something both different and special about distance racing. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but don’t knock it ‘til you try it. Quantum Sails’ Katy Zimmerman gets to the roots of […]

Pure unedited wave riding of Graham Ezzy at Ho’okipa Graham Ezzy (Tabou / Ezzy Sails) has been scoring some great conditions at Ho’okipa, Maui, Hawaii. Enjoy this pure wave riding clip in it’s purest form @ https://youtu.be/5_fEMcx28G4 Windsurf RAW Files: […]

The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization that develops and scales technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. Their focus has been the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), an area located between Hawaii and California that is the largest […]

The third season of the SailGP global sports league will be in France on September 10-11, with league CEO Russell Coutts offering his view following the last event in Denmark on August 19-20: Copenhagen was an amazing venue and from […]

The kids are back in school, and before winter and holidays deter boating enthusiasts, its time to determine the best club in all the land (USA land). To do that is the 2022 Resolute Cup, a Corinthian Championship on September […]

Sail Canada in partnership with David Cripton have launched a podcast series focusing on Canadian sailing called Whitecap, with 49erFX Olympians Ali ten Hove and Mariah Millen featured in Episode 5. Ali ten Hove and Mariah Millen represented Canada at […]

If anything has been learned from recent efforts to broadcast sailing competition, is that it is necessary to present something unique for it to work. Extreme boats, tight venues, short races. The past decade of America’s Cup history hardly resembles […]

by Dave Flynn, Quantum Sails Anybody who sails in North America during the summer months has probably encountered powerful localized storms. Those who raced in the 2022 Chicago Mackinac Race got an abject lesson in just how big and scary a factor […]

by Michelle Slade, SailBlast The only woman competitor in the 2022-23 Golden Globe, Kirsten Neuschafer has already sailed Minnehaha, her Cape George 36, some 15,000 miles in the past eight months. With the start of the solo, non-stop race on […]

As a means to reduce costs for the 37th America’s Cup, teams are only permitted to build one new AC75. At the same time the event has introduced the multi-purpose One Design AC40 class which teams will be able to […]

The 2019-2020 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race was to finish in just under one year, but when the teams arrived in Asia during the pandemic, with health restrictions postponing further progress, it would take nearly three years to complete […]

by Joe Cooper, WindCheck magazine Professional sailor Sara Stone has a goal of competing in The Ocean Race and the Paris 2024 Olympics. With experience from 49ers to TP52s, she was selected as a mentee of The Magenta Project in […]

by Jordan Stock. SpinSheet magazine How many times have you been out sailing or racing, looked up, and there’s some guy leaning off the back or side of the boat watering the Bay? Most of the time you may look […]

The top Olympic sailors in the world in the 49er (Men’s Skiff) and 49erFX (Women’s Skiff) Olympic classes as well as in Nacra 17 (Mixed Multihull) will competes August 31-September 5 at the 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World […]

Started in 2011, the US Grand Slam Series provides a match racing schedule of four successive events that attract both domestic and international interest. As an additional incentive, the team with the best score in 2022 will be invited to […]

It was 1992 when Hurricane Andrew roared ashore on August 24 as a powerful Category 5 hurricane as one of only four Category 5 hurricanes in recorded history to hit the continental United States. It was the strongest hurricane to […]