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The ‘trickle down’ from the America’s Cup once meant equipment developed for the teams would, after the competition, reach the recreational market. Massive advancements, often using team money, fueled new products from the marine industry. These were the good ole […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News A London PR firm reached out to Scuttlebutt World Headquarters, eager to spread the news of how foiling and ocean racing boats and sailors are in Jeddah throughout May and June as part of […]

When Lee Morrison got involved in the administration of his local fleet’s summer series, he was surprised by the division about which scoring system was better. Wanting to understand the reasoning behind the debate, he wrote this report to document […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News For 91-years-old, my dad is pretty techie. Not everyone of his generation made a smooth transition to the computer generation, and he is often ahead of me on the latest gadget. But I remember […]

Before America’s Cup defender Emirates Team New Zealand gets to splash their AC75 for the 37th America’s Cup, they are pursuing a pet project to break the Wind Powered Land Speed World Record. Whereas the current record held by Britain’s […]

(May 18, 2022) – The start of the ninth stage of the Worrell 1000 enjoyed a gorgeous morning on the beach at Wrightsville, NC as competitors prepared for the route to Atlantic Beach, NC. Some of the teams were red-eyed […]

Jacksonville, FL (May 18, 2022) – After no racing yesterday due to low winds, the 2022 Thistle US National Championship was barely better. After an extended postponement, a late seabreeze allowed racing to get underway at 4:00pm with a second […]

Patrik Diethelm becomes the latest expert to enter the Windsurfing.TV hot seat The latest Windsurfing.TV podcast is a little different to ones in the past as they gave the opportunity for the viewing public to directly ask questions to the […]

Formerly known as Whidbey Island Race Week, this Pacific Northwest regatta has been on the move since its 2019 edition. The Whidbey Island facilities were no longer sufficient, so change was needed, but then the pandemic hit. Plans made had […]

New Orleans, LA (May 17, 2022) – Day two at the 2022 College Team Race National Championship nearly completed the 16-team qualifying round robin stage, with a sail-off match tomorrow between Harvard and University of Pennsylvania to secure the eighth and […]

Final Standings* 1. Australia, 4-5-3-4-1 (1) 2. Great Britain, 1-8-1-5-4 (2) 3. Canada, 2-1-5-7-5 (3) 4. Denmark, 5-9-4-3-3 5. United States, 3-7-7-6-2 6. New Zealand, 7-3-8-1-7 7. Spain, 6-4-9-2-9 8. France, 9-2-2-9-8 9. Switzerland, 8-6-6-8-6 *The Japan SailGP Team will […]

After launching the inaugural Steering the Course initiative in 2021, the global women’s sailing festival returns again in 2022 with two sessions: • Northern Hemisphere, May 20-29 • Southern Hemisphere, September 30-October 9 Preparations are underway as 23 national sailing […]

After taking over the United States SailGP Team for Season 2, CEO and Driver Jimmy Spithill took them from the cellar to within grasp of the grand prize. But Spithill believed for the team to take another step forward, a […]

Since the first Infiniti 52 to be delivered collided with an unidentified floating object and sank, limited information remains available on the cause of its demise. While it is perhaps easy to surmise that an appendage led to the water […]

Since the introduction of the Mixed Multihull event at the Olympic Games, the US Team continues to get close to the podium, but not close enough. While top ten at both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, improvement in the Nacra […]

Fifty teams are registered for the 2022 Lightning World Championship to be held May 18-21 in Wrightsville Beach, NC. The biennial event, postponed from 2021, hosts defending 2-time world champ Javier Conte (ARG) who will face past titlists David Starck […]

Following the lay day on May 14 and the leg from Tybee Island, GA to Folly Beach, SC, which started May 15 and was won by Randy Smyth and Dalton Tebo on Team Rudee’s, the 13 teams set off May […]

World class wave sailing with Marcilio Browne during spring time in Maui Spring time is often a great time for wave sailing in Maui with solid swells and consistent trade winds providing excellent conditions. Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing) has just […]

New Orleans, LA (May 16, 2022) – The 2022 College Team Race National Championship got underway for sixteen teams across the USA, with Georgetown University in front at 6-0. However, there’s a lot of racing left in the opening round robin […]

Like soccer in 1930 and rugby in 1987, a new event in 2022 will seek to crown the best sailing nation. The top 56 sailing nations, selected with a proprietary ranking system, will battle their way through for the chance […]

Jacksonville, FL (May 16, 2022) – The opening day of racing at the 2022 Thistle US National Championship completed two races for the 49 teams, with Mark Gise and his crew of Scott and Cameron Gise managing it best with […]

If there was any notion the sport of sailing had enough rating rules to support competition, think again as this announcement from the United Kingdom offers another handicapping system for racing dissimilar boats against each other: Since the pandemic there […]

Conversations with Classic Boats is a podcast about classic boat designs and the stories behind them. Hosted by Tom Darling, his latest offering is about the iconic vessels and artifacts that are part of an upcoming show. Here’s a tease […]

The crystal clear water of Lake Garda in northern Italy is a slice of heaven, with regattas hosted by local club Circolo Surf Torbole attracting record participation. Formed by glaciers, surrounded by mountains, it is a sailing mecca. So where […]

The final stage of the 4-event Etchells West Coast Spring Series was the 2022 Orca Bowl on May 14-15 in San Diego, CA. Eighteen teams competed in the 5-race event, with Tom Carruthers edging out Chris Busch in the last […]

Join Federico Morisio as he continues to step up his rehab in Hawaii Federico Morisio (Starboard / Severne Sails): “After 4 months and a half in Chile, as the wind season was coming to an end in the South American […]

Jeffrey Todd and his teammates on the J/22 Hot Toddy have finished second in their class at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis (MD) more times than they can, or care, to remember, but in 2022 they […]

Ft. Lauderdale, FL (May 15, 2022) – Peter Duncan’s Raza Mixta (above) with Victor Diaz de Leon, Erik Shampain, Matt Pistay, and Morgan Trubovich won the 2022 Melges 24 World Championship over the 31-boat fleet. After taking the lead yesterday, […]

Wrightsville Beach, NC (May 15, 2022) – Forty-two teams are competing in the 2022 Lightning Masters World Championship, and after the fleet was kept ashore yesterday due to a lack of wind, better conditions today allowed for three races. Marvin […]

Hamilton, Bermuda (May 15, 2022) – Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team appears to have lost none of the momentum from its Season 2 Grand Final victory in San Francisco in March, as it dominated the podium race of the Bermuda […]

While the overall results didn’t reflect it, Jimmy Spithill and the United States SailGP Team are pleased with the progress made at the United States SailGP Team’s Season 3 opener at the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess […]

The second event of the 2022 44Cup series on May 11-15 was a runaway win for Nico Poons (NED) and his Charisma team in Cascais, Portugal. After 11 races for the eight boat fleet, Charisma finished with a 12 point […]

British sailing’s golden girl is sitting out most of this season’s SailGP due to pregnancy but is targeting a quick return to the water. Story by Tom Cary for The Telegraph: Hannah Mills is not accustomed to sitting on the […]

George Lewis, 91, lifelong resident of Sherborn, MA and Vinalhaven, ME, died May 9, 2022. George was an avid sailor whose time on the water included racing around the buoys in boats big and small, worldwide cruising, and several trans-Atlantic […]

Ft. Lauderdale, FL (May 14, 2022) – Day Four at the 2022 Melges 24 World Championship was tricky and challenging both to sailors and Race Committee, shuffling the cards in top rankings. Thirty-one teams from five nations got two races […]

Hamilton, Bermuda (May 14, 2022) – Sir Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailGP Team threw down the first major challenge to defending champion Tom Slingsby’s Australia for Series 3 supremacy, as it claimed two of the three races on day one […]

Tybee Island, GA (May 14, 2022) – It was 8am, and the PRO (Principal Race Officer) John Williams was starting the daily Skipper’s meeting. The general feeling in the air was one of mild “dis-jointedness”… just a little “off”. The […]

Yale Sailing strolls into College Championship season with all the top credentials but the national championship is up for grabs. Report by Brian Clancy for Sailing World: Tulane University in New Orleans will soon play host to the College Sailing […]

Jacksonville, FL (May 12, 2022) – The Worrell Teams scattered the beach at Daytona, with sailors and ground crew busy prepping their boats with a noticeably, more energetic cadence for the leg to Jacksonville. All were feeling the positive affects […]

Ft. Lauderdale, FL (May 12, 2022) – With winds in the teens, Bora Gulari and his crew of Kyle Navin, Norman Berge, Ian Liberty, and Michael Menninger retained their lead on day two of the 2022 Melges 24 World Championships. […]

Fifty-one teams have entered the 2022 Thistle U.S. National Championship to be held May 16-20 in Jacksonville, FL. Hosted by Florida Yacht Club, seven races are planned with two days qualifying and three days of championship competition. While 2021 champion […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When the shift from wood to fiberglass construction began in the 1960s, it led to a massive growth of production. This launched the good times for lots of builders, but since fiberglass boats effectively […]

Luissa Smith, PR Director for the 2022 Bacardi Cup invitational Regatta, quizzed well-known sailing personalities about unshakeable moments that propelled them forward and incidents that still keep them up at night: Lucas Calabrese (ARG) 2012 Olympics (Bronze), 2018 J/70 World […]

Originally published in 2013, this message from Clemmie Everett provides a reminder that how we play the game impacts the health of the game… If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one around to hear it, does […]

Jimmy Spithill is doubling down after the United States SailGP Team narrowly missed out on the Season 2 championship crown this past March, and is bringing new ammunition for the Season 3 opener, the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by […]

(May 12, 2022) – At 60 feet long, with foils similar to the AC75 boats used in the 36th America’s Cup, the first full-foiling monohull yacht in the Mini Maxi category got airborne today during sea trials off the coast […]

Professional sports had long feared gambling, worried that players may affect the score not to win but rather to impact the betting point spread. And there had been instances of this occurring, but the bigger gain was fan interaction. Not […]

Daytona Beach, FL (May 12, 2022) – Shortly after Team Australia on May 10 sailed to the Leg 2 finish as just 1 of 4 boats to conquer the Jensen to Cocoa Beach stage of the 2022 Worrell 1000, the […]

Oda Brødholt shares her latest Freestyle training sessions from Beautiful Bonaire Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) has been busy travelling this winter and for some of it she made the short hop from Aruba, to […]

Maryland’s colonial state capital city is surrounded by vast waterways that stretch deep from the interior into the greater Chesapeake Bay, which is why Annapolis is hailed as a sailor’s playground and residents call it “The Sailing Capital” of the […]

Most sports have a set of rules for competition on a defined playing field, but as sailing has no limit on course types, the racing rules have to anticipate a lot of situations. As a result, the rules can be […]

The World Sailing Rankings seek to establish an order of ability based on the results of graded events over a 24 month period. The rankings focus on the ten Olympic fleet racing classes and Open and Women’s Match Racing. In […]

by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kim Reaves, U.S. Coast Guard Water stretches as far as the eye can see, and the air is chilled. The ocean’s surface is studded with memorial wreaths as the shadow of a fixed-wing plane passes […]

(May 11, 2022) – With forecasted winds of 15-20 knots from the North and a 4-6’ surf – all expected to build – the 13 teams lined up at the start yesterday for the infamous Leg 2 of the 2022 […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News During my term on the National Sailing Hall of Fame Selection Committee, it was my mission for the institution to celebrate the accomplishments of all sailors along the timeline of the sport, and not […]

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T helo rescued crewmembers on the 39-foot sailboat Calypso located 80 miles south of Montauk, NY. After the boat was dismasted when allegedly hit by a rogue wave on May 8, the rescue team battled heavy […]

When SailGP was established in 2018, the global sports league had a five year plan for all teams to be independently funded. The initial investment by billionaire Larry Ellison was to get the ball rolling, but the clock was started […]

That there are professionals in the sport is nothing new. Sailmakers, yacht designers, mast makers, etc. have a long history of promoting their products on the race course. The difference today is that the professionals are… more professional. It is […]

(May 9, 2022) – Thirteen teams completed the first leg of the 2022 Worrell 1000 which took the fleet along the Florida coast from Hollywood Beach to Jensen Beach. Before the start, a steady Northeast breeze with a small, 2-foot […]