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The Ocean Race 2022-23 entrant 11th Hour Racing Team (USA) has left Concarneau, France bound for its home base in Newport, Rhode Island. The 60-foot IMOCA Mālama will be located at Fort Adams from early June until the end of […]

The second round of qualifying for the 2022 SSL Gold Cup will have Ecuador, Lithuania, and Slovenia compete on June 1-3 in Grandson, Switzerland. A fourth team, Hong Kong, had to forfeit due to COVID related restrictions. In the first […]

Staffing changes for the US Olympic Sailing Program include James Lyne being appointed the High Performance Coach. Luther Carpenter continues with the Team as a senior coach, assisting Lyne and coordinating the education and upskilling program. Lyne’s responsibilities will include […]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (May 31, 2022) – Marie Barrue (FRA) won the opening race of the ILCA 6 competition, though fickle weather limited racing on day one of the Hempel World Cup Series at the Allianz Regatta. Barrue was outright […]

James Murphy’s full crewed Lyman Morse Seguin 49 Inisharon (USA 51003) and Tim Kent’s doublehanded Class40 Kent Racing (USA 34) had a nasty collision during the 186nm Block Island Race. Here are the details as posted in the protest report […]

With three stages from San Francisco to San Diego, the 2022 California Offshore Race Week is underway. The Spinnaker Cup (May 28-29, 88nm) had 31 entrants while the Coastal Cup (May 30-31; 205nm) had 14 teams. The final leg is […]

The 2022 ILCA 7 Masters World Championship has attracted 64 entrants from 14 countries, with racing on June 1-7 in Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico. Racing on Banderas Bay, four age groups from 30 years of age and older – Apprentice, Masters, […]

At the 2022 World Sailing Mid-Year Meeting, held May 26-29 in Abu Dhabi, the world governing body recognized two significant contributors to the sport of sailing. John Doerr (GBR) was awarded the Beppe Croce Trophy with Andrea Camin (ITA) receiving […]

The World Sailing Council and World Sailing Board met in person for the first time in over two years at the Mid-Year Meeting on May 26-29 held in Abu Dhabi, bringing together representatives from across the global sailing community, hosted […]

Along the Patapsco River in Maryland, the Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy commemorates the author of the U.S. national anthem. On the San Francisco Bay, Blackaller Buoy recognizes National Hall of Famer Tom Blackaller. But over in England, Stuart Munro […]

The first edition of the Globe40 had to wait a year due to the pandemic, but this doublehanded around the world race for Class40s is set to start on June 26 from Tangier, a Moroccan port on the Strait of […]

The On Course series takes a regular look at the sailing world with show host Matt Sheahan: Ten months ago, a bundle of smart looking renderings set the scene for a wild and ambitious concept, and now today it’s the […]

Commodore Ed Cesare said during the virtual weather briefing the night before racing: “Welcome to the third annual 75th Block Island Race, here’s hoping third time’s a charm.” After the pandemic in 2020 and overwhelming winds in 2021, Storm Trysail […]

Amsterdam is to host more than 400 of the world’s best sailors and riders in nine Olympic disciplines at the 2022 Hempel World Cup Series at the Allianz Regatta. Competition takes place from May 31 to June 5 in two […]

Without volunteers, the sport of competitive sailing would collapse, and given the heightened training now to deliver good events, helping has never been harder. Thankfully there are people as committed to contributing as there are people focused on competing. Here’s […]

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant’s crew repatriated 146 Haitians to Cap-Haitien, Haiti on May 27, after being stopped approximately 45 miles southeast of Islamorada, Florida. The distance between these locations is 565nm. A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine […]

The World Sailing Show, which had provided a monthly view of the racing world from February 2016 to April 2020, is getting relaunched on May 30, 2022. Supported by World Sailing, each 30-minute episode will feature news, profiles, and racing […]

Day 4: Cousin Questel and Goyard crowned kings of the Tramontana The wildest mass start windsurfing race comes to an end in Gruissan, south of France, with a windless summer day. After both making shaky starts, the two French racers […]

Eight races were completed at the 2022 J/24 US National Championship, held July 18-24 in Oak Point, TX. While the 24-boat fleet was skunked on the middle day, Texas winds did not disappoint on the bookends with consistent 15 knot […]

American owner-driver Doug DeVos steered Quantum Racing to overall victory at the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week, lifting the first regatta title of the five which comprise the tenth anniversary season of the world’s leading grand prix monohull […]

Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA) won the 2022 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship, topping the 126 sailors from 45 countries on May 23-28 in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. A six race qualifying series advanced the top 63 boats to the Gold fleet, with […]

Captain Coconut Mark Sincliar (Australia) crossed the famous Nouch Sud cardinal buoy off Les Sables d’Olonne, France on May 27, ending a 174-day solitary voyage at sea on his Lello 34 Coconut. Short on water, plagued by a barnacle invasion, […]

Day 3: Nicolas Goyard and Delphine Cousin Questel confirm their respective Tramontada 2 additional races were completed on the famous spot of Gruissan, natural stadium of the Defi WIND. With 2 victories today, Nicolas Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / […]

The Tramontana kept blowing its rage on the south shore of France, for the happiness of more than a thousand racers in Gruissan. 2 more long distance races were held at Defi WIND, seeing a fantastic display from foiling expert […]

Los Angeles, CA (May 26, 2022) – The Transpacific YC announced that the entry process is now open for the 2023 edition of the Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race. Known as the Transpac, this will be the 52nd […]

New Orleans, LA (May 26, 2022) – After finishing second in their semi-final heat, Boston College took a step up to win the 2022 College Sailing Women’s Dinghy National Championship. The 4-day event was delayed by storms and light winds, with […]

Australian sailing legend David Forbes OAM (1934-2022) passed away in Sydney on May 22, 2022. “We have lost one of the most passionate and creative yachtsmen ever born in Australia,” said Australian Sailing President Daniel Belcher. “David was a friend […]

Race to Alaska is back for year six after a two-year COVID-induced hiatus. No motors or support allowed, the R2AK is about the physical endurance, saltwater know-how, and bulldog tenacity that it takes to navigate the 750 cold water miles […]

An exhilarating first day sees Antoine Albeau & Marion Mortefon take early leads Just like Formula 1 driver Verstappen on the grid, Défi WIND 2022 started with hot spinning wheels on green light for the first day of racing. The […]

The Holy Grail, the Fountain of Youth, the perfectly equitable rating formula for racing sailboats. Three things not yet discovered. But that didn’t, and won’t likely ever, stop Indiana Jones, Juan Ponce de León, and sailors around the world, respectively, […]

Kingston, ONT (May 26, 2022) – Canadian sailor Sarah Douglas from Toronto, will lead a Canadian team comprised of a total of eight athletes at the second World Sailing World Cup of the season to be held in Almere-Lelystad, Netherlands, […]

Maiden inspired a generation of women. Skippered by Tracy Edwards MBE, she led the first all-female crew to compete in the notoriously difficult Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989-90. The Bruce Farr designed 58-footer has since been refurbished and […]

The Ocean Race aims for equal number of male and female sailors in the event by 2030. The ambitious target is part of Horizon, a new collaboration with The Magenta Project, World Sailing Trust and PA Consulting, dedicated to increasing […]

An effort has been halted by Eastport Yacht Club to host the 2022 Santa Maria Cup for alumnae on September 14-18 in Annapolis, MD. For over 20 years, the Santa Maria Cup had been a premier match racing event for […]

Albany, Australia (May 25, 2022) – Australian solo sailor Lisa Blair arrived this morning after three months at sea with a new world record to her name. Hundreds of well-wishers gathered along Albany’s coastline and marina, cheering, holding sings and […]

The biennial Newport Bermuda Race is held on even numbered years, and the trickle down from that offshore classic has helped to build the largest fleet in well over a decade for the 75th Block Island Race on May 27, […]

North Sails expert Doug Folsetter shares his best tips for upgrading your old-ish race boat after modifying his new (to him) Farr 30 Sabotage. Doug sails Sabotage out of the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club and is a veteran when it […]

At 58 years of age, noted Dutch offshore sailor Bouwe Bekking has seen a lot and done a lot yet, having taken part in eight Whitbread/Volvo Ocean Races. But when asked to choose the coolest and most innovative yacht, Bekking […]

Previously known as the Whitbread Round the World Race and Volvo Ocean Race, this multi-stage crewed global marathon has been attracting the most notable offshore sailors since 1973. Now called The Ocean Race, will the 14th edition continue this tradition […]

New Orleans, LA (May 24, 2022) – The 4-day College Sailing Women’s Dinghy National Championship began with two sets of 18 teams competing in a round robin series on May 23-24 to advance the top 9 from each field the […]

by Wendy Mitman Clarke, Soundings When James A. “Jim” McCurdy of McCurdy & Rhodes in 1985 designed the 38-foot cutter Selkie for his family, competing in the Newport Bermuda Race was, of course, part of the plan. “My father had […]

Before the 2022 FIFA World Cup is held in Qatar, an event promoting itself as the World Cup of Sailing will be hosted by neighbor Bahrain on October 28 to November 20. The inaugural SSL GOLD CUP is coming to […]

Last winter a short 3-day window popped up for a decent looking forecast in Sardinia. Maciek Rutkowski (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) decided to bite the bullet and quickly book flights from Poland to Sardinia, but they still faced a […]

The 2022 Bayview Mackinac Race gets underway on July 16, with competitors on either the Cove Island Course (290nm) or the Shore Course (204nm), both starting in southern Lake Huron and finishing at Mackinac Island, located between Michigan’s Upper and […]

The 2022 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship has attracted 126 sailors from 45 countries to compete in 12 scheduled races on May 23-28 in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. The championship is widely expected to be one of the highlights of the […]

The Cape 31 is a one-design yacht originally created for racing in South Africa, designed by Mark Mills back in 2017. While it got local traction in South Africa, it is now expanding with 25 boats sold into England and […]

Qualifying began for the 2022 SSL Gold Cup on May 19-22 in Grandson, Lake Neuchatel (Switzerland). Among the eight teams, Antigua, Estonia, Ireland, and Tahiti advanced to the Finals. The 2022 SSL Gold Cup hosts the top 56 sailing nations, […]

Twelve high school teams competed in CFJs for the 2022 Team Race National Championship on May 21-22 in Seabrook, TX. Winning the Baker Trophy was Immaculata La Salle High School (Miami, FL) with Mitchell Callahan ’22/ Danny Rianno ’23, Justin […]

Erik Lidecis (USA) won the 2022 Finn US National Championship held May 20-22 in Long Beach, CA. The 36-boat fleet completed a 9-race series, with Lidecis beating top Grandmaster Craig Monk (NZL) by seven points. Top youth was Peter SangmeisTer […]

The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary celebrate National Safe Boating Week, May 21 through May 27, and urge mariners and beachgoers to be safe this Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day weekend is considered by many as the unofficial start […]