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The 14-event schedule for SailGP moves to New Zealand for the second stage of Season 5. From a new venue, new foils, and a larger field, here are five things to watch for when racing gets underway on January 18-19: […]

(January 13, 2025; Day 65) – Charlie Dalin, who has led the Vendée Globe since December 30, is on the cusp of victory, counting down the final miles to the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line which he is forecast to […]

Charlie Dalin approached the 2024 Vendée Globe with a unique perspective. Dalin’s previous boat, Apivia (now Clarisse Cremer’s L’Occitane en Provence) was one of the benchmark IMOCAs of its generation. So fast, in fact, that it wasn’t until Dalin arrived […]

As the sport has evolved, it has best served those at the advanced level. Equipment is better, but more expensive and complex, with the benefit focused on those that play hard. The Racing Rules of Sailing are also refined for […]

(January 12, 2025; Day 64) – Éric Bellion, the French skipper of STAND AS ONE – Altavia, has withdrawn from the Vendée Globe. The pin system holding the J2 forestay has given way again, a situation which in time could […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I was young, still racing prams, when an offshore race near my harbor incurred an accident. This was the 1970s when a 41-footer accidentally gybed, with the boom killing a crewman. As I think […]

Brazil’s Olympic kite surfer Bruno Lobo recently captured a heroic moment on camera when he rescued a drowning woman off the coast of Sao Luís, Brazil. The incident occurred on January 10 when the Paris 2024 Olympian was training, with […]

(January 6, 2025; Day 61) – The Vendée Globe leading trio – Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance, 1st), Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA, 2nd), and Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil, 3rd) – are in the home stretch and right now have it […]

Forty-six teams are set to compete in the 2025 Etchells World Championship being held January 10-14 in Melbourne, Australia. Reigning Etchells World Champion Graeme “GT” Taylor with James Mayo and Ben Lamb on Magpie won the 4-race Pre-Worlds regatta held […]

The Storm Trysail Club will host the 2025 ORC North American Championship as part of the 31st Block Island Race Week (BIRW), set to take place June 21-27, 2025. “The Storm Trysail Club has been supportive of the use of […]

The 37th edition of the America’s Cup concluded when Team New Zealand ousted the British challenger on October 19, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. But the pursuit of the America’s Cup never stops, with Scuttlebutt checking in with Terry Hutchinson, leader […]

Outside sports deal with weather, but none more than sailing. To love sailing is to accept suffering, but no sailor suffers more than an iceboater. The season is short and decent conditions are rare. But a sailors memory only retains […]

The 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race departs January 12 for 17 teams from the Canary Islands on the 3000nm course to Grenada, West Indies. The 11th edition has attracted sailors from 19 nations, spanning Finland to Australia and the United States […]

On December 12, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men from a 2005 Beneteau Oceanis 523, apparently due to extreme weather. The yacht was on a Chesapeake-to-Caribbean passage when the crew was airlifted 150 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. With […]

The International Olympic Committee will soon have its presidential election, and gender eligibility for women’s events is an issue among the candidates. To navigate the issue, World Sailing now has a transgender and non-binary eligibility policy, though only for elite […]

For his lifetime, Mattias Coutts has been introduced as “Sir Russell Coutts’ son”, which happens when dad is an Olympic gold medalist and skippered three Americas Cup victories. Perhaps that will soon change. At just 19 years of age, Mattias […]

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has revealed the honorees of its annual awards by naming Leiv Poncet as the 2024 Blue Water Medal winner along with five other award winners for their adventurous use of the seas highlights several […]

American Helena Scutt has gone from 2016 Olympian to professional engineer for American Magic at the 2024 America’s Cup. In this excerpt of an interview, she discusses the challenges in creating opportunities for women in sailing: A lot of opportunities […]

The Rocket Ice Yacht Foundation is raffling a fully loaded Ron Sherry Composite Concepts DN. This is an opportunity to support the Foundation and win a top-tier DN. For all details, including how to enter, refer to the graphic below: […]

A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems in at least some situations, according to a paper by Google DeepMind researchers published recently in Nature. Using a diffusion model approach similar to artificial […]

They say, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey” when pursuing an Olympic medal, but when that medal is placed around the neck of the very best, it is fair to say the medal should be pretty good too. But […]

by Peter Swanson, Loose Cannon A national sailing magazine has named the Leopard 46 one of the “Top 10 Best Boats of 2025” even though it is being made in the same factory responsible for one of the biggest s**t […]

Great Britain is the leading Olympic Sailing nation, a status fueled by significant funding with an elite training base along the English Channel. It was the site for Sailing at the London 2012 Olympics, but now new neighbors are causing […]

Iceboaters have long imagined the possibility of clearing snow from frozen lakes to create ideal sailing conditions. The challenge lies in needing thick, solid ice to support vehicles capable of clearing the snow—an effort that often seems insurmountable. Years ago, […]

US Sailing has confirmed the finalists for the 2024 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards, celebrating the most outstanding performances in sailing by American athletes over the past year. Finalists for 2024 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year: • […]

A financial manager defrauded an English sailing club for military veterans of almost £70,000 to feed a gambling and drug habit she developed after getting divorced, a court heard. A Royal Navy admiral said members of the Hornet Services Sailing […]

(January 6, 2025; Day 58) – In less than 10 days, the winner of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe will be known. Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance, 1st), runner-up in 2020-21, maintains a slight lead over Yoann Richomme […]

(January 6, 2025) – After just over 16 days at sea, the crew of Sodebo Ultim 3 ended their attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy today in the Indian Ocean. While sailing between the Kerguelen and Cape Leeuwin, at more […]

SAIL magazine revealed its annual Best Boat Nominees in September 2024 and now has selected the 2025 winners: Every year we are excited to announce our Top 10 Best Boats in the January/February issue, and after months of testing, walkthroughs, […]

The 2024 Moth World Championship has attracted 77 entrants representing 15 nations for the 20-race series on January 4-9 in Manly, New Zealand. The North American contingent has three from Canada and 12 from USA, with Riley Gibbs (USA) finishing […]

(January 2, 2025; Day 54) – As the two Vendée Globe leaders ascend the south Atlantic along Brazil, leader Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) and Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) have yet to reach the South Easterly trade winds to escalate […]

Hobart, Australia (December 28, 2024) – Christian Beck has defied the pundits, his 100 footer, LawConnect, pulling off Line Honors in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for a second year running, crossing the finish line at Castray Esplanade […]

(December 28, 2024; Day 49) – Defending Vendée Globe champion Yannick Bestaven sits in 11th place in his approach to Cape Horn, but a steering system failure on his IMOCA Maître CoQ V may keep him from the finish line […]

Hobart, Australia (December 28, 2024) – With line honors in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race decided, attention now turns to contenders for the Tattersall Cup, awarded to the Overall winner of the race under IRC handicap. Sam Haynes, […]

Gisela Pulido has a unique relationship with her sport. LeBron James may be the best basketball player of his era, Mondo Duplantis has 10 world records (and counting) in the pole vault, and Faith Kipyegon has three consecutive Olympic 1500m […]

(December 30, 2024; Day 51) – After incurring a major breakdown to the steering system of the IMOCA Maître CoQ V’s on December 27, defending Vendée Globe champion Yannick Bestaven has withdrawn from the the 10th edition of the round […]

Hobart, Australia (December 29, 2024) – Sam Haynes, announced the provisional Overall winner of the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart, never dreamed he would hold the Tattersall Cup in his hands again, after selling his TP52 Celestial late this year. But […]

Bowline was approximately 30nm east/north-east of Batemans Bay and crew members administered CPR. A short time later officers from the Marine Area Command were informed that CPR had been unsuccessful. The incidents are being dealt with by the Water Police […]

First to exit Sydney Heads and enter into open water were two of the 100-ft maxis: LawConnect, first home in 2023, followed by Master Lock Comanche, current race record holder. While optimism about the frontrunners surpassing the race record of […]

When the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race gets underway on December 26, the 105-boat fleet can expect a fast start according to the latest information from the NSW Bureau of Meteorology. Gabrielle Woodhouse, Senior Meteorologist for the Bureau, said […]

The 2024 Sydney Hobart Race extends 628-nautical miles from Sydney Harbour to Hobart, the state capital of Tasmania. The start on December 26 takes place in the heart of the Australian summer, with 105 yachts set to take on the […]

(December 24, 2024; Day 45) – Today at 23h 27min 20sec (UTC), Yoann Richomme passed the last of the three major capes of the solo non-stop race around the world, the infamous Cape Horn, in the lead of the 10th […]

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The 2024 hurricane season, predicted to be “above-normal,” began with the earliest-ever category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, Hurricane Beryl, in early July, and ended with Rafael, the westernmost major November hurricane on record. Saildrone sailed into both. “In a […]

by Peter Swanson, Loose Cannon The sailing world was abuzz with skepticism recently as the U.S. Coast Guard reported rescuing three men in a sailboat that wasn’t sinking. Why? According to the Coast Guard, they were experiencing up to 20-knot […]

(December 15, 2024; Day 36) – The 2024-25 Vendée Globe had its first dismasting as Australians Pip Hare lost the rig on Medallia today at 21:45 UTC, 800 nm south of Australia. Hare has secured Medallia and is under jury […]

(December 16, 2024; Day 37) – Leadership of the 2024-25 Vendée Globe has tightened as Yoann Richomme, skipper of PAPREC ARKÉA, is hard on the heels of Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance). At just less than 18 miles behind Dalin, […]

As the leading nation in Sailing at the Olympic Games, Great Britain did not have their best performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics, ranking sixth in the medal count. But to remind competitors they are not lying down, the Royal […]

Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, CT) will host the second biennial Susan Widmann Sinclair Women’s Championship June 13-15, 2025. The Sinclair Women’s Championship is now considered one of North America’s elite level women’s keelboat championships. The Championship was created recognizing the […]

A new edition of the Racing Rules of Sailing is published every four years, and while there were close to a hundred changes in the RRS 2021-24, the revision is less for the upcoming 2025-28 edition. To assist with this […]

The notable offshore races tend to be around 600 nm which are long enough to include sufficient strategy but don’t require too many night shifts. But for offshore races from California to Hawaii, where each day gets better, the longer […]