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Peter Burling reveals his secrets

Sunday
May 09
2021
Posted by XS Editor

Peter Burling, who alongside Blair Tuke will compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as the defending gold medalists in the Men’s Skiff event, has been some kind of wonder kid for New Zealand. Burling sailed his first world championship at 11, and became the youngest New Zealander to sail in the Olympics at 17, finishing 11th in the 470 class at the 2008 Olympics. Shifting to the 49er, he claimed silver in London 2012 and gold in Rio 2016.

At 26, he became the youngest helmsman to win the America’s Cup, repeating victory at age 30 in the 36th edition. But now with the celebration in Auckland subsided, he’s back to the grind, playing catch-up to regain his Olympic form.

In this interview with Robb Report, Burling reveals some of his secrets:

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Kiwis well placed after first day of Finn Gold Cup

Sunday
May 09
2021
Posted by XS Editor

Andy Maloney and Josh Junior aren’t getting carried away after making impressive starts to their Finn Gold Cup campaigns in Porto overnight (NZ time)…

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Original Fastnet Course record smashed again

Sunday
May 09
2021
Posted by XS Editor

The Maserati Multi 70 skippered by Giovanni Soldini has conquered the 595 mile Original Fastnet Course record with a time of 23 hours, 51 minutes and 16 seconds…

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New York YC Submits Challenge for 37th America’s Cup in 2024

Sunday
May 09
2021
Posted by deleteme

The New York Yacht Club has submitted a Challenge for the 37th America’s Cup to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland, New Zealand, along with an Evolutionary Draft Protocol…

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J-28 Cruisers needed…

Sunday
May 09
2021
Posted by deleteme
Just starting to gather owners of the 71 J28 built by J Boats between 1986-1988. If you have one of these boats please contact me. Start building J28Owners.org to support the history and documentation of this amazing Cruiser…

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470 Europeans: Kiwis win Open Mens title

Friday
May 07
2021
Posted by XS Editor

The New Zealand Mens 470 crew of Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox have won the Open European Mens 470 Championship, being sailed in Vilamoura, Portugal…

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Looking for Tag Along from Chesapeake to Block Island (or thereabouts) June/July

Friday
May 07
2021
Posted by deleteme
Thinking of cruising with my twin 8year olds from Chesapeake Bay (Choptank Area) to L.I. Sound /Block Island. Kids have been sailing since 8 months and we did several long bay trips the last two summers. I have not done this journey before and wish to do it with another boat or two, preferably with another family or two that has kids. Our schedule is flexible, but I am thinking of leaving after their sailing camp sometime during week of 28 June 2021. No real rush on trip and would like to…Looking for Tag Along from Chesapeake to Block Island (or thereabouts) June/July

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470 European Championship – Medal Races

Friday
May 07
2021
Posted by deleteme

Medal Race day of the 470 European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal…

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sign up!

Friday
May 07
2021
Posted by deleteme

Want to go Skiff racing?

We have received a few excellent responses to the call out for experienced skiff sailors to crew on an 18 Footer as a bowman or sheethand next season.  If you are keen and able, or if you have a team and want to get involved in racing 18’s next season, drop a note to sailing@18footers.com to find out more.

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Gladwell’s Line: Pressing ignition on pro-sailing

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by XS Editor

The sail racing world is spluttering back into life after over 12 months of being hostage to the COVID pandemic – here’s a look at how SailGP and the America’s Cup coped, plus the 2024 Olympic event quandary…

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Unfold Boat, Go Sailing

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by deleteme

Even though it's portable, the Reverso Air doesn't lack in performance.

Even though it’s portable, the Reverso Air doesn’t lack in performance. (Courtesy Reverso/)

Do you have big sailing dreams but not a lot of room for a boat? Check out the Reverso Air, a 12-foot sailing dinghy that can be disassembled into four pieces that will fit in the trunk of a car. A company release includes a video of two people fitting and latching the hull pieces together and assembling the mast and single sail in under two minutes. The Reverso Air breaks down into four pieces and can fit in the trunk of a car. (Courtesy Reverso/)

The four hull sections range in weight from roughly 4 to 35 pounds. Sections of the rigid hull are made from vacuum infused fiberglass with a foam core; the mast is carbon fiber. Carrying weight is up to two adults or roughly 350 pounds. The boat comes in four models, with pricing, delivered to the US, starting at just under $13,000.

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Australia’s first Figaro Beneteau 3 makes debut

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by XS Editor

After a month of setup and tuning, the first Figaro Beneteau 3 (FB3) in Australia, sold by our dealer in the country, Flagstaff Marine, successfully launched to water with her happy owner onboard…

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UK Double Handed Offshore Series race 1

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by XS Editor

This is a new series for doublehanded offshore boats founded by Henry Bomby whose career includes four Solitaire du Figaro campaigns. The objective is to cherry pick the best Offshore Races each year and combine them into one season long series…

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O’Day 16 Day Sailer–selling–price?

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by deleteme
Just curious if anybody knows what I could get for my sailboat. I purchased a waterfront home on a river and never use it anymore. Below is a list of what I have done to it within the last 3 years and it’s ready to go and needs nothing. I will be posting it soon but not sure on a price.Both new sails (main and jib) with all new mast glides
New axles and tires with spare
New tongue jack
Trolling motor with mount–to get away from shore and/or docks before setting sails
All new riggings…

O’Day 16 Day Sailer–selling–price?

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Baja Ha-Ha XXVII Opens For Registration at Noon on May 6th

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by deleteme

Profligate

Grand Poobah, Richard Spindler, wrote to announce the opening of the 2021 Baja Ha-Ha:

Why sign-up right away? The earlier you sign up, the higher you are on the list to get a berth in Cabo San Lucas at the end of the Ha-Ha.It may not seem like a big deal now, but for a lot of folks getting a berth after nine days ‘out there’ is an attractive proposition. Particularly for women.

The Ha-Ha, as you probably know, is the 750-mile cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas that will start on November 1. Since it is a cruisers’ rally, participants can use their engine whenever they want, be it for safety or convenience. There are R&R stops along the way at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria, as well as social events before, during and after the fleet reaches Cabo. Boats must be 27 feet or longer and have been designed, built and maintained for offshore sailing. There must be at least two crew. There are daily roll calls and weather forecasts…

Read more on Latitude 38

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New leadership at Sailing/Cruising World

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by XS Editor

May 6, 2021 – Sarah Renz has been named Event Director for Sailing Events, Bonnier Corp. Renz will oversee the execution of the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta Series and develop new opportunities in the sailing category. Renz spent the past seven years working as VP of the Berteau Group, a full-service marketing collective, she founded. In her new role with Bonnier Events, Renz will focus on strategy and activation. – Full report

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Cascais 49er and 49erFX Championship – Day 3 Results

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by deleteme

The Clube Naval de Cascais hosted Cascais 49er and 49erFX Championship completed three more races on Thursday…

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what to do 1st/buy the boat. Sell the house?

Thursday
May 06
2021
Posted by deleteme
So I have an opportunity and I’m up in the Air on how to get things in motion should I go shopping for a sailboat first worry about the property later or sell the property and buy the boat I know I want to do this I just having a hard time putting it in motion any suggestions…
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Star World Champs return to Germany

Wednesday
May 05
2021
Posted by XS Editor

The Star, designed in 1910 as an open two-man keelboat by William Gardner and Francis Sweisguth, experienced a rapid rise from the start: an international association of interests was founded in 1911 and a world championship was held almost annually from 1922. As early as 1932, the 23-foot Star was selected as an Olympic boat class, making it the first one design class to compete at the Olympic Games.

From 1968 onwards, the success story of the two-man keelboat was rather undulating. In 1968, the Tempest replaced the Star, but thanks to its great popularity and recognized lobby, the Star regained its Olympic status after the 1976 Olympic Games. However, the second and final Olympic out followed after London 2012. Today, the Star is experiencing its second renaissance. In many nations, competitive sailors are rediscovering the two-man keelboat for themselves in advance of the 2021 Star World Championship in Kiel, Germany…

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World’s fastest tris set for Rolex Fastnet Race

Wednesday
May 05
2021
Posted by XS Editor

While the Vendée Globe grabbed headlines over the winter with a record fleet of 31 boats, France boasts a yet more extraordinary fleet of boats – the Ultimes…

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Rolex Middle Sea Race fleet builds steadily

Wednesday
May 05
2021
Posted by XS Editor

Some 47 yachts from 17 countries have entered, currently ranging in size from the mighty 42.56 metre (140 feet) ClubSwan 125 Skorpios down to the 9.14m (29.12 ft) Pogo 30 One and Only…

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49er, 49erFX – Championship – Cascais POR – First races today, with six North American teams

Tuesday
May 04
2021
Posted by deleteme

The 2021 Cascais 49er and 49erFX Championships will start in Portugal today. —– Disappointing the participation in the 49ers, only 12 boats, where the North American delegation with Nevin Snow/Dane Wilson USA, Ian Barrows/Hans Henken USA (St. Francis YC/Eastern YC) and William Jones/Evan DePaul CAN (Royal Hamilton YC) will compete with mainly development teams. —– In the 49ersFX however, with 27 teams on the starting line, almost all the cracks are taking part with the Olympic Champions Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA, Ida-Marie Baad/Marie Thusgard DEN, Tina Lutz/Susann Beucke GER, Charlotte Dobson/Sakia Tide GBR or Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo ESP. —– North America is represented by Stephanie Roble/Margaret Shea USA (Lake Beulah YC/Chicago YC/St Francis YC), Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance CAN (RNSYS/CYC) and Ali ten Hove/Mariah Millen CAN (KYC). —– All entry lists.

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Moana Bluewater Yachts presents the new M35′ WRC

Tuesday
May 04
2021
Posted by XS Editor

Designed for short crew offshore and serious ocean racing, can be upgrades for crew inshore races and cruising use with unlimited custom possibilities by Moana Custom…

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World’s best sailors primed for epic Finn Gold Cup

Tuesday
May 04
2021
Posted by XS Editor

The Finn Gold Cup has been part of the fabric of the sport of sailing for 65 years, an iconic trophy that is reputed to be more difficult to win than an Olympic Gold medal…

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Flying for the hell of it – In the Air and on the Sea

Tuesday
May 04
2021
Posted by deleteme

Matt Sheahan admits he really has no excuses for this latest video, it doesn’t seek to explain the differences and similarities between sailing and flying…

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Meet Rolex Yachtsmen of the Year Martin and Lowry

Tuesday
May 04
2021
Posted by deleteme

Mike Martin and Adam Lowry log another day training in Northern California in preparation for the 2021 International 505 Worlds in Bermuda in October.

Mike Martin and Adam Lowry log another day training in Northern California in preparation for the 2021 International 505 Worlds in Bermuda in October. (Abner Kingman/)

Entering the penultimate day of the 2019 International 505 World Championship in Fremantle, Australia, Mike Martin and Adam Lowry were leading the regatta comfortably, but while warming up for the first race, the hole that holds the centerboard pivot pin ripped open, leaving the ­centerboard free-floating inside its trunk. With some quick thinking, Lowry says, they wedged a paddle—required equipment on a 505—into the trunk to minimize the board’s movement. Not ideal, but good enough to continue racing. “It moved all the way back in the trunk, and then it tilted backward, so the center of lateral resistance was all over the place,” Lowry recalls. “That was challenging, and we were trying to do a lot with our trim to compensate.”

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Vendée Globe – On course for 2024

Tuesday
May 04
2021
Posted by XS Editor

The huge wave of enthusiasm for the Vendée Globe during and after the last edition means there are more and more solo skippers intimating their plans to do the next race which will start November 2024.

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Having a Whale of a Time on a Saturday

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by deleteme

A few weeks ago, captain Teddy Strawser and the crew aboard the Catalina 42 MkII Janie Jones were enjoying a Saturday sail on the Bay when they spotted whales. Three gray whales inside of Alcatraz and another just outside the Gate. Fortunately one of the crew, Alex Houlton, was quick with the camera and managed to capture some video of the magnificent creatures. Alex put together this montage…

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GWA Wingfoil World Cup Leucate overall

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor

The sun was out bright and early on the last day here at Mondial du Vent, lighting the way to the playground for the final time. It’s a beautiful clear morning here, with a cold 20kts Tramontana chill blowing through the air…

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thirty something

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by deleteme

Two major European clubs, the Union Nationale pour la Course au Large ( UNCL ) for France and the Royal Ocean Racing Club ( RORC) in the United Kingdom, already partners in the management of the IRC tonnage, announced the launch of a call for projects for the creation of a new class of boats, called Class 30.

These sailboats, with a length of 30 to 32 feet, accommodating up to 6 crew will be available in three versions that can each sail separately in one design or together through a rating. The 1st version is intended for clubs, with minimal and simplified equipment, while the Class 30 OD (One Design) is aimed at private boaters with a wider range of equipment. A third model called Olympic is being considered if offshore racing is registered for the Olympic Games , in particular with video broadcasting systems. Read on.

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circle jerk

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by deleteme
The “Oceanic Offshore Committee” of World Sailing (chaired by Matt Allen) has put out a “Recommendation” about their troubled Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore Event for the 2024 Olympics. This is transparently a response to the recent IOC declaration of misgivings about the proposed event.
What the World Sailing honchos are now suggesting is that the race take place as a series of laps in an area of just 20×20 miles, close in to the Southern shore of France. Their original proposal was for the race to be run in an area of 24,000 square miles – a real ocean race.
World Sailing are trying to damp down the IOC’s stated misgivings about field of play, security and, crucially, the costs and complexity of TV coverage…

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Fremantle to Exmouth Ocean Race and Rally preview

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor

With Fremantle Sailing Club’s Fremantle to Exmouth Ocean Race and Rally less than a week away, thirty seven crews are eagerly looking at advance weather models, all indicating that the race record is set to be smashed…

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Dogs

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by deleteme
My girl tossed an anchor at me that may limit future cruising. My girlfriend (for all practical purposes wife) wanted a dog. I love dogs, but know life is easier without them. And I told her what I thought but also I would not stop her from getting one, and would be nice to it if she got one. So she got a pup, and having been just removed from his mother and siblings and the only humans it knew, it was really upset and confused when it first came home.

We let him sleep with us the first night, and it fell out of bed in the pitch black and started to weep, if a dog can weep. My girlfriend picked him up to comfort him, but he pulled away and came to me. He held his head to my chest and stopped sobbing and we fell asleep with his head on my chest. Long story short, he is now my dog, or I am his human.

So he is 50% German Shepard, and the other half roughly equally Great Pyrenees and Rottweiler. So not a small dog: he turns 6 months next week and is 70lbs. So I see nothing but pitfalls in taking him sailing. Maybe day sailing not so much, but I see cruising, even weekend cruising as a problem. The upside, he is a really smart dog, and he can hold going to the bathroom for a long time – ten or twelve hours.

Does anyone here cruise with a dog or know anyone that does? I am hoping it is not as bad as I imagine…

Dogs

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Maxwell gets Annapolis NOOD overall

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor

J.R. Maxwell and his crew of Jim Schmicker and Matt Spencer (with Bryan Pryor sailing on Saturday only) won the J/22 division at the 2021 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis, and were also selected as the overall winner, earning a berth to compete in the Helly Hansen Caribbean NOOD Championship in October. – Full report

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Final 2020-21 weekend for the Bembridge Illusions

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor

Saturday, the penultimate day of racing of the 2020-2021 Illusion season was a frustrating one! The forecast was for light cyclonic conditions and that was exactly what was delivered…

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470 – European Championship 2021 – Vilamoura POR – Day 1 – the favorites already in the lead

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by deleteme

Yesterday, the 470 European Championships started with 3 races by class in winds of 8 knots, later increasing to 16 knots. —– In the 470 men, Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez ESP took the lead, followed by Paul Snow-Hanson/Daniel Willcox NZL and Anton Dahlberg/Frederik Bergström SWE. —– Stuart McNay/David Hughes USA (Trevor Moore Foundation) follow on rank 12, Jacob Saunders/Oliver Bone CAN (RNSYS/CYC/Trevor Moore Foundation) are 21st, and Shawn Harvey/Augie Dale USA (Oyster Bay 470 Team) 25th among the 29 teams. —– In the 470 women, Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA took the lead with 2 wins. Hanna Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR and Silvia Mas-Depares/Patricia Cantero ESP follow behind. —– Nikole Barnes/Lara Dallman-Weiss USA (St. Francis YC, St. Thomas YC) are 10th, Carmen + Emma Cowles USA (Larchmont YC) 14th among the 18 participants.. —– In the 470 Mixed, Nitai Hasson/Saar Hamir ISR and Therese Dahnke/Matti Cipra GER share the lead with equal points. —– Louisa Nordstrom/Trevor Bornath USA (Oyster Bay 470 Team) follow in 10th among the 34 teams. —– All rankings, the report and the video

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Young Azzurra wins in Malcesine

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor

Sunday was the final day of racing at the Grand Prix 1.1 Persico 69F Cup and Young Azzurra has won the first event in this year’s circuit…

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2024 Olympic Mixed Keelboat update

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor

The Oceanic and Offshore Committee recommends that World Sailing recognize the following clarification regarding the Mixed Two Person Offshore Event and communicates this new information to the IOC…

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International 5-05 Day – 5th May to celebrate the 60+ years

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by deleteme

The International 5O5 Sailing Class has adopted the 5th May as International 5O5 Day to celebrate the 60+ years of history and community

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David Henshall looks at Seven Dinghies for Seven Decades

Monday
May 03
2021
Posted by deleteme

Join sailing historian David Henshall as he travels back in time to the very first Dinghy Show in 1952 and examines one boat per decade that helped define the time…

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