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When you have a need for speed

July 21st, 2026

The World Sailing Speed Record Council is the only trusted authority for the sport, and their list of speed records

July 21st, 2026

Pete Boland hosts Sailfaster, a podcast series where racing sailors discuss what it takes to sail faster and how races

July 21st, 2026

A 46-year-old tugboat captain pleaded guilty on June 21 to a federal charge stemming from the Biscayne Bay crash that

July 16th, 2026

You know you’re a bad speller when you write something so wrong that auto-correct has got nothing. Providing “insight” since

July 15th, 2026

A yawn is a communications gap. Providing “insight” since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt

July 14th, 2026

A duck walks into a pharmacy and says, “Give me some chap-stick… and put it on my bill.” Providing “insight”

July 12th, 2026

Mackinac, MI (July 12, 2026) – Peter Thornton’s 104-foot ketch, Whitehawk, claimed line honors in the 117th Chicago Yacht Club

July 12th, 2026

For the second year in a row, Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance are the 2026 49erFX European Champions. Saving their best

July 12th, 2026

The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport’s Olympic-class equipment is made, used and discarded, to eventually

July 12th, 2026

Double-handed racing is booming but as technology replaces people, who will train the next generation of offshore sailors? Offshore coach