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For Croatia’s Šime Fantela to win a sailing gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics was not a surprise as he had the talent, but he was a square peg in a round hole. At 6-feet tall, he was not […]

Here are some Olympic updates for Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024: TOKYO 2020: The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics are shaping up as a TV-only event with few spectators — if any — being allowed when they open in just over two […]

The West Marine US Open Sailing Series continues the summer swing through California as the fifth event in the 2021 schedule is held July 9-11 in Long Beach, one of the nation’s most popular sailing locations. As the site of […]

Marina Degli Aregai, Italy (July 6, 2021) – After there was no racing on the opening day of the 2021 420 World Championship due to a lack of wind, champagne sailing conditions today allowed the action to start early in […]

The ClubSwan range of boats for Nautor’s Swan deliver a heightened level of performance, with the recently launched ClubSwan 125 now raising the bar with her debut to come in the 2021 Fastnet Race. Source: Sailing Scuttle Butt

Day 4: Rutkowski Remains in the Lead, but Marotti Closes in | Wennekes Dominating Women’s Slalom & Foil After a slight pause in the action on Sunday, the wind returned on Day 4 of the 2021 Zoo Station Bol, Croatia, […]

Riva del Garda, Italy (July 5, 2021) – Change of pace for the Optimist World Championship, where the three qualifying days concluded yesterday for the individual World Championship gave way to the first of two days for 48 nations pursuing […]

When a region has a history of strong high school sailing programs, and developing successful college sailors, it is due an organizational focus on that segment of youth sailing. That’s been the case in Southern California, which can make it […]

Marstrand, Sweden (July 4, 2021) – It is rare even between the ultra-close RC44s for an event to go to the wire in such an extreme way as it did at the conclusion of the 44Cup Marstrand. Going into the […]

Every sailing town is eager, or should be, for exposing its recreation in mainstream media. Critical to growing the sport is to expose it, and there’s no better way than to take the media for a sail… really! Not unlike […]

Marstrand, Sweden (July 1, 2021) – The 44Cup Marstrand had a tricky start today as a weather front slowly moving across the west coast of Sweden brought with it solid 25 knots winds, 30+ gusts and the real prospect of […]

When the 2021 J/70 World Championship is held in the USA, it will be a victory for the sport. While there remain international teams with travel challenges, the entry list has 77 teams from 16 countries for the August event […]

The sailing organizations of the Inland Lake Yachting Association are among the best examples of what works in the sport, with Eric Hood sharing his observations on the growth within the MC Class: The numbers speak for themselves! One hundred […]

The Finn may have been designed in 1949 for the Helsinki 1952 Olympics, but the one design class organization has progressed far beyond the quadrennial pursuit, attracting people of all ages and interests to the 15-foot singlehander. After 18 consecutive […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News After the Kiwi government did not meet the asking price of Team New Zealand for hosting the next America’s Cup, the defender is now shopping the event offshore to find a venue that considers […]

Students at Delft University of Technology in Netherlands believe they have created the first flying hydrogen boat in the world. The hydrofoils lift the 1100 kg hydrogen powered trimaran at 12 knots, with top speed at 22 knots. Source: Sailing […]

Summer in Tarifa Can Mean Only One Thing… High Wind Freestyle Ft. Antoine Albert Antoine Albert (Goya Windsuring) has left his home in New Caledonia to return to the windy European summer in Spain. Albert is currently in Gran Canaria, […]

For sailing, eager to be more gender inclusive, attracting more women requires already having female participants. It is the irony of making progress, but trendsetters are always needed to offer examples of what is possible. When a record fleet of […]

In The One Design Line, US Sailing’s e-Newsletter for one design sailors, Amanda Callahan reports on the rise of the women’s keelboat team race circuit in the USA: Back in 2004, the first U.S. women’s dinghy team race took place […]

Source: Sailing Scuttle Butte

Twelve international teams competed in the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe, with the new three week-long multi-stage event providing a preview of what’s to come in the 2022-23 Ocean Race. North Sails president Ken Read offers this report […]

A flare is a pyrotechnic type of Visual Distress Signal (VDS), and all boaters are required by the US Coast Guard to carry both day and night VDS any time they are operating on coastal waters, the Great Lakes, or […]

The 2021 ILCA Midwinters West hosted 105 sailors competing on June 25-27 in Long Beach, CA. Matheo Capasso and Ava Anderson finished tied in the ILCA 4 with Capasso winning on countback. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Charlie Buckingham dominated the ILCA […]

Nineteen teams competed at the 2021 A Scow US National Championship, completing a four race series on June 25-27 in Pewaukee, WI. Tom Freytag and his MadCap team topped the field, winning two races enroute to a three point winning […]

An objective of the 36th America’s Cup was for it to be the most watched edition ever, and in this report by the event organizer, they claim to have achieved their broadcast and viewership goal: An in-depth broadcast and media […]

Jeffrey Petersen (Newport Beach, CA) of the Balboa Yacht Club won the 2021 US Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup held June 25-27 in Rochester, NY. Joining Petersen as part of the 2021 Rose Cup winning team was […]

The Notice of Race for the 2021 CORK International Regatta and Sail Canada Youth Championships is now available for the competitions to be held August 9-12 in Kingston, Ontario. The regatta is open to boats of the ILCA 4 and […]

The price of high performance boats in the Olympics is injury as the characteristics of skiffs and catamarans can be hard on the crew. The latest casualty hits the New Zealand Sailing Team in advance of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. […]