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SailGP back to full strength for New York

Published on May 12th, 2025

It was an ‘Oh Sh#t’ moment for the SailGP league when the Australian team’s wing imploded during the San Francisco event. When an investigation found defects in select wingsails across the F50 fleet, the league cancelled ... Read More →

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To the rise of State Sailing

Published on May 12th, 2025

If you’re old enough, you remember when California schools were competitive in College Sailing, and Stanford wasn’t one of them. Today, top youth sailors follow the money, leaving the Pacific Coast club teams as an afterthought. ... Read More →

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Lush qualified for Solitaire Du Figaro

Published on May 12th, 2025

Rhode Island-based offshore sailor Erica Lush has qualified for the 2025 Solitaire Du Figaro, a prominent French solo multi-stage race that uses the Figaro Bénéteau 3 (35.7-feet) one design. After months of training and qualification regattas ... Read More →

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Spring time in America’s Finest City

Published on May 12th, 2025

The weather in San Diego was remarkably nice on May 10, reaching 80°F along the coast. While the locals took advantage of the beach weather, the US Coast Guard was kept busy that day with three ... Read More →

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No change to border policies

Published on May 12th, 2025

The Canadian-USA border cuts across sailing areas, and due to political problems between the two countries, Scuttlebutt reported how some Canadian races were revising their courses to stay out of the USA. Among the concerns has ... Read More →

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Are we evolving toward extinction?

Published on May 11th, 2025

Don Finkle of RCR Yachts highlights the conundrum of how better boats is not helping grow the sport: One significant issue for sailing in general is the fact that you can no longer buy a nice ... Read More →

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Let’s teach people to take responsibility

Published on May 11th, 2025

Curtis Jazwiecki, while sailing his J/46 from Rongelap to Majuro in the Marshall Islands, offered this observation: It is a breath of fresh air to read your article regarding safety regulations and over regulation causing harm ... Read More →

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Win With Style. Lose With Style.

Published on May 10th, 2025

Originally published in 2013, this message from Clemmie Everett provides a reminder that how we play the game impacts the health of the game… If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one around ... Read More →

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Another fatality connected to Bayesian

Published on May 10th, 2025

The 56-metre Bayesian, which killed seven people when it sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily in 2023, has killed another person during preliminary operations to recover the superyacht from the ocean floor. The ... Read More →

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How do you promote racing the Classics?

Published on May 9th, 2025

There is a debate in Australia on how best to promote Classic Yacht racing: a measurement or performance handicap system? The latter is currently in use, with push back against the former. As reported in Southern ... Read More →