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XS SAILING IS BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bruno Troublé: Looking after the Cup

Sunday
Mar 28
2021 Posted by XS Editor

Bruno Troublé, former AC helmsman for Baron Bich and organizer of the Louis Vuitton Cup, hosted the press conferences during the 36th America’s Cup, and remains an enthusiastic fan of the event. Here’s an excerpt of an interview with Tip & Shaft…

How was the atmosphere in Auckland?
It was a real party, people love the America’s Cup here. There were races that saw 17,000 spectator boats on the water it was mind blowing! New Zealand has a population of 4 million there were days when the TV audience was 800,000 viewers so that is 20% of the country, that’s huge, pro rata for France that would be almost 15 million.

And this enthusiasm was also very strong in Italy … I believe there were 6 million people in front of their TV at 4am. This proves that America’s Cup, if we discount the Vendée Globe, which is more of a social phenomenon, the Cup remains by far the most famous and legendary sailing event brimful of stories of people who have dedicated their lives, their energy, their fortune, trying to earn it for 170 years…

Full report

For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

Posted in America's Cup, Article, Bruno Trouble, Feature, Tip & Shaft



Youth Worlds look set to return in 2021

Wednesday
Mar 24
2021 Posted by XS Editor

The signs are positive the Youth Sailing World Championships will be staged in 2021 after last year’s event in Brazil was cancelled due to COVID-19, the first time the championship wasn’t staged in its 50-year history. As the pinnacle international regatta for youth sailors, the plan is for Mussanah, Oman to host the 2021 edition on December 8-15, subject to the confirmation of contractual arrangements and lifting of travel restrictions. – Details

For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

Posted in Article, Sailing Shorts, Youth Sailing World Championships



Longest, loneliest, slowest race

Tuesday
Mar 23
2021 Posted by XS Editor

Perhaps the greatest threat to the sport of sailing is the ever-rising commitment to excel. Nearly every sport feels this pressure, but few amateur sports are so muddled with professional influences as sailing. With fewer people finding the cost to be worth the reward, the Golden Globe Race was conceived to reset the landscape to a simpler time. Modeled after the 1968 Golden Globe, which was the first ever around the world yacht race, the 2018 edition was nearly the same, just 50 years later…

For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

Posted in Article, Feature, Golden Globe



Baby Doll wins 2021 J/22 Midwinters

Monday
Mar 22
2021 Posted by XS Editor

Glenn Darden’s Baby Doll bested 29 other teams to secure the 2021 J/22 Midwinter Championship, held March 19-21 in New Orleans, LA. Darden, with crew Marcus Eagan, Jackson Benvenutti, and Sarah Raymond, won 5 of the 9 races to edge out Travis Odenbach by four points with Casey Lambert in third. – Full report

For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

Posted in Article, Sailing Shorts



NOOD 2021 underway in San Diego

Sunday
Mar 21
2021 Posted by XS Editor

San Diego, CA (March 19, 2021) – The International 14s, Vipers, and 29er fleets buzzed around San Diego’s South Bay today to officially kick off the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta San Diego, the opening event for North America’s largest regatta series.

Today’s three races provided the perfect opportunity to shake the dust off for many sailors like Kris Bundy, who hadn’t stepped foot on his International 14 boat in a year and a half. Despite the lack of practice time, he and teammate Jamie Hanseler finished today with a 1-point lead in the nine-boat fleet…

For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

Posted in Article, NOOD, San Diego NOOD



A Delivery Aboard Rio 100

Friday
Mar 19
2021 Posted by XS Editor

How do you get offshore experience when you can’t get a crew invite for a race? Seeking out boats that need a delivery crew provides a chance to gain skill without the pressure of competition. Who knows… you might even get a once-in-a-lifetime offshore delivery aboard a supermaxi racing yacht. Here’s a report by Ronnie Simpson for Cruising World:

It was 0300, and I was on the helm of one of the fastest monohull racing yachts on Earth; the Bakewell-White-designed supermaxi racing yacht Rio 100. With a reef in the main, a small jib set and a large reaching gennaker unfurled, we were romping along at sustained speeds in the high teens with bursts well into the 20s. I was decked out in the latest, greatest foul-weather gear from Musto and “talking story” with a Volvo Ocean Race veteran serving as my watch captain. Pinching myself to be in this place in time, we were fully sending it across the Pacific on what was quite easily the fastest boat I’ve ever sailed on a long bluewater passage…

A multimillion-dollar, all-carbon-fiber racing yacht that has set numerous course records on the West Coast and from there to Hawaii, Rio wasn’t exactly the waterborne equivalent to a Formula One car, but she was damn close….

For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

Posted in Article, Cruising World, Feature, rio 100, Ronnie Simpson



America’s Cup: Reading the tea leaves

Friday
Mar 19
2021 Posted by XS Editor

Jack Griffin, who closely follows America’s Cup activity with his CupExperience publication, senses a new plan for the next edition. With the Royal Yacht Squadron Racing (GBR), represented by INEOS TEAM UK as the Challenger of Record for AC37, Griffin shares what he is hearing. There have been rumors of these two teams holding an America’s Cup with no other challengers in the UK next year. This would be good for everyone, including all the teams who expect to challenge for a Match in 2024. Here’s how it could work. The announcements would go something like this:

• There will be a multi-challenger AC in 2024 in a venue to be announced.
• It will be sailed in AC75’s, with some improvements described in a new version of the AC75 Class Rule.
• The Constructed in Country requirement will be relatively easy to meet, a bit like the rule for the AC50’s in 2017. New challengers from any country will be able to buy and compete in any of the existing AC75’s, and build a new one.
• There will be an AC Match in 2022 on the Solent, under mutual consent, between INEOS Team UK and Team New Zealand.
• The loser of the 2022 match will immediately present a challenge for the following, multi-challenger match, in the expectation of being the CoR for the 2024 match.
• A term sheet for the protocol for 2024 will be released in the coming weeks, allowing prospective challengers to know the conditions.
• Around the 2022 event will be wonderful hospitality opportunities for prospective challengers to entertain and woo sponsors and major donors.
• The new version of the AC75 Class Rule, to be used in 2024, will be available by the end of 2021.
• A design package will be available to prospective challengers.
• A design symposium will be held during the 2022 event, to help 2024 challengers come up to speed.

I hope this is relatively on target. It would be a masterstroke…

For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

Posted in America's Cup, Article, CupExperience News, Feature, Jack Griffin



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