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(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 […]

We will never wrap our heads around the Christmas season in Australia being at peak summer. How confused must the children be with Santa’s sleigh and Frosty the Snowman? They revised the classic song, “Jingle all the way, Christmas in […]

Alec Brainerd’s Artisan Boatworks in Rockport, Maine is a modestly sized yard with about 16 employees that builds, restores, and maintains wooden yachts by some of the world’s most famous designers. Inside the yard’s sheds, there are boats by Nathanael […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I’ve attended enough elite regattas – America’s Cup, Olympics, SailGP – to know that life inside the fence is better than outside. There’s perks and privilege, and while I get in with a media […]

A fleet of home-built 19-foot plywood Globe 5.80 Mini Class boats will set off December 28 for the 2024 Globe 5.80 Transat Race. The third edition has attracted 12 solo skippers for the 3000 nm competition across the Atlantic Ocean. […]

For the sake of determining eligibility in gender designated events, World Sailing approved the ‘Transgender and Non-Binary Eligibility Policy’ at its 2024 Annual Conference, with the terms of the Policy coming into effect January 1, 2025. It is a very […]

An Olympic sport such as Sailing, which is significantly funded by the International Olympic Committee, and operates at a loss during the Olympic Games, has reason to worry despite being a founding sport at the first Olympiad. In this report […]

When Quanhai Li was campaigning to be World Sailing president, he claimed how through his substantial business contacts around the world, that he was very confident to be in a position to bring valuable sponsorships and support to World Sailing. […]

If you walk by a recyclable trash can in the USA, the contents highlight a problem in identifying what qualifies for that option. The issue is too much trash is still trash, but this report by George Day in the […]

Shenzhen, China (December 12, 2024) – The top four teams have been confirmed for the Quarter Finals after the third day of the 2024 World Match Racing Tour Final. France’s Ian Garreta emerging as the top seed, tying with Sweden’s […]