SG Yelken İngilizce Archive

Rod Davis is pretty accomplished in the sport. Two-time Olympic medalist. Extensive America’s Cup career, on and off the boat. But at 69 years of age, he’s also old enough to remember the simpler times of the sport. His passion […]

Established in 2018, the SailGP global sports league has two goals: 1) Deliver fan-centric inshore racing among national teams in some of the iconic harbors around the globe. 2) All teams would be privately owned after five seasons. It is […]

The Australian Sailing Team shared an update about their preparation for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, but it included two bits of information that may not help the team at all: • Their training was in March. • They trained […]

The transformation of the Olympic Sailing Program began at Rio 2016 with the introduction of the Women’s Skiff and Mixed Multihull events. These changes were to deliver a more dynamic presentation, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wanted more. Sailing […]

In a session at the 2025 US Sailing Leadership Forum, Bring the Fun Back to Sailing Using Innovative Regatta Formats, the title implies that the fun has left sailing. Has it? Increased participation does follow fun, and growth in the […]

by Pascal Schürmann, Yacht The year is 2035 and all antifouling has been banned throughout the EU. And yet the hulls of yachts moored in harbours on the North and Baltic Seas and in the Mediterranean remain as smooth as […]

Diego Botin likes San Francisco. After winning the Season 4 SailGP Championship at the venue, he led his Spanish team to dominate again in 2025 when the league returned to northern California on March 22-23. After winning the 7-race qualifying […]

Increasing participation in sailing is a popular topic, and one being pursued in Australia as they release their second annual Participation Report. Led by the national federation Australian Sailing, the document details the results of their work partnering with Sailing […]

The path for the USA to the 2025 Youth Sailing World Championship will pass through the 2025 U.S. Youth Championship, to be held on October 10-13 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The qualifier is US Sailing’s pinnacle youth regatta, featuring the […]

by Nikki Henderson, Yachting World Back in December, I reminded myself what ‘too close for comfort’ feels like. After 18 days at sea, my crew and I finished an Atlantic crossing and parked up in Rodney Bay, St Lucia, with […]

The 2028 Olympic Games are in the USA, which presents a massive opportunity for the nation. While a successful US Olympic Sailing Program is a priority for new President Henry Brauer, execution remains in question. Dean Brenner, who led the […]

The 2025 RORC Caribbean 600 brought together a world-class fleet for one of the most challenging and exhilarating offshore races on the calendar. A 600-mile course weaving through 11 stunning Caribbean islands, with record-breaking Maxis, professionally crewed teams, and Corinthian […]

Francesca Clapcich, two-time Olympian and on 11th Hour Racing Team when they won The Ocean Race 2022-23, has launched her campaign for the 2028-29 Vendée Globe. Using the 60-foot IMOCA, the Italian-American will take on this elite offshore race held […]

It is never good to hit marks, and especially not good for the SailGP teams this season. With the change to T-foil daggerboards that extend outboard of the hull, the Danish passed too closely to a mark during the Los […]

(March 20, 2025) – Kirsty Coventry has been elected the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee. The 41-year-old Zimbabwean was chosen in a secret ballot of seven candidates at the 144th IOC Session being held in Costa Navarino, Greece […]

A successful rescue is always rooted in preparation which George Day has us thinking about in this report for the Cruising Compass: We’re soon going to be in the spring and early summer migration and offshore event season so our […]

The 14-event schedule for SailGP will be in San Francisco on March 22-23 for the fifth event of Season 5, though Scuttlebutt worries the league is without a calendar. In their propensity for hype, SailGP repeatedly refers to this as […]

Whether you’re preparing for a race or even just a leg of a longer race, there’s always a process for planning your routing, says professional navigator Simon ‘Si Fi’ Fisher. “I’ll start looking at the forecast and the different weather […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News It was the 1970s when I witnessed the early days of windsurfing as Hoyle and Diane Schweitzer cajoled their beach buddies to race boards in Marina del Rey, CA. Their nearby factory soon energized […]

It may come as some surprise that the Sailing Program for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is not confirmed. World Sailing has presented a tentative plan of ten events – the same plan as Paris 2024 – but the International […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has worried about the relevancy of their Olympic Games. People are attracted to more “extreme” competitions, so the IOC included Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, and breaking at the Paris 2024 Games, while Sailing dramatically revised […]

The Ocean Race 2027-28 will return to New Zealand for the iconic around the world offshore race. While the 2022-23 race extended non-stop for 12750 nm from South Africa to Brazil, the 15th edition will finish the stage in Auckland in […]

by Brendan Huffman, UK Sailmakers Perhaps one of the more overlooked sections of the Racing Rules of Sailing is Appendix G1.2, which addresses the display of sail numbers. With the increasing use of black sails on racecourses, race officers are […]

World Sailing has published a progress report on the World Sailing Para Inclusive Strategy 2024-2029, six months on from its launch, with current participation data showing that 34 nations are now actively involved in international Para Sailing. The update covers […]

The yachts – Columbia (US-16), Weatherly (US-17), Nefertiti (US-19), and American Eagle (US-21) – played historic roles in Defender selection trials with two securing America’s Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1967. The competition on Narragansett Bay will have crews […]

Max Ebb is a regular contributor to Latitude 38 magazine, and with sidekick Lee Helm, use their pseudonyms to discuss the problems of the world, Here’s their chat from the March 2025 edition: College students — especially “starving” college students […]

As the National Governing Body for the Sailing, USA law mandates that US Sailing fields a team for the Olympic Games. Qualifying for the team requires an objective selection process, but how athletes train for selection can vary beyond the […]

A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to Canada and using less fuel to help reduce emissions. Led by George Thompson, the founder of GT […]

This summer marks the 25th anniversary of Summer Sailstice, the global celebration of sailing, set to take place on June 21-22, 2025. Founded in 2001 by John Arndt, Summer Sailstice brings together sailors from around the world to celebrate the […]

Hall of Fameer Dawn Riley is never short of ideas, or the energy to execute them. Her latest mission is the Oakcliff Celebration and Collaboration Tour which brings sailors, organizers and funders of all ages and skills within a region […]

A weak southerly breeze straggles across Lake Washington as the last of Seattle’s fall colors cloak the hillsides of the still-leafy Leschi neighborhood. Four local J/70s are gathered for a driving clinic, and the onboard combinations are unusual: all captains […]

This Women’s History Month, US Sailing celebrates trailblazers who are not only excelling in their fields, but are also breaking barriers and advocating for inclusivity. As the CEO of Women Who Sail, former Vice President of the National Women’s Sailing […]

by Joe Kirk, Point of Pittsburgh Sailing League When Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch faced a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, he decided to deliver what he called his Last Lecture. In the lecture, he talked about […]

When three major sailmaking brands were retained by a single ownership group, the sailing world struggled to believe it. No marine industry competes against each other with greater vigor, and now they are attending the same holiday party? This Seahorse […]

A 90-year-old ice windsurfer died March 12 after falling through the ice on Lake Chemung, located 44 miles northwest of Detroit, MI. Witnesses contacted local rescuers that were able to reach the man and keep him above water, but needed […]

After their start on February 24 from Antigua, 14 of the 15 19-footers in the 2025-26 Mini Globe Race successfully completed the 1200nm first leg to Panama. The leg was won by Renaud Stitelmann on Capucinette in 8 days, 18 […]

Long Beach Yacht Club’s Congressional Cup, celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2025, confirmed the ten skippers from seven countries to compete April 30-May 4. Defending champion USA’s Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team will seek a third consecutive win […]

With a new top speed of 51.3 knots, the SP80 boat surpassed the mythical 50-knot barrier as it aims to break the world sailing speed record before the summer of 2025. To achieve this, they must exceed the current 500-meter […]

As a trained fine furniture maker and lifelong sailor, Ben Gray’s search criteria for a restoration project to which he could bring his woodworking skills to bear would seem, on the face of it, entirely practical. “I understand the charm […]

It is remarkable how the standards in the sport have risen, particularly in race management, but not every regatta is a world championship. As Scuttlebutt stated in 2020, the pursuit of perfection has squeezed out many casual competitors, but we […]

by Peter Swanson Ocean Navigator always aimed a bit higher than other boating magazines, targeting what might be described as the semi-professionals among us. It even included a back-page navigation quiz that appealed to celestial navigation practitioners. The March/April issue […]

The 2025 Marion Bermuda Race starts June 20 from Marion, MA, with the 645 nm course finishing at, you guessed it, Bermuda. Dr. Tom Vander Salm, who competed in the Shorthanded Celestial Class for the 2023 biennial edition, recalls the […]

The ground floor of a new coastal home overlooks a large cove on the Rhode Island coast, and when the layout included a theater, the owner had the space designed to mimic the look and feel of a classic yacht […]

Jim Ratcliffe, who funded the past two America’s Cup campaigns for Great Britain, was interviewed by the BBC regarding his many investments in sport. While the topics mostly focused on football, BBC sports editor Dan Roan did seek insight on […]

There is very little about the Shields that is modern and jazzy, but the long lines of this 30-footer from the 1960s are eye-catching. The Class remains active, with the largest USA fleet in Newport, RI having 30+ boats and […]

Held every four years, the 10th Vendée Globe will go down as one of the greatest in the race’s history, featuring more 60-foot IMOCAs on the start line than ever before (40), more finishers than ever before (32), and an […]

Upon buying the United States SailGP Team in November 2023, CEO Mike Buckley noted how there are three pillars they were pursuing: 1. The race to commercial viability 2. The race to change the sport 3. The race around the […]

The 14-event schedule for SailGP arrives in the USA for two stages of Season 5, with it all getting started in Los Angeles on March 15-16. As winter storms hit Southern California this week, here are five things to watch […]

by Andy Schell, SAIL magazine Since I was a kid and for my entire professional sailing career, I took for granted that depth sounders read the water depth. Like, the actual water depth, as measured from the waterline. Obviously this […]

Les Sables d’Olonne, France (March 8, 2025) – Forty skippers started the Vendée Globe 2024-25 on November 10, with the final skipper completing the course today… but not finishing the race. After Charlie Dalin took the title in 64 days, […]

USC Skipper Morgana Manti and her team won the 17th running of The Port of Los Angeles/Cal Maritime Harbor Cup, held March 7-9 in San Pedro, CA. Sailed in Catalina 37s, 8-time victors University of Hawaii finished second while 2-time […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and yacht designer Rolf Vrolijk, co-founder of Judel/Vrolijk, nominated the Alinghi SUI-100. Here’s the report: “SUI-100, which won […]

There are 16 divisions on the entry list for 2025 Charleston Race Week to be held April 11-13 in Charleston, SC. Amid the après-racing with Mount Gay Rum, Regatta Craft Mixers, and Westbrook Beer will be America’s Cup winner and […]

Looking at massive Optimist racing fleets, the sport appears healthy and growing. But when it is associated with significant coaching, home-schooling, and extensive travel, is this how to grow the sport? According to a Facebook post by Lakewood Yacht Club […]

The legal spotlight remains fixed on offshore professional sailor Kevin Escoffier since his alleged sexual assault to a woman during The Ocean Race 2022-23 stopover in Newport, RI. While his 18 month ban by the French Sailing Federation was overturned […]

The international sports league launched its fifth season in November 2024, but a venue shuffle has been needed to retain what was promoted as their most expansive schedule to date. With 14 events revealed in July 2024, the league is […]

While still early for SailGP Season 5, United States driver Taylor Canfield is eager to do well at the fourth event in the Port of Los Angeles on March 15-16. Sitting in 11th of 12 teams on the leaderboard, he’s […]

The venue for the next America’s Cup may not be known until June 2025, but Team New Zealand chief executive Grant Dalton wants to do everything possible to host the next America’s Cup in New Zealand. Dalton said there are […]

Despite being found guilty of election interference in World Sailing, IOC member Ng Ser Miang remains a powerful force in the Olympic federation. With governance reforms in place, has anything really changed, or is sporting politics still business as usual? […]

Ten college teams will compete in the 2025 Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup on March 7-9 in San Pedro, CA. The 17th edition plans for a 10-race regatta held off Pt. Fermin in Catalina 37s. Defending champion Maine Maritime […]

International Women’s Day is on March 8, with the 2025 theme of ‘Accelerate Action’ emphasizing the importance of strategic efforts to promote gender equality. In this report from the Australian Sailing Team (AST), they share their commitment to empowering female […]

by Ronnie Simpson, SAIL magazine “There are some heavy hitters here,” said Ed McCoy, my friend and frequent sailing partner. “Agreed,” I replied. Since arriving about 30 minutes earlier at the backyard barbecue in Falmouth, Maine, just north of Portland, […]

The fifth edition of World Sailing’s global women’s sailing festival, Steering the Course, will reaffirm the federation’s commitment to creating new pathways at all levels of the sport for talented female sailors, coaches, and officials. Two global festivals will be […]

From one who was once skeptical of technology creeping into race starts: There’s an acceptance that the benefits are real. Mike Ingham takes a look at starting systems that are changing the game. Spotting the starting line by eye is […]

The winners have been crowned and the inaugural Foiling Week Pensacola has come to a close after seven days of racing, community events, and social engagements. Inclusive of the largest Waszp North American Championship in US history, the world of […]

San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) announced that registration is now open for the highly anticipated 2025 Yachting Cup, San Diego’s premier spring regatta. Celebrating its 53rd year, the event will take place from May 2 to May 4, 2025 and […]

The University of Barcelona and the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation (FBCN) released the outcome of their exhaustive post event economic impact study which revealed over €1 billion positive economic GDP return that the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup created for […]

Early entry is now open for the 2025 Thistle National Championships taking place in Sandusky, Ohio from August 2nd through August 8th. The Women’s and Junior’s National Championship will occur on August 3rd. Early entry will be available until May […]

Born in Bellano on the shores of Lake Como (Italy) in 1956, Carlo Borlenghi’s path to becoming one of the world’s foremost sailing photographers began with the waters closest to home. He started capturing local regattas, drawn to the movement […]

The Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) announced the publication of the Notice of Race for the 46th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Scheduled to commence on October 18, 2025, this iconic 606-nautical-mile offshore race is now officially open […]

The 2025-26 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is returning to Portsmouth to kick off the next lap of the globe. When the fleet departs in August, the event will be celebrating two milestones, the 25th anniversary of the first […]

by David Dellenbaugh, WindCheck When you’re trying to catch other boats on a windward leg, the good news is that the fleet usually spreads out a lot on beats. If the wind changes very much in direction or velocity, this […]

Christopher Lewis, a grand-prix navigator more accustomed to high-performance machines, revels in the experience of racing a legendary way-back time machine. The warning gun fires, and the prestart dance begins in the Classics fleet at the Rolex Big Boat Series […]

The 2025 Islands Race kicked off the west coast offshore racing season with the 15th annual race from Point Fermin around San Clemente and Catalina Islands to the finish in San Diego off of Point Loma. Thirty-one teams racing in […]

Boris Herrmann’s second Vendée Globe was nothing like his first. In Beyond the Race, Boris opens up like never before. From his fear of heights when climbing the mast to managing loneliness at sea, he dives deep into the mental […]

by Hans Buitelaar, Metstrade Exhilarating sail races with impressive sportsmanship from competitors, like the recent Vendée Globe and the Americas Cup last fall, get increasing attention from the crowds. Organizers and sailors are looking to further upgrade the sport of […]

The 2025 RORC Caribbean 600 marked its 16th edition with a spectacular display of offshore racing prowess, attracting a diverse fleet of 66 boats from 32 countries. The race is renowned for its challenging 600-nautical-mile course around 11 islands and […]

US Sailing’s Sailor Athlete Council (SAC) maintains an avenue for American sailor athletes to voice their opinions, providing a forum and opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the future and direction of our sport. While much of the representation […]

A newcomer to the 2025 Marblehead to Halifax Race is the current Marion Bermuda Race record holder, Rich Moody’s Reichel-Pugh 66 Boudicca. Built in 2006, and previously known as Blue Yankee and Aurora, Moody had been sailing with Aurora’s owner, […]

Team Paradise is a not-for-profit community sailing organization founded in 2005 by Olympic gold medalist Magnus Liljedahl in Miami, FL. From its base at the US Sailing Center, Magnus reminds us that the path for elite sailors begins at the […]

The Notice of Race for the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championship has been published by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), with the mixed crew event using the Sun Fast 30 One Design. Racing will be September 22-October 1 […]

US Sailing has released the athlete selection procedures for the 2025 World Sailing Youth Match Racing World Championship, set to take place from July 21-27 in Gdynia, Poland. A committee will oversee the selection process, with the US Sailing Match […]

by Butch Ulmer, UK Sailmakers A different way to start a distance race is needed because distance racing is a completely different breed of cat than the average 8-10 mile around the buoys day race. Tactics are everything in a […]

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and RORC Commodore Deb Fish nominated The Myth of Malham. Here’s the report: “Nothing beats the elegance of […]

Matthew Sheahan with PlanetSail reports on the 2025 RORC Caribbean 600. Event information – Race details – Results – Tracker THE RORC CARIBBEAN 600 SERIES: • The 16th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 started from Antigua on February 24, […]

In recognition of Black History Month, US Sailing sat down with Tristan Loescher, Adult Program Director at Columbia Sailing School (Chicago, IL), to discuss his unconventional journey into sailing, the power of ‘stoke transfer,’ and his efforts to make the […]

Antigua (February 27, 2025) – The Volvo 70 Tschüss 2 (USA), owned by Christian Zugel and co-skippered by Johnny Mordaunt, has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 2025 RORC Caribbean 600. Competing in the IRC Super Zero Division, […]

The 98th Bacardi Cup and 2025 Bacardi Invitational Regatta (BCIR), taking place from March 3-8, will set a new benchmark with a record-breaking entry list among the six fleets in Miami, FL. Building on the record-breaking success last year, the […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The annual Big Boat Series held on San Francisco Bay is annually teased for not having big boats. It did in the 1970s and 80s with IOR maxis such as Kialoa, Windward Passage, Boomerang, […]

The 2026 Melges 24 World Championship will be hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI. The championship is scheduled for October, a month known for favorable sailing conditions, including warm water temperatures on Lake Michigan, ample daylight, […]

When the Summer Olympics were last held in Los Angeles, the Sailing venue for the 1984 Games was Long Beach, CA. The consistent westerly winds have since been host to countless championships, and it was assumed the Sailing Program for […]

Having never gotten into a launched liferaft is either a sign of good fortune or no training. George Day looks back at the history of Safety at Sea Seminars for the Cruising Compass: Almost 40 years ago, US Sailing adopted […]

With less than 100 days to go until the start of the 2025 Atlantic season, the National Hurricane Center is working to finish up its reports of the devastating and deadly 2024 season. In a triumph for research and forecast […]

The International J/70 Class Association has selected Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) to host the 2027 J/70 World Championship. Racing will be held during the peak fall season on the Chesapeake Bay of October 23-30. “We are thrilled to welcome our […]

The 2025 GL52 Southern Series has been organized for six teams with events on March 20-23 and April 10-13 in Pensacola, FL. The GL52 fleet, which was organized to initiate TP52 racing in the Great Lakes, will compete in similarly […]