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With college racing typically for only right-sized people in institutional-type dinghies, the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta offers all sailors an opportunity to do something different… very different. This regatta makes an important contribution to our sport by giving college sailors a […]

Accomplished naval architect and author Roger Marshall shares some random thoughts on the sport: I’ve been sailing since the late 1960s and forever I have heard that there are not enough people in sailing. Well, surprise! Sailing is expensive. To […]

The Sonar fleet at New York Yacht Club have been well used during a trio of team races – Morgan Cup (August 12 to 14), Hinman Trophy (August 19 to 21), and Grandmasters Team Race (August 26 to 28) – […]

Raw down-the-line footage featuring Miguel Chapuis in Bolonia Miguel Chapuis (JP / NeilPryde) enjoyed some fun looking down-the-line conditions in Bolonia, Spain, a little earlier in the year. You can see the raw results of one of those sessions @ […]

With history beginning in 2001, the Stockholm Archipelago Raid also was the F18 Raid World Championship in 2022. Held August 17-21, 29 teams competed in a mix of sport, nature, and adventure in the perfect F18-playground; the stunning Stockholm Archipelago. It is […]

Barefoot and in borrowed life jackets, Jayden Hill and Rondell Franklin leaned back in their 12-foot dinghy, skimming alongside the sleek yachts and sightseeing boats of the Chesapeake Bay. Neither had sailed before this summer, nor been so close to […]

As the Star Class approaches its 100th anniversary World Championship, a 33-boat fleet gathered for the 2022 Star Western Hemisphere Championship August 24-27 on Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire. A strong close to win the title was Paul Cayard and Brad […]

It is not often for one of the ten class boats or boards used in the Olympic Games to host their World Championship in North America, let alone three at the same time, but that’s happening with the 2022 49er, […]

American Joe Harris along with Roger Junet are competing in the Globe40, a multi-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. The second leg started July 17, taking the five-boat fleet along the 7000nm course from Cape Verde Islands to […]

by Adam Loory, UK Sailmakers The strategy of winning sailboat races involves knowing how to control your competition— when to cover your competition and when to sail your own race. I was reminded of both during the 2022 Ida Lewis […]

The World Sailing Show delivers 30-minute episodes which feature news, profiles, and racing highlights from across the world of sailing. Episode 4 has Ben Ainslie’s return to British waters, 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award, and VI Foundation action with Switzerland […]

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, a pursuit start over 11 weeks begins in A Coruña, […]

In the first installment of ‘Take Five‘, the U.S. SailGP Team’s exclusive inside scoop on the team, they profile the global league’s youngest athlete, CJ Perez: At 18 years old, CJ Perez made history as the first U.S. female to […]

After a 47 year drought, the Spanish duo of Alfredo Gonzalez and Cristian Sanchez sailed a great last race of the 2022 Snipe World Championship to return the trophy to Spain. The last time the Commodore Hub E. Isaacks trophy […]

Fifteen teams from across the USA will compete in the 2022 U.S. Multihull Championship, held by Sail Newport August 25-28 in Newport, RI. The championship will be raced in Formula 18 (F18) catamarans on Narragansett Bay. One team to watch […]

Nico Prien ticks off another item on his bucket list as he sails from Germany to Denmark Have you ever thought about what it would be like to sail from one country to another? Well, Nico Prien (Starboard / NeilPryde) […]

The breeze is up, or a puff is on, and you need to depower the mainsail ASAP. So, which do you reach for, the sheet or the traveler? Quantum Sails experts, Dave Flynn and Todd Basch, weigh in with their […]

A total of 27 teams from Austria, Colombia, Czechia, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, and Thailand will compete in the 2022 Inclusion World Championship for Sailing in which sailors with disabilities partner with able-bodied partners on August 24-28 in Rostock, Germany. “Everyone […]

A characteristic of Southern California racing is a noon start because the seabreeze takes a while to generate the onshore flow. While this makes for a good sleep after the Saturday night party, overnight racing can be a lottery. The […]

Before the fourth event of the 2022-23 SailGP Season, league CEO Russell Coutts questioned changes to the US Team’s program which had thus far performed far worse than the previous season. Skipper Jimmy Spithill shares an update after finishing fifth among the eight teams competing […]

Thomas Traversa digs out a few of his old vintage boards and compares how they perform Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) doesn’t get rid of his previous old favourites, instead the 2014 world champion stashes them in his board […]

Austrian skipper Norbert Sedlacek Koch had been promoting a record-breaking sailing effort, and while it is likely the reference was more about getting people’s attention than actually establishing an observed reference, he didn’t get too far so the authenticity need […]

Senet Bischoff was the 1996 College Sailor of the Year while at Tufts University, and remains active today in the sport, often in the Etchells class. Back in 2010, he wrote an open letter to the Class on the topic […]

Prior to the 2013 America’s Cup, the new defender backed by American Larry Ellison recruited designers from both the monohull and multihull worlds to present proposals for the class to be used in the 34th edition. However, it didn’t take […]

Canadian Scott Shawyer has launched Canada Ocean Racing, a new offshore sailing team to compete in the solo, non-stop round the world race, the Vendée Globe. Backed by renowned British sailor Alex Thomson, Shawyer aims to become the first Canadian […]

The commitment needed to excel in all sports has hindered participation, and sailing has found itself in this spiral. When the cost in time and money to participate exceeds the pleasurable benefit, people seek alternative activities. But what is unique […]

Oda Brødholt shares some of her rehab journey after breaking her foot in July No-one likes to be injured, but the only way to get back on the water as quickly as possible is to put in the hard yards […]

At Scuttlebutt HQ, we consistently cringe at the claim that ‘foiling is the future’ as we know the expense, complexity, and skill required is not how to sustain a sport. Australian Chris Thompson dives further into the topic: We cannot […]

Highlighting the importance of grassroots manufacturers in sailing is the focus of a new documentary by Down Under Sail, titled From the Ground Up. The documentary follows the journey of a brand new Australian Sharpie being built by South Australian […]

(August 22, 2022) – After 35 days 10 hours 42 minutes and 42 seconds of racing, Craig Horsfield (USA) and Oliver Bond (GBR) aboard Amhas took line honours in Mauritius in this the second and longest leg of the GLOBE40 […]

Florian Jung shares his top tips when it comes to navigating your way out through the waves Whether you’re just getting into wave sailing or you are a seasoned pro there’s downside to improving your skills when it comes to […]

Held biennially, the 50th edition of the Snipe World Championship has attracted 87 teams representing 17 nations and four continents for racing on August 21 to 25 in Cascais, Portugal. Brazilians Mario Sergio de Jesus and Henrique Wisneiwski hold the […]

Allie Blecher and her team from California Yacht Club claimed their second U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship on August 19-21, besting last year’s runner-up Janel Zarkowsky and her team from Scuttlebutt Sailing Club / Storm Trysail in the finals 3-0. […]

What does it feel like to win a top-flight team-racing regatta like the New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Trophy? According to Steve Kirkpatrick, who captained the New York Yacht Club […]

ean-Baptiste Bernaz and his Mistral Gagnant team won the 2022 Detroit Cup held August 18-20 in Detroit, MI. This was the second stop on the four-event Grand Slam match race series of Grade 2 events and a member of the […]

Fully expecting light and variable breezes overnight, 43 sailing teams started the 2022 Ida Lewis Distance Race presented by Bluenose Yacht Sales on August 19 and returned throughout the following day Saturday to complete the event’s 17th edition. The conditions […]

Tucker Thompson, known widely through his work as a TV host, sailing commentator, and public speaker, shares his observations about the current state of sailing and what is needed for American sailing to get back on top. “I used to […]

Ester Kristine Storkson was asleep on her father’s small yacht earlier this month, sailing off the coast of France, when she was violently awakened. Scrambling on deck, she spotted several orcas, or killer whales, surrounding them. The steering wheel swung […]

While it was a rocky start for ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix in Copenhagen (August 19-20), the clearing smoke revealed a comprehensive beat down by New Zealand SailGP Team which won every race to claim their second consecutive stage win. […]

Offringa, Katz & Erpenstein go head-to-head in a bid to find the biggest spray of the day When it comes to wave riding there’s not much better than seeing a sweet rail turn, which throws a shed load of spray […]

(August 19, 2022) – The SailGP global sports league returned to Denmark for Season 3, but after hosting the event a year ago in Aarhus, the move to Copenhagen has come with landmines… or watermines. The capital and most populous […]

by Michael Burgess, New Zealand Herald Kiwi America’s Cup icon Sir Michael Fay has resigned his 46 year membership of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in protest at the club’s decision to sanction the sale of venue and hosting […]

The line-up of nine teams for the SailGP global sports league in Denmark is limping toward the start line as damage during practice may impact the racing in Copenhagen on August 19-20. It started when the Spanish team’s rudder was […]