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Published on February 20th, 2018
We will see the same ten Olympic sailing events at Tokyo 2020 as we did at the Rio 2016, but the International Olympic Committee wants Sailing to revise its program for Paris 2024. Guided by Olympic ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2018
(February 20, 2018; Day 14) – The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is facing another 48 hours of excruciating sailing as the teams plugged deeper into a massive expanse of windless ocean today. Lying ahead of them ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2018
Originally built in 2004 as a state of the art 90 foot racing boat, a significant rebuild of the yacht by late 2016 transformed her for Ludde Ingvall into a 100 foot high performance super maxi ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2018
(February 20, 2018) – Greg Slyngstad’s Bieker 53 multihull Fujin has capsized during the RORC Caribbean 600. All crew are safe and preparations are now underway to transfer them to the safety of Port Saba. RORC ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2018
Herbert Ray Reese, one of sailing’s true unsung heroes, passed away on February 15 at the age of 70 in Solomons, MD. For the sport of sailing we all love, his immense contribution cannot be understated. ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2018
(February 20, 2018; Day 21) – Less than 30 nautical miles separates the top two teams in the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race, and they are nervously looking over their shoulders at the chasing ... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2018
Forty-two boats competed in the 2018 International 420 Midwinter Championship, held February 17-19 in Miami, FL. As the largest class regatta in the USA in 29 years, Carmen and Emma Cowles (above) took the wire-to-wire win, ... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2018
Antigua (February 19, 2018) – A record 84 yachts started the 2018 RORC Caribbean 600 in Antigua today, making it the largest fleet assembled in the ten-year history of the race. The fleet was greeted with ... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2018
The northwestern French city of Cherbourg will host the world’s finest university sailors for the 2018 FISU World University Sailing Championship on September 1-5. A maximum of 40 teams will compete on one of the 20 ... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2018
(February 19, 2018; Day 13) – As the Volvo Ocean Race fleet descends though the Pacific Ocean, negotiating the doldrums along the Solomon Islands has proven to be massively stressful for the leading pair on Leg ... Read More →