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Following a grueling selection process, the eleven professional skippers who, with over a million miles of experience between them, will be leading teams in the 2019-20 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race are presented. The newly appointed Clipper Race Skippers, […]

(March 27, 2019) – The Extreme Sailing Series™ stormed onto the professional sailing scene in 2007, and since then has changed how fans, sponsors and media engage with sailing. On the water, on shore, online or on TV, its pioneering […]

The international photographic award dedicated to competitive sailing celebrates its tenth edition in 2019, an anniversary that attests the success of this unique event. The winners will be announced in public at the 2019 Yacht Racing Forum on November 25-26 […]

The Royal BVI Yacht Club will host the 2019 BVI Dinghy Championships Regatta at Nanny Cay May 17-19, 2019. Racing is open in the following classes: Optimist, Optimist Green, Laser Standard, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7 and RSFeva. Registration is now […]

(March 27, 2019) – The Star Sailors League (SSL) Gold Cup was announced last November as an innovative event on the international sailing scene that will crown the best sailing nation, just like the football World Cup crowns the best […]

(March 27, 2019) – With the GC32 flying catamaran racing circuits this year amalgamated on the GC32 Racing Tour, 10 teams, including the GC32 teams from the Extreme Sailing Series, are expected to compete on this season’s five event circuit […]

Chris Klevan provides this week’s update from the seven conferences of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Brown University won the Duplin Women’s Team Race at Tufts University in Larks on Mystic Lake. Like most New England regattas, the Duplin was […]

In 90 days the fleet of 20-plus yachts is scheduled to depart from Newport, R.I., and head eastwards across “the Pond” in the Transatlantic Race 2019. The reasons for competing are unique to each sailor, but often range from a […]

The 2019 Caribbean sailing season is well underway with events already held in Barbados, Grenada, St Maarten, St Croix, St Barths, and US Virgin Islands. The focus now shifts to British Virgin Islands for its Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival […]

The 50th edition of the 2225 nm Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu will award a new team scoring title which will be called the Storm Trysail Club Trophy. This new trophy is designed to promote camaraderie among offshore […]

Bristol, RI (March 26, 2019) – Kilroy Realty Corporation (Kilroy Realty), an industry-leading commercial real estate company, has partnered with US Sailing as a primary sponsor of the US Sailing Team. Kilroy Realty will support the US Sailing Team at […]

by Lea Maxwell, thriveglobal.com When I signed up for sailing school at the age of 43, I had never been on a sailboat. I agreed to do it because the boy I was dating wanted me to. Typical. But I […]

World Sailing has confirmed that the L30, a 30-foot one design keelboat, has been selected as the supplied equipment for World Sailing’s inaugural Offshore World Championship to be held October 2020 in Valletta, Malta. The L30 is a light, modern […]

Aspirations to increase the popularity of sailing through the wider reach of broadcast television suffered a setback with this announcement from two-time Olympic gold medalist Shirley Robertson: The CNN Mainsail segment has been a part of CNN’s sporting line-up for […]

We are fans of the wall calendar, and the start of each month welcomes new imagery from our J/Boats, Onne van der Wal, and Sharon Green calendars. Here Sharon shares the behind-the-scenes story from March of her 2019 Ultimate Sailing […]

St Thomas, USVI (March 24, 2019) – Clouds and a couple of squalls sent windy curve balls across the courses set for the 50-plus boats racing in the 46th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). “We had light air and heavier […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Nobody could have anticipated the explosive growth of the J/70 Class. What was deemed a dumbed-down sprit boat was in fact what the market wanted, which was a boat with decent performance that could be mastered […]

San Francisco, CA (March 24, 2019) – Jack Sutter and Charlotte Versavel bested the fleet of seven competitors to win the second and final stage of the Nacra 15 US Qualifier for the the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships on […]

The America’s Landsailing Cup, the premier landsailing event in the USA, is being held March 24 to 29 on Ivanpah Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, CA. Classes to be contested are Mini Skeeters, Manta Single, […]

The Dutch America’s Cup challenge DutchSail has resorted to crowdfunding for their campaign, seeking contributions of €100 per month for the next two years to get them to the start line for Auckland 2021. Skipper and syndicate CEO Simeon Tienpont […]

by Karen Price, USOC When Anna Tobias announced her retirement from Olympic-level sailing in 2014, the passion for competing at the highest level was gone. Now, 11 years after winning a gold medal in her Olympic debut, Tobias (née Tunnicliffe) […]

The UK-based Maverick is the Swiss-army knife of boating: Paddle, Stand-Up Sailing, Sail, or Windsurf. We like the cozy inflatable seats for when you’re tired of standing. Here it is on Lake Garda, Italy. Video published on Mar 24, 2019.

Coronado, CA (March 23, 2019) – The second day for the 29er Midwinter West Championship saw South San Diego Bay back to its normal self in many ways. Instead of the 2-6 degree oscillations of Day 1, the breeze today […]

St Thomas, USVI (March 23, 2019) – Among the 50-plus boats racing on the second day of the 46th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR), some stretched their class leads while others overtook fellow class competitors to jump into the lead. […]

Long Beach, CA (March 23, 2019) – An eclectic and international mix of skippers met off the Belmont Pier today for the first afternoon of Long Beach Yacht Club’s double round-robin Butler Cup match racing event. gr Of the eight […]

If you went up to someone random on the street and asked them what they thought Australia’s top five most successful sports were, they would not mention sailing. If you went up to someone random on the street and asked […]

It’s not big wave windsurfing but messing around on the bumps is pretty cool too. Video by Guy Trudeau published on Mar 23, 2019. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

Coronado, CA (March 22, 2019) – The opening day for the 29er Midwinter West Championship completed four races with winds of 10-15 knots from 250 degrees slow drift to 270 as the day went on. It was definitely not the […]

St Thomas, USVI (March 22, 2019) – Caribbean perfect sailing conditions spelled a great day of racing for the 50-plus boats competing in the first day of the 46th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). Warm trade winds blew an average […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt When the FBI and federal prosecutors uncovered a massive bribery scheme to get students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes and help them cheat on college entrance exams to gain admission, it revealed the extent […]

From March 11-15, 2019, the D-Zero, Laser, Melges 14 and RS Aero were put through their paces at Sea Trials for the Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy Equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. World Sailing launched a […]

The MudRatz youth program continues to go from strength to strength in exposing young people to the sport of sailing, and while their foundation is in the Optimist and Club 420, it is their commitment to diverse ideas and opportunities […]

(March 21, 2019) – With only the HH55 Ticket to Ride still racing, the results for the 800nm Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race are firm as John Raymont’s Andrews 40 Fast Exit posted the best corrected […]

The America’s Cup was held in Newport, RI 12 times from 1930 to 1983, with the 12 Metre as the selected class for nine of those times, from 1958 to 1983. When the 12 Metre World Championship comes to Newport […]

(March 21, 2019; Day 264) – American Hungarian solo yachtsman Istvan Kopar reached the finish line at 13:58 UTC today to take 4th place in the 2018 Golden Globe Race at Les Sables d’Olonne, France. “This is the happiest day […]

Sixteen teams started the 2019 St. Petersburg to Habana Race on March 18 with Guy Williams’ Esse 990 Fresh Pineapple claiming Line Honors on the 278 nm course with a time of 1:08:43:19. With strong breeze and big waves from […]

A record 86 O’pen BIC sailors hailing from Hawaii to Bermuda to Germany competed in the 2019 O’pen BIC North Americans on March 15-17 in San Diego, CA. This was quite a showing, considering the O’pen BIC class only started […]

St Thomas, USVI (March 21, 2019) – Eleven boats competed in the 4th Round the Rocks Race, a scenic and competitive course featuring a circumnavigation of the 19-square-mile neighboring island of St. John. As the precursor for the 46th St. […]

Australian Sailing has appointed Ben Houston (above) as Chief Executive Officer. As current President of Commonwealth Games Australia and as a past President of Triathlon Australia with over a decade as Supervising Counsel at Telstra, Houston is a widely respected […]

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has confirmed the eleven professional skippers who will lead the teams in its twelfth edition this summer. The Skippers, who have a combined total of 1,312,300nm in their log books, hail from the […]

(March 20, 2019) – Tom Barker’s Swan 60 Good Call (above) was the first to cross the finish today in the 800nm Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race as Cal Maritime’s Andrews 77 and David Happ’s Andrews […]

Hamilton, Bermuda (March 20, 2019) – The addition of four of the world’s top match racers, including Women’s World No. 1 Pauline Courtois of France, heightens the field for the 2019 Argo Group Gold Cup match race regatta. Courtois and […]

London, UK (March 20, 2019) – The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), under new ownership since January 1, has announced an extension to the 2018 season in order to complete the World Championship following its sale by Aston Harald in […]

The most impressive collection of offshore racing hardware from across the globe is set to gather off Cowes for the start of the biennial 605 nm Rolex Fastnet Race on August 3. Following the 340 available places in the IRC […]

Once a month, a bunch of America’s Cup sailors, ocean racers, and former Olympic medalists gather alongside some young and others not so young at a New Zealand lake on Auckland’s North Shore. It’s a group that has grown in […]

When the ice is no longer sailable. A different kind of iceboat experience on Lake Kegonsa in Wisconsin on March 19, 2019. Photo courtesy of Deb Whitehorse at iceboat.org. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

Chris Klevan provides this week’s update from the seven conferences of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). The Graham Hall is the largest team race on the College Sailing spring schedule. Showcasing 16 teams, this year’s edition ended with 122 races […]

We are in annual awe of the iceboating community as they balance passion, patience, and persistence to pursue their love of hardwater sailing. In this report by John Hayashi, he details how it all came together at last. No one […]

(March 19, 2019) – Attrition continues in the 800nm Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race as Tom Holthus’ Pac52 BadPak and John Sangmeister’s SC70 OEX have retired. That leaves 25 of the 30 entrants continuing to the […]

by Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune I was shocked to read that Stanford University had fired head varsity sailing coach John Vandemoer in the wake of a federal investigation into shady college admissions practices nationwide. Authorities allege that Vandemoer accepted more […]

Sailing is male dominated for no other reason than history, and while the sport does require strength, the hurdles for women toward participation tend to be more cultural. Change requires opportunity which can be found at the U.S. Junior Women’s […]

Miami, FL (March 19, 2019) – The final day of the 61st Annual Lightning Miami Midwinter Regatta failed to complete any racing for the 30 teams, so the results stand with Chileans Felipe Robles and his crew of Andres Guevara […]

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(March 18, 2019) – The early starters continue to benefit from better winds in the 800nm Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race, with the slow pace for the bigger boats proving to be too slow for Manouch […]

Miami, FL (March 18, 2019) – After suffering through a lack of wind yesterday, the 61st Annual Lightning Miami Midwinter Regatta collected four races today for the 30 teams. The Chileans dominated the day as Felipe Robles and his crew […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt I don’t know how long I’ve been banging this drum, but the fact remains that our sport has evolved to the point where it has become less attractive for some recreational racers. While perfectly aligned windward-leeward […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Imagine 50 yard line seats at the Super Bowl. Floor seats at an NBA Championship, or behind the dugout at the World Series! Too unobtainable? How about front-row seats at one of the world’s top yacht […]

The third edition of the Mirabaud Sailing Video Award will once again celebrate the best sailing videos produced each year across the world and their authors. Building on the lessons learned from the first two editions, the competition continues to […]

(March 18, 2019; Day 261) – American/Hungarian Istvan Kopar and his Tradewind 35 yacht Puffin was within 250 miles of the Golden Globe Race finish line and expected to reach Les Sables d’Olonne around 09:00 UTC on March 21. Kopar […]

Eighty-six sailors competed in the O’pen BIC North Americans on March 15-17 in San Diego, CA. Thirteen races were held on Mission Bay, with Kelly Holthus (USA) taking the title by six points over Genevieve Lau (BER) with Shane Tillson […]

Glamour weather prevailed for the 2019 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta San Diego on March 15-17 in San Diego, CA. Fourteen divisions hosted 123 teams, with racing inside San Diego and Coronado Bay and offshore on ocean courses. After each event […]

Fort Walton Beach, FL (March 17, 2019) – Three J/22 World Champions joined forces at the J/22 Midwinter Championship this year, and they didn’t need much luck of the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day to take home the title. On […]

Twenty-eight teams were among the three staggered start dates on March 14 to 16 for the Newport Beach To Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race. Two retirees, the Multi 70 Maserati and the Farr 57 Ho’okolohe, opted to not start […]

Miami, FL (March 17, 2019) – The 61st Annual Lightning Miami Midwinter Regatta got underway today, but a lack of wind keeps all 43 teams even on points. As the first event of the 2-stage Lightning Southern Circuit, the schedule […]

At the 2019 National Sailing Program Symposium (NSPS), youth sailors Will Levy, Mallory Edwards, and Sydney Monahan, ages 16, 17, and 18 respectively, led the panel discussion titled “Ask Kids What They Want” in Jacksonville, Florida. With a room full […]

New York Yacht Club has been absent from the America’s Cup since the 2003 edition in Auckland, New Zealand. But now with the launch of their American Magic team, they are returning in 2021 to the event and the venue […]

Not every wave is a smooth ride as seen by this collection of wipeouts at Ponta Preta during GKA Cabo Verde 2019. Video published on Mar 17, 2019. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

Sixty-one boats competed in the 2019 MC Scow Midwinter Championship held March 14-16 in Eustis, FL. Bill Draheim mastered the fleet, winning two of the five races to take the title by eight points over William Demand in second with […]

Fort Walton Beach, FL (March 16, 2019) – A shifty weather pattern following a cold front challenged the 30 J/22s on the middle day of the J/22 Midwinter Championship, but Mike Marshall’s Bad News (above) flourished in the conditions, posting […]

San Diego, CA (March 16, 2019) – Racing continued on the second day of the 2019 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta San Diego (March 15-17). With the addition of one-design keelboat fleets on the ocean course, there was plenty of action […]

The Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy Sea Trials, intended to help select the equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition, recruited 11 sailors to review the boats March 11 to 15 in Valencia, Spain. The nominated sailors have […]

San Diego, CA (March 15, 2019) – There was plenty to play for on the first day of the 2019 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta San Diego (March 15-17). Today’s action was focused on the regatta’s Coronado Bay course with four […]

How the PWA Freestyle World Tour Shapes Up for 2019 With Fleet Reduced to Top 32 Sailors For 2019 the Men’s PWA Freestyle World Tour will be reduced to just the top 32 sailors from the prior 48-man fleet, which […]

St. Maarten (March 1, 2019) – Amazing, best day ever, champagne sailing, and wow, just wow, what a day – just some of the words used to describe today’s Round the Island Race at the 2019 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. […]

Sail Canada presented the 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award to David Everett, Julian Hatherell, and Carole Presseault. David Everett, Julian Hatherell and Carole Presseault have dedicated years of service to Sail Canada. 2018 marked their retirement from the Sail […]

Tampa, FL (March 1, 2019) – Twenty-nine teams waited at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL for the sea breeze to start the 2019 J/24 Midwinter Championship. Just after lunch, the winds roused to around 6 knots and then […]

Registration is now open for US Sailing’s premier junior women’s sailing events: the 2019 U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship and U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship. The U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship is an open event open that includes two days […]

Miami, FL (March 1, 2019) – Ninety-two years of history is a record that not many sports competitions can match. With the number of teams and the unparalleled talent on the water increasing each year, the Bacardi Cup Regatta is […]

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) announced the 2018 recipients of the international organization’s most prestigious awards, including Bruce Halabisky and Tiffany Loney of Orcas Island, Wash., Stan Honey of Palo Alto, Calif., and Ellen and Seth Leonard of Laupahoehoe, […]

The US Sailing’s 2018 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards Ceremony was held at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA, on February 28, 2019. The honorees were Jud Smith (Yachtsman) and Carmen and Emma Cowles (Yachtswomen). […]

St. Maarten (February 28, 2019) – With near perfect conditions, the start of the 39th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta saw the fleet streaming out through the bridge in time for the race starts. Boats set their sails as they headed […]

This week’s “World on Water” global sailing news show produced by www.boatson.tv. In this week’s “WoW TV”: • Giovanni Soldini’s MASERATI wins the MOD 70 race around the Caribbean, but not by much. • Argo and Maserati Multi 70 were […]

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St. Petersburg, FL (February 28, 2019) – The fourth day of the 2019 Thistle Midwinters East ended with just one race completed today. The race committee tried to get a race going this morning, but it didn’t happen. The fleet […]

US Sailing’s 2018 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year – Jud Smith Video Published on February 28, 2019 Source: sailingscuttlebutt

US Sailing’s 2018 Rolex Yachtswomen of the Year – Carmen & Emma Cowles Video published on February 28, 2019. Source: sailingscuttlebutt

It’s Miami, it’s Biscayne Bay and it’s the Star Class. A big fleet of Star boats is racing on the blue ocean waters with 10 knots of breeze. It doesn’t get much better than this and it is easy to […]

Watsonville, CA (February 28, 2019) – On Friday, March 1, West Marine will begin accepting applications for its 2019 BlueFuture grants. The spring 2019 grant cycle will run through Sunday, March 31, with the names of grant recipients to be […]

In 2018, Sarah Douglas put the Radial fleet on notice. Over the year she has consistently put up top 10 international results including a 2nd place finish at the Laser North American Championships and a 3rd overall finish at the […]

Kingston, ONT (February 28, 2019) – Sail Canada presented the Recreational Event of the Year award to Championnat Régional de Yachting de Québec. Since 2005, many volunteers gather every year to put on the Championnat Régional de Yachting de Québec. […]

By Mark Pillsbury, Cruising World In 2018, the Leukemia Cup Regattas raised $4.3 million for blood cancer research. At Cruising World, we hear all sorts of reasons why people go sailing, but I think I like Tracy Howard’s the best. […]

Newport, RI (February 28, 2019) – The C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta, being held June 18-23 at Sail Newport in Fort Adams State Park, announced that the 2019 Clagett will include the Martin 16 class, a single […]

The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta will celebrate its 39th anniversary and takes place from February 28 – March 3, 2019. This Regatta is the largest warm water Regatta in the world and offers a great combination of challenging races and […]

The Offshore Racing Association, which administers the Offshore Rating Rule for the Bermuda races from Marion (MA) and Newport (RI), has launched a 2019 research study called “The ORA H-Zero Handicap Analysis” to enhance handicapping methodologies for future Bermuda and […]

Most issues related to participation are connected to investment. The more someone must give in time and money will reduce the number of people willing to give. Racing is the drug that feeds the addict, but if the format is […]

With the distinct possibility that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic will be the final Games for the Finn boat to be used in the competition, 27 year old Tom Ramshaw (CAN) is leaving nothing to chance. After finishing 21st at Rio […]

Bristol, RI (February 27, 2019) – US Sailing has created the US Sailing Team Squad and released the 2019 roster in an effort to support potential US Sailing Team (USST) athletes. By identifying athletes as Squad members, US Sailing will […]

The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) specify the parameters for fair play on the race course, providing the protocol for how boats must react to each other while in competition. But what about before competition? A recent incident has highlighted […]