Umut Dinçer Archive

Nassau, Bahamas (December 7, 2019) – After four days of Qualification racing, the top ten advanced to the knockout stage of the Star Sailor’s League Finals, the event that seeks to determine the ‘stars of the sailing world’ and award […]

(December 7, 2019; Day 20) – The Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race fleet is facing a mixed bag of conditions as they push forwards in the marathon to Fremantle. The competition is hotting up for the front-runners, who […]

Nassau, Bahamas (December 6, 2019) – After four days of Qualification racing, the first major cull took place today at the Star Sailor’s League Finals, the event that seeks to determine the ‘stars of the sailing world’ and award the […]

Delphine Cousin Questel On Becoming a 5-Time World Champion After Winning Both The 2019 Foil & Slalom World Titles Delphine Cousin Questel (Starboard / S2Maui) successfully defended her slalom world crown in 2019 after a tense final event battle with […]

In anticipation of the new Mixed Two-Person Offshore Keelboat event that will be on the program at the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition, the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Miami is partnering with the Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race […]

(December 6, 2019; Day 32) – The end of the 14,000nm Brest Atlantiques is in sight, with MACIF expected to arrive early tomorrow morning, followed closely behind by Actual Leader. Less than 3 days after Maxi Edmond de Rothschild crossed […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News David Branigan reported in The Irish Times about an initiative in Ireland focused on transitioning young sailors into life sailors. The issues described are familiar to what is seen on this side of the […]

Auckland, New Zealand (December 6, 2019) – With qualifying complete yesterday, the fourth day of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships saw the race for the title and Olympic qualification beginning to take shape. With the […]

This week’s “World on Water” global sailing news show produced by www.boatson.tv. In this week’s “WoW TV”: • Gitana 17 Edmund de Rothschild wins the Brest Atlantiques Race. Charles Caudrelier talks after finishing. • Day 2 of the Star Sailor’s […]

When French skipper Yann Guichard was forced to abandon his attempt to win the Jules Verne Trophy, after just one day, he reported trouble with the steering, and felt it was not safe to proceed with the timed race around […]

Nassau, Bahamas (December 5, 2019) – A lighter 6-12 knot day on Montagu Bay brought a fresh set of winners among the 23 competing teams on day three of the Star Sailor’s League Finals, the event determining 2019’s ‘stars of […]

Julien Bru Documents Sarah-Quita Offringa’s Run To The 2019 Women’s PWA Wave World Title Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) became the first woman in over decades to prise the Women’s PWA Wave World Title away from […]

Maaike Huvermann Off The Water For at Least 6 Weeks After Having An Operation For A Torn Ligament Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) enjoyed another excellent season on the world tour with the 22-year-old becoming the […]

Ricardo Campello Joins Naish in First Big Transfer of the Close Season For the last couple of years – Ricardo Campello (Naish / Naish Sails) – has been without a sail sponsor, but that has all changed for 2020 with […]

ules Denel Revelling in the Magic Lines of Cape Verde After the completion of the 2019 PWA Wave World Tour – Jules Denel (JP / NeilPryde) – headed for Cape Verde to score more world class waves after competing at […]

World Sailing President Kim Andersen delivers his monthly newsletter to share the activities from the world governing body for the sport of sailing. Following the 2019 World Sailing Annual Conference in Bermuda in November, our main focus has been to […]

METSTRADE is the world’s largest trade exhibition for the international marine leisure industry, held annually in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It’s not a boat show…this is a B2B bonanza which is a who’s who of what’s what. Because it’s a marine event, […]

The World Sailing Speed Record Council has ratified a new World Record for the 8100 nm route from Port Louis (Lorient) to Port Louis (Mauritius). Now holding the fastest solo time is Francis Joyon (FRA) on the 31.5 trimaran IDEC […]

For athletes, the climb to compete in the Olympic Games. For race officials, the journey is equally as arduous. As nations determine who will represent at Tokyo 2020, World Sailing has released the names of the appointees that will be […]

(December 2, 2019) – This is round the world record season, as departures now from the northern hemisphere ensure transit through the southern latitudes during its summer season, which in relative terms, is the kindler-gentler time of year. However, in […]

(December 1, 2019; Day 9) – Whilst all of the competing yachts are south of the rhumb line in the 3,000nm RORC Transatlantic Race, there is over 900nm of latitudinal separation in the fleet. Jangada is furthest north and Childhood […]

(December 1, 2019; Day 27) – While Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is now on track to finish in three days, the battle for second place among the Ultim 32/23 Class trimarans in the 14,000nm Brest Atlantiques is well and truly […]

(December 1, 2019; Day 14) – After two weeks at sea Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam has retaken the lead from close rival Qingdao in Race 4 of the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race. Eighteen nautical mile separates […]

When the Protocol for the 36th America’s Cup was released on September 2017, it stated how the precedent of preliminary America’s Cup World Series regattas would lead toward the America’s Cup Match in March 2021. But the plan for possibly […]

(November 30, 2019; Day 26) – With less than 2000 miles to go before the finish of 14,000nm Brest Atlantiques, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild (Franck Cammas/Charles Caudrelier) is now racing against the clock to reach the Azores as quickly as […]

(November 30, 2019; Day 13) – Lighter winds and sunshine greeted the teams towards the front of the pack in Race 4 of the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race. It is time to be sprinting as the teams […]

As Sailing is limited to ten events in the Olympic Games, the debate is how these events can best serve the sport. They each offer an opportunity to promote sailing and provide a mountain to climb, and with significant diversity […]

As much freedom that sailing offers, we remain thankful there exists a community for support. This story could have been much different but demonstrates how the machine works when needed. Ocean City, New Jersey (November 29, 2019) – The Coast […]

(November 29, 2019; Day 25) – At 10:02am today, Actual Leader crossed the equator, which means that all three Ultim 32/23 Class trimarans racing in the 14,000nm Brest Atlantiques are now sailing in the Northern Hemisphere, with Maxi Edmond de […]

(November 29, 2019; Day 12) – As the distance between first placed Qingdao and second Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam narrows in Race 4 of the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race, Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam Skipper Josh […]

British America’s Cup challenger INEOS TEAM UK is currently testing their first AC75 ‘Britannia’ from their base in Old Portsmouth, UK. Team CEO Grant Simmer, who has competed in eleven Cups and won it four times in various roles, offers […]

Sydney, Australia (November 28, 2019) – Two semi-finalists have been decided on Day 3 of the Musto International Youth Match Racing Regatta as Matthew Whitfield (GBR) delivered a knockout blow to defending champion Frankie Dair (USA) in today’s Quarter-Finals, scoring […]

The Melges IC37 Class 2019-20 Winter Series got underway on November 22-24 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. As the first class competition beyond Rhode Island, five teams competed in the 8-race series that was won by Bill Ruh’s Pacific Yankee. The […]

The log canoe is the type of racing boat you’d see in the islands, born from a history of fishing and now used to embrace sport. Add hiking racks, and a mass of humanity riding them, these hollowed out tree […]

Eleven teams vied for the third annual J/70 US Youth National Championship, held November 22-24 in St. Petersburg, FL. The 11-race series was dominated by the teams of San Francisco Yacht Club/Annapolis Yacht Club, led by James Golden, and Cal […]

(November 24, 2019) – After the 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race got underway yesterday from the Canary Islands, Swedish VO65 Childhood 1 skippered by Bouwe Bekking is firmly in front having raced 251nm in the first 24 hours. The fleet is […]

Since its launch in 2011, the National Hall of Fame has enshrined 81 heroes of the sport, with its induction ceremonies offering an opportunity to witness these outstanding individuals. The Class of 2019 was the ninth such occasion, with Robbie […]

Cape Town, South Africa (November 17, 2019) – The highly-anticipated 4,750 nautical mile southern stage of Clipper 2019-20 Race started today for the eleven strong fleet of identical 70-ft racing yachts, with their 4750nm course taking around 25 days to […]

Palma, Spain (November 17, 2019) – It was supposed to be a heavyweight bout between Chris Bake’s Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika at 44Cup Palma, the final event of the 2019 44Cup season. These two, among the oldest, […]

(November 17, 2019; Day 13) – While leading the 14,000nm Brest Atlantiques, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild slowed down marginally last night but has regained speed today to further increasing their margin on the maxi trimarans MACIF, Sodebo Ultim 3, and […]

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I was at a dinner party recently when asked for an America’s Cup update. I stumbled through a response, feeling like the information failed to tantalize, but truth is there is not much tangible […]

The 11 teams set off on October 23 for the second leg of the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race, referred to as Race 3: Spinlock South Atlantic Showdown, which took the fleet 3555nm from Punta del Este, Uruguay […]

Captiva Island, FL (November 16, 2019) – The Hobie 16 Open World Championships concluded today when racing was abandoned due to high winds combined with an unsafe sea state. The race committee postponed in the morning and held the fleet […]

(November 16, 2019; Day 12) – Having emerged unscathed from the past 24 hours of very strong winds and particularly rough head on seas, the four Ultim 32/23 Class trimarans in the 14,000nm Brest Atlantiques continue their crossing of the […]

Palma, Spain (November 16, 2019) – If Charisma and Aleph were the stand-out teams yesterday, today, the penultimate day of the 44Cup Palma, belonged to Igor Lah’s Team CEEREF. In a return to their 2016-17 season-winning form, the Slovenian team […]

The Nassau Cup Ocean Race got the 2019-2020 Islands in the Stream Series underway on November 14 with 19 entrants in the 78th edition of this race from Miami to Nassau. Tim Tucker and his C&C 115 Rockstar was the […]

Tom Whidden and Joop Slooff caught up recently in Flensburg, Germany, possibly reminiscing about the 1983 America’s Cup which saw the New York Yacht Club fail to win after having successfully defended the cup over a period of 132 years. […]

Captiva Island, FL (November 15, 2019) – It was wet and wild for day 5 of the Hobie 16 Open World Championship as early morning storms generated a very large and confused sea state. The wind was up and down […]

(November 15, 2019; Leg 2; Day 14) – At 16:31 UTC today, Ambrogio Beccaria took the second leg win in the Mini 6.50 production boat category of the Mini-Transat, completing the 2700 nm Atlantic crossing from Las Palmas de Gran […]

America’s Cup Challenger of Record Luna Rossa provides a sneak preview of their AC75 which will be host to the teams in the gulf of Cagliari for the America’s Cup World Series races in April 2020. Video published Nov 15, […]

The 2019-2020 Islands in the Stream Series got underway today with the Nassau Cup Ocean Race, the first of four events that extend from November to March in South Florida. The 78th edition of this race from Miami to Nassau […]

(November 14, 2019; Leg 2; Day 13) – At 17:00 UTC today, François Jambou won the second leg of the Mini Transat in the Mini 6.50 prototype category, finishing the 2700 nm Atlantic crossing from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria […]