June 4th, 2013
The Italian America’s Cup challenger, Luna Rossa, has moved its AC72 to the western side of the Bay from a temporary base in Alameda to its permanent home in the City at Piers 30/32, where the team will host its technical operations this summer. The new base in the city is adjacent to fellow challenger
June 4th, 2013
The inaugural Women’s International Match Racing Series is in Korea for the second event. Nine world-class sailors will race June 5 – 9 for coveted Series points and a championship title in the ISAF Women’s Match Racing Worlds in Dongbaek Park, Haeundae Beach in Busan. London 2012 Olympic gold medallist Tamara Echegoyen hasn’t been on
June 4th, 2013
The IFDS Blind Sailing World and International Championship 2013, organized by Seabournia Yacht Club in Sagawa Bay, Miura Peninsula, Japan, was held May 26-June 1. Fifteen races were completed in winds varying from light to sufficiently strong to cancel racing. After Classification into one of the three Vision Impaired Classes (B1, B2, B3), the 19
June 4th, 2013
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will feature a yacht sponsored by Swiss Sailing for the 2013-14 edition of the world’s longest ocean race. Swiss Sailing, founded in 1939 with now 146 sailing clubs and 46 boat classes as members of Switzerland’s umbrella organisation for sailing, kite and windsurfing, will be allocated one of
June 3rd, 2013
Sarah Everhart-Skeels and Cindy Walker edge out Duane Farrar and Maureen McKinnon in the 5th Annual Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta. Tied for first-place after 12 races, Sarah Everhart-Skeels, Cindy Walker and Brian Skeels overcame Duane Farrar, the Gold Medal Paralympian Maureen McKinnon and Sol Marini based on their five bullets compared to Farrar and McKinnon’s
June 3rd, 2013
The 2013 Bayview One Design Regatta attracted 187 entrants in 19 classes, with host Bayview Yacht Club (MI) providing three days of racing (May 31-Jun 2) on Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River. Dominant winners included Jim Allen (Lighting), James Dixon (Thistle), David Holme (Cal 25), Donald Massey (Star), Peter Fortune (Express 27), James
June 3rd, 2013
The 19th biennial Annapolis Bermuda Race (A2B) will start June 6, 2014, and entries to compete in the race are now open. Formerly the Bermuda Ocean Race, A2B begins in Annapolis and finishes 753 nautical miles later in Bermuda. Open to any single or multi-hulled sailing yacht of more than 28 feet, there will be
June 3rd, 2013
The 34th America’s Cup, which begins on September 7, will be preceded by the 2013 U.S. Multihull Championship on San Francisco Bay. Hosted by Sausalito Yacht Club (Calif.), racing in Hobie 16s will be September 3-8. Entry is open to all U.S. Sailing members. Details here
June 2nd, 2013
Five-time Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie set a new record during the Round the Island Race, a 50-mile race around the Isle of Wight off the south coast of the UK. Ainslie’s team sailed an AC45 catamaran, completing the course in 2 hours, 52 minutes and 15 seconds, beating the previous time, which had stood for
June 2nd, 2013
The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium will be held at the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, RI on May 2-4, 2014. Interested parties worldwide are invited to present a paper on a subject relative to excellence in classic yacht design, restoration, replication, or use. Topics of interests include: * Classic yacht design; analytical & test basis
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