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Chris Bertish plans to do something that could be viewed as crazy. He’s going to cross the Pacific on a hydrofoil board with a wing. Alone. He’s estimating it’ll take him around 50 days, completely unassisted. His plan was to leave the coast of California from Half Moon Bay in June, wing across the Pacific, and end up on Oahu, Hawaii in July. However, the 2021 Pacific hurricane season started early which shut his weather window down for the season until early next year…
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Cyclops Marine Smarttune sensor installed as the forestay turnscrew on a J/70. (Courtesy Cyclops Marine/)
Every now and then something very cool and helpful comes along to help take some of the guesswork out of our sailing. Enter Cyclops Marine’s Smarttune turnscrew and Smartlink load sensors. Smarttune sensors are used exclusively for standing rigging applications, but the Smartlink sensor can be used just about anywhere. What’s especially cool is that you can see the data they provide in real time, and you can download all of it to a smart phone to view it on a graph or in other formats. While these sensors might not be race legal in your class (they’re not in the J/70), they are immensely useful for training. I used them on the J/70 Midlife Crisis in preparation for the 2021 World Championships in Los Angeles, California.
To display the sensor information on our J/70, we used a B&G Triton2 display, which requires the addition of Cyclops’ wireless gateway to the NMEA2000 backbone of the B&G instruments. The data is compatible with many other instrument brands and can also be viewed using the Cyclops Marine “Smart Fittings Manager” App, communicating via Bluetooth. The App allows you to review, record, graph, and save the data in multiple formats. The graphing function is especially revealing as it shows what’s happening with the rig tension, etc. as you go through settings on the dock or sailing upwind through different conditions…
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We are and will continue to remain horrified at Rachel Holick’s gut-wrenching story of sexual abuse at the hands of male collegiate sailors.
We have contacted the International Collegiate Sailing Association, US Sailing, the head sailing coach at Roger Williams University where she attends and sails, the head sailing coach at Navy, where this incident allegedly took place, and sponsors and supporters of the ICSA. Granted, some of these contacts are as recent as this morning, but as of yet, we have heard nothing from any of these authorities. There can be no doubt that all of them are fully aware of this unspeakable tragedy. And there can be no doubt that immediate action is required.
We will not sit idly by should these people and institutions fail to respond and act as they should. No, as they must. This isn’t anything to be taken lightly, and yet we already smell the whiff of what is it – indifference, lack of empathy, hoping it will just go away? We don’t know and hope that our gut reaction is wrong.
In the meantime, if any anarchists have any information on this, please do not hesitate to send us an email. All sources will remain confidential.
Comments and information are encouraged here.
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These might not be the easiest days for the international and national news cycles (to say the least), but the good news is that the sailing community has been helping to add a little bit of balance to a world that sometimes can feel a bit overpowered…
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We never fail to crack up at the over-dramatic English voiceovers, the annoying quick cuts of something that should not be insulted by said cuts, and the general pomposity of Big Money events like this. Having said that, this is a pretty bad-ass event…
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Restronguet Sailing Club invite sailors to our Turbo Asymmetric Open and the RS 200 Cornish Championships on the 4th and 5th September 2021…
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The stage was set for a Super Sunday showdown in the Finals at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship, hosted by the San Diego Yacht Club…
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Spurred on, no doubt, by the continuing extraordinary demand for sailboats of all sizes, the catamaran industry has made a point of not letting the events of the past year stop it from continuing to innovate. If you’re in search of the perfect boat for relaxing on the hook, look no further than these three new cruisers. You may be surprised at how well they do when its breeze-on as well!
With their new Leopard 42, South Africa’s Robertson and Caine, and Simonis Voogd Design have created a follow-up to their successful Leopard 40 that features an attractive new angular aesthetic coupled with additional entertainment areas in the form of a coachroof lounge and larger cabins. In a nice touch, the elevated lounge can be accessed via a set of steps to port, meaning guests won’t have to intrude on the helm area to starboard. Stepped hulls help reduce wetted surface area, while blunt ends maximize sailing length. An overlapping genoa and the option of a powerful square-top main serve to keep the boat moving when things go light. The boat is also available through The Moorings as the Moorings 4200…
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Read the article below this one. And this is the statement from the Intercollegiate Sailing Association that has been released in response. Are they kidding? No reference to the alledged crimes, no context, no names, no links, no promise of doing anything whatsoever, other than to offer “support”?
Are they fucking kidding?? This is an outage. Does anyone at ICSA even care about this young woman??
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Four-time America’s Cup winner and America’s Cup Hall of Fame inductee Grant Simmer OAM has been appointed to the Board of Australian Sailing for a term of two years…
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With just two years until the start of the Ocean Globe Race, many commentators now realise it is not only a grand adventure and challenging Race, but it represents the newest development in Offshore sailing in the last decade…
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Last weekend was the much anticipated 2021 UK 18ft Skiff National Championships. After a year away from racing, the UK fleet were keen to show who was the top dog and so the racing was always going to be tight…
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The 2021 5.5 Metre German Open at the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (VsaW) was decided by a single sailed race, the long distance race on Friday…
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Well this has been a long time coming due to Covid-19 and the cancellation of the 2020 season and much of 2021. So the circus is finally coming to town and getting a real chance to meet up and get in some racing out of Rock in Cornwall…
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The 2021 Zhik 29er World Championship continues with two days of Final Series racing in Valencia, Spain…
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The new Platu 25 World Champions were decided in Lithuanian sailing Mecca – Curonian Lagoon. Despite a year of delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Platu 25 World Championship finally took place in novel, challenging waters…
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The 31st Cascais Vela finished today, with the ORC and NHC classes completing the program for the three days of the event…
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US Sailing announced important updates to the Athlete Selection Process for the 2021 Youth Sailing World Championships, hosted in Al-Mussanah, Oman on December 11-18. The US Sailing selection process has been updated to a resume selection for the International 420, iQFoil, and Formula Kite events. Applying youth sailors, ages 13 to 18, have until September 1, 2021 to submit their resumes for consideration…
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The first day of the final series could not have had a better start. Many changes to the provisional general, good wind conditions and close racing have been some of the ingredients today…
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It is with great sadness that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announces the passing of former IOC President Count Jacques Rogge. He was 79 years old…
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After two years hiatus in the schedule of the Melges 24 World Championships, the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) announced that the Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will host the Melges 24 World Championship 2022. The regatta is scheduled for May 9-15, 2022 with racing May 11-15. The racing venue will be open ocean, a short distance from the docking locations. This coming winter and spring, there will be several class events in south Florida as well as Charleston Race Week that will provide opportunities to warm up skills…
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For a second day in a row the wind abandoned the Wannsee in Berlin, Germany. Therefore the 2021 5.5 Metre German Open at the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (VsaW) was decided by a single sailed race, the long distance race on Friday…
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by Michelle Slade, St. Francis Sailing Foundation
Inspired by her employer SailGP, Daniela Moroz, 4-time World Kite Foil Champion, and 2-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, has been learning the Waszp, a one design foiler conceived in 2010 and put into production in June 2016 by Andrew McDougall, designer of the Mach 2 foiling Moth.
“In order to do any role on SailGP’s F50 well, you have to know what the other roles require of you – the flight controller needs to know what the wing trimmer and helm are trying to do, in order to do his job well,” Moroz explained. “The best way to understand what each role requires is to do all of them. It turns out that the Waszp and Moth are the best boats to get that experience.”
Moroz recruited St Francis Yacht Club junior sailor Hoel Menard to help her out. Menard, a 29er sailor with plenty of Waszp experience and a RIB at his disposal, was well set up to coach Moroz. That his student is a noted world champion did not faze the 18-year-old…
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Being as it is, at the epicentre of French solo and short-handed ocean racing it was appropriate that Lorient bid a big, passionate farewell to the 490 miles Stage 2 of the 52nd La Solitaire du Figaro…
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Joe Harris sailed solo around the world in 2015-2016 and is continuing to prepare his Class40 GryphonSolo2 for the 2021-22 Globe40, a doublehanded race around the world in Class 40s. In this report, Joe details what he has been up to this year:
It has been a while since my last correspondence. My apologies for the delay. As a result, there is much ground to cover! So going back to the late spring…
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The all-conquering Allegra took a clear-cut victory at the 2021 Multihull Cup in Mallorca today after another high tempo performance out on the racecourse secured her third straight race win…
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Mallorca, Spain (August 27, 2021) – The 20th anniversary celebrations to highlight the continued popularity and success of the TP52 class were blessed with an appropriate measure of champagne sailing on the Bay of Palma as competition for the 52 SUPER SERIES paused for the day and enjoyed a fantastic day of racing.
The 16 boat fleet which has gathered in Puerto Portals spans the generations from the 2005 Blue Carbon to the newest 52 SUPER SERIES boat, Vladimir Liubomirov’s 2019 launched Bronensosec. And as it was always hoped for, not only was the spectacle of big fleet TP52 racing as inspiring as ever it was, the newer, top 52 SUPER SERIES boats did not have it all their own way…
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Upstart AC rival SailGP is making hay while the America’s Cup disolves into its usual in-fighting scenario that is the norm for the old Mug between events…
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The word radar is an acronym coined by the US Navy at the beginning of World War II with the meaning of “Radio Detection And Ranging”. Its application for military purposes has spread over time, also finding diffusion in the civil field in aviation…
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Racing at the 2021 Multihull Cup today saw the level of intensity ramp up several degrees, with a building breeze producing close encounters at several points on a long 23-mile course…
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Second day with a weak wind that has allowed only two tests to be completed, after a postponement on land of almost an hour…
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Mallorca, Spain (August 28, 2021) – Takashi Okura’s Sled team were crowned winners of the first regatta of the 2021 season, the 52 SUPER SERIES Puerto Portals Sailing Week, after conflicting breezes on the Bay of Palma meant no racing could be held on the final day. Sled triumphed by just one single point at an event which saw five different teams win races and only six points separate the top six boats after six races were sailed.
In six boat 20th Anniversary Invitational fleet, racing under IRC, the victors were the Beau Geste of Hong Kong’s Karl Kwok who has a long and proud history with the TP52 class, dating right back to the origins of the class on the Transpac race. Sadly neither owner could be in Puerto Portals to compete.
As a celebration of the longevity and ongoing success of the TP52 class, both since it grew out of the Transpac Race and since it was adopted by the Mediterranean Fleet in 2004, the regatta was a great success, drawing 16 boats to race – nine in the 52 SUPER SERIES and six in the invitational division. The highlight of the week in terms of sheer spectacle was yesterday’s 20th Anniversary racing day when the fleet combined for two great races. But for the 52 SUPER SERIES it was a stark reminder of how close and evenly matched these ultra refined these grand prix monohulls are, and how extremely close the racing is…
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Stuart Childerley, Ben Childerley and Roger Marino are the 2021 Etchells Europen Champions…
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Clevedon Sailing Club’s annual long distance channel race took place with the promise of strong winds that never really materialized: a race of luck or skill…
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You decide if that is the name of your rum you want plastered on the side of this beauty! Title inspiration thanks to Captain Sensible. Thanks to anarchist Phillip.
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In 1928, Starling Burgess designed a 30-foot sloop that would become the one-design Atlantic. Fleet racing continues today in the northeast, with yachting historian John Rousmaniere reporting on the birth and survival of the Atlantic class for WoodenBoat magazine:
The 1920s were a boom time for all Americans, but especially sailors. In the thriving economy, old waterfronts were converted from commercial ports to yacht clubs, many of them devoted to the new idea of junior sailing with equal opportunity for girls and boys.
One of the best-known young sailors of the time was Lorna Whittelsey Hibberd. A graduate of the junior program founded in 1924 by the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, in her teens and twenties she won five national women’s championships for the Adams Cup and many other prizes as well against sailors of all ages…
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The 2021 Zhik 29er World Championship has started in Valencia, Spain, for the 189 competing teams…
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STUFF media provide the factual feeling of the Kiwi nation:
A new poll shows Kiwis strongly want Team New Zealand to defend the America’s Cup in New Zealand but are split on extra funding from the government.
Team New Zealand will reveal where the next edition of the Cup will be hosted in an announcement on September 17 with Auckland still an outside chance but battling heavyweight funding from three overseas cities with Cork in Ireland, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and one other venue reportedly on the short-list.
The poll, conducted by Curia Market research involving 1000 people over the age of 18 drawn randomly from 24,000 telephone numbers from August 12-17, shows 72 percent are in favor of the America’s Cup being in Auckland next time…
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Just as he won the 640 nautical miles first leg of the 2020 edition of the race, so Xavier Macaire (Groupe SNEF) has triumphed on the gruelling 627 miles opening stage of the 52nd La Solitaire du Figaro which started at 1745hrs local time last Sunday…
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