Kevin and Debbie Aitken’s First 36.7, Animal, has completed a 3-peat as Scotia Handling Services Ltd RC35 Class Champions…
RYA Regional Junior Championships back with a bang
Youngsters across the country are gearing up to hit the water as the RYA’s Regional Junior Championships returns for 2021…
America’s Cup: Bureaucrats nobble Cup hosting
With an announcement on the preferred Host Venue expected on Friday September 17, Irish media are reporting that officials from the Department of Sport are advising the Government to withdraw their bid to stage the 37th America’s Cup in Cork
Hard work paying off for kite squad
The four-time World Champion sailed a stellar regatta and successfully navigated the new format of Formula Kite championship racing on the same waters where the sport of kiteboarding first originated in the mid-1990s…
Totally Dinghy Regatta at Richmond YC
An excellent weekend of racing at Richmond Yacht Club with eleven RS Aeros and breeze from 0 to 15kn providing tight racing. This is the largest fleet of RS Aeros on San Francisco Bay so far…
they went thataway
From the Xacobeo Six Metre European Championship. Photo by María Muiña Photography…
America’s Cup: Concerns within Ireland
Since the America’s Cup shifted toward heightening its commercial profile in 2007, there has been a list of cities that hoped to profit as well. But each opportunity required investment, which required a best estimate on the return.
But for Valencia (2007, 2010), San Francisco (2013), and Auckland (2021), that return failed to deliver.
Of the international cities bidding on the 37th America’s Cup, the Irish city of Cork has been most public about the process, but their enthusiasm is now getting shaded. Here’s a report from The Irish Times:
Sources in all three Government parties as well as senior officials have privately expressed their concerns about the project. – Full report
Francis Joyon and crew back on the Discovery Route
Francis Joyon, supported as usual by his faithful teammates, Bertrand Delesne, Bernard Stamm, Antoine Blouet and Christophe Houdet, will be donning his record-hunter’s suit at the beginning of October, in an attempt to beat the reference time set in 2013…
110 Class: A community at work
It’s not the biggest one design class – the International 110 organization is rather small. But what it lacks in numbers, which could be temporary, it makes up in spirit.
A t-shirt states, “Smoke a J, Sail a 110.” An ad campaign asks, “Honey, what are the ugly people doing today? Look! They’re sailing 110s.” The class website claims the boat to be the “world’s first sportboat.”
After a one-year postponement due to COVID, the 2021 International 110 US Nationals were hosted by the Hull Yacht Club in Hull, MA. And as is the case for any class closing in on its centennial, and all good classes, it is a committed community at work…
Details: https://110class.com/
A shameful story and a warning to sailors
Sometime in the recent past, a club hosted a small-but-well-attended regional regatta. A consciously unvaccinated individual attended, refused to wear a mask, and then tested positive for Covid-19…
Three events for college offshore circuit
The Collegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit (COSC) will have three events held in its fleet of one-design Figaro 2s. With six Figaro 2s currently deployed at colleges or maritime academies, COSC has six more Figaro 2s available for charter.
Event Schedule:
Sept 18-19: Newport, RI to Oyster Bay, NY – 105nm
Sept 25-26: Oyster Bay, NY – out/back, 100nm
Oct 9-10: Larchmont, NY – daily distance Gold Cup at Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta
Details: www.cosc-usa.org
Questions: info@cosc-usa.org
COSC’s Mission:
To teach fundamental offshore seamanship to college sailors, by installing a one-design fleet of offshore capable boats in college sailing teams (for use during their academic semesters) and thus to expand the pool of offshore capable mariners in the USA…
Mini 6.50 class innovation over the years
For over 40 years, Classe Mini has proved a testing ground for the next generation of sailors and boat design. Competing alongside the production class, the prototype class has enabled the introduction of future concepts to offshore sailing…
2.4mR Nationals at Rutland
The 2.4 fleet joined the Challenger fleet at Rutland for their National Championship. The rain on Friday morning was a little disappointing but by the time racing had started it had dried up and the wind had filled in…
Boat building industry comes together
A new survey by The Ocean Race, the world’s toughest test of a team in sport, has found an overwhelming number of people working in the sailing and boat building industry want the field to become more sustainable…
Alinghi finishes second in TF35 Trophy at Scarlino
The seven TF35s embraced salt water all together for the first time in their careers this week. The fleet migrated to the Italian town of Scarlino, in Tuscany, for the last two Grand Prix of the 2021 TF35 Trophy…
Global Solo Challenge welcomes 34th entry
French skipper Jérôme has already set his eyes on the boat he thinks has the characteristics for taking part in the Global Solo Challenge, but viewing and purchasing the boat has been much delayed by Covid related travel restrictions…
Noble Marine Allen RS600 Nationals overall
Congratulations to George Smith, RS600 National Champion 2021 – a much deserved and popular first win!
suicide by hurricane?
This story – two stories actually – is bizarre and ultimately tragic.
The farthest Graham Collins sails his boat is along the coast of Nova Scotia, so the Haligonian was stunned when he got a call from the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, asking if he was sailing through the eye of hurricane Larry.
Friday started out like any other day for Collins. The president and co-owner of Compass Distillers was working away when he received a phone call from his friend.
Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard’s rescue coordination center in Boston had been trying to reach Collins but were unable to get hold of him, so they started contacting people on his emergency contact list…
New Challenges for a New IMOCA 60
11th Hour Racing’s new IMOCA gets rolled out of the shed at MerConcept in Concarneau for launching and measuring. For the team, the outcome was a fast boat that also moved the sustainability needle for the marine industry. (Amory Ross/)
A little over 20 years ago, Swiss sailor Bernard Stamm and three crew blasted across the Atlantic on the front edge of a winter storm, and set a new monohull record for the New York to Lizard crossing: 8 days 20 hours and 56 minutes. They did it in Stamm’s IMOCA 60, beating a record that had been held by Bob Miller’s superyacht Mari Cha III by more than four hours. At 44.7m length overall, Mari Cha was almost two and a half times longer than the IMOCA 60 and the new record spoke volumes for the future.
A possible future: an IMOCA 60 with four crew could have been the replacement for the aging Whitbread 60, the boat then used for the Volvo Ocean Race. The IMOCA 60 could have slashed crew numbers (and therefore cost) and ramped up performance and spectacle. Surely this new record was the harbinger for a remarkable future for offshore racing? Well, it’s taken 20 years, but the future is finally here, with the launch of 11th Hour Racing Team’s new IMOCA 60 – the first to be purpose-built for a four or five-person crew. Personally, I can’t wait to see what she can do – and not just on the water. This boat was built with more than just speed in mind…
Rodriguez/ Tocke win Snipe North Americans 2021
Ernesto Rodriguez and Kathleen Tocke dominated the 2021 North Sails Snipe North American Championship held September 10-12 in Beverly MA. With 41 teams competing, the duo won five of the six races to take the title by 17 points over Enrique Quintero/ Charlie Bass with Augie Diaz/ Barbie Brotons four points further back in third. – Full report
Great Britain SailGP Team finish in sixth
Racing for the first time with the brand new 29M wings, designed for the light breeze, the Great Britain SailGP Team had an explosive day on the water at the France Sail Grand Prix in Saint-Tropez…
USA leads in France SailGP
Saint-Tropez, France (September 11, 2021) – The 2021 SailGP season has had more than its share of light winds and the opening day of the France Sail Grand Prix continued that theme as light-winds saw the eight national teams reduced to three crew for the fifth event of season two.
Jimmy Spithill and the U.S. team put in an impressive performance to claim two race victories as the U.S. team finished the day at the top of the leaderboard, three points ahead of Peter Burling’s consistent New Zealand SailGP Team in second. Phil Robertson’s Spain SailGP Team rounded out the top three heading into tomorrow a further point behind and tied on even points with Nathan Outteridge’s Japan team…
GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Denmark day 4
The competition did not commence today due to the lack of wind, but we launched our new “In the bag” series during the morning live-stream show, that highlights the gear each rider is currently using…
candle in the wind
The 2019 loss of the superyacht Andiamo in Miami was caused by unattended candles, an inoperable fire alarm and too much firefighting water, according to a new report from NTSB.
On December 18, 2019, the 120-foot yacht Andiamo was moored at the Island Gardens Deep Harbour Marina in Miami. The six crew members aboard the yacht were preparing for the arrival of a guest of the owner. While getting spaces ready, two crewmembers found that the lighting systems in the lower level were not working…
America’s Cup: Dalton explains the new AC40
For the first time in 170 years of America’s Cup history, women will be able to compete in an America’s Cup Women’s Regatta, using the new AC40 one design foiling monohull which will have multiple uses in the 37th America’s Cup cycle…
Star World Championship – Black flag shuffles the deck
The second day of racing for the 2021 Star World Championship at Keil was hit by a some notable black flags and the attention level was right back up…
New AC40 foiling monohull for next America’s Cup
RNZYS and RYS have released a first glimse of the new intiatives to be included as part of the Protocol for the 37th America’s Cup due to be published in November…
2021 Slalom World Champions crowned in Paros
Paros has now made its stamp as a world class slalom destination after producing outstanding racing conditions throughout the entire event from light to medium to strong and super strong winds…
Stars+Stripes development team at Ficker Cup
Sailing team Stars+Stripes, led by world champion sailors Mike Buckley and Taylor Canfield, have announced the formation of a development team to compete at this year’s Ficker Cup match racing regatta, September 10-12 in Long Beach, California…
Finn European Masters – Paradise sailing
After the first two races of the Finn European Masters, Zdenek Gebhart, from Czech Republic leads…
Can Alinghi defend her GC32 Worlds crown?
In one week’s time racing will be under way off Villasimius in southeastern Sardinia in the 2021 GC32 World Championship. This will only be the third time this title has been fought for since the GC32 was endorsed by World Sailing…
Marine Auctions September Online Auctions
Details of Vessels and Marina Berths offered for sale in Marine Auctions’ September Online Auction. The Bidding will commence at 5am on Thursday 16th September and will end on Wednesday 22nd September at 2pm…
2021 Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup preview
For the first time since the inaugural event in 2009 the fleet for the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup will hit the starting line without a defending champion…
Star World Championship – First race to Spitzer and Nehammer
Finally the wind made an appearance and the Star World Championship in Kiel managed their first race…
52nd La Solitaire du Figaro Stage 3 day 4
With just over 100 nautical miles to sail to Roscoff on the Bay of Morlaix Pierre Quiroga (Skipper Macif 2019) was maintaining a slender lead of just under one mile after passing Bishop Rock at the Scilly Isles this afternoon…
Any real info on the Buccaneer 32?
Robertstad takes German WASZP Eurocup
Norwegian sailor Mathilde Robertstad has taken out the third leg of the WASZP Eurocup held in conjunction with Kiel Week 2021…
triple wing
Classification society DNV issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a unique, three-wing rig designed to provide wind propulsion to large ocean-going ships. According to UK-based Windship Technology, the patented design can produce the power required to sail an 80,000 dwt ship on the main long transoceanic routes…
Tom Slingsby wins Moth Worlds 2021
It’s another win for Tom Slingsby, who has successfully defended his title as the Moth World Champion. Slingsby used the North Bi9 DSX Decksweeper, a standard design developed after the 2019 Worlds in Perth, Australia…
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