Published on March 19th, 2026
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The 2026 College Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament got underway for 64 teams on March 19 in what is considered to be the biggest and most exciting annual sporting event ... Read More →
Published on March 23rd, 2026
On his Yacht Racing Business publication, David Fuller reviews the latest America’s Cup drama between Jim Ratcliffe, chairman and chief executive officer of the INEOS chemicals group, and 5-time Olympic medalist and America’s Cup campaigner Ben ... Read More →
Published on March 23rd, 2026
Steve Martin starred in the 1979 comedy movie The Jerk in which his character Navin Johnson believes he was born a poor black child in Mississippi. But upon figuring he was white, he heads north to ... Read More →
Published on March 21st, 2026
After the 2017 America’s Cup, Britain’s Ben Ainslie partnered with Jim Ratcliffe to continue his pursuit, shedding his environmental messaging for funding from the INEOS chemicals group. But when you dance with the devil, the devil ... Read More →
Published on March 21st, 2026
Since 2012, World Happiness Day on March 20 has wanted people around the world to realize the importance of happiness within their lives. It also brings the World Happiness Report into focus, the world’s foremost publication ... Read More →
Published on March 20th, 2026
When British sailor Andrew Simpson died in May 2013 during a training accident for the America’s Cup in San Francisco, that ended the tradition of guest passengers on the racing yachts. The shift to much faster ... Read More →
Published on March 20th, 2026
For handicap systems to be accurate, they must be complex. Assessing the variables that contribute to boat performance, and overlaying that on the impact of wind strength and angle, is not a simple task. Thomas Nilsson ... Read More →
Published on March 19th, 2026
The Storm Trysail Club, in partnership with US Sailing and ORC, will host a Race Management Webinar focused on using the ORC handicap system for the 2026 season in the USA and Canada. This educational session ... Read More →
Published on March 19th, 2026
by George Day, Cruising Compass In June of 2024, we covered the dramatic story of the Swedish-flagged Ida Lina, an Arcona 46 cruising boat, that sank due to rudder post failure near the Marquesas Islands in ... Read More →
Published on March 18th, 2026
Why is the word big so little and the word little so big? Providing “insight” since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter which delivers a digest of major sailing news, ... Read More →