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
June 2nd, 2013
Virginia Holland Brown, co-founder of the original Hospice Cup regatta in Annapolis, Maryland, and founder of the National Hospice Regatta Alliance, was honored on April 13, with the rededication of the national championship perpetual trophy as the ‘Virginia Brown Inspiration Trophy’ during the 2013 Hospice Regattas Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida. While announcing the newly
May 31st, 2013
The Cornerstone Cup is a Team Race Regatta between New York Yacht Club, St. Francis Yacht Club, Royal Thames Yacht Club and Royal Yacht Squadron. Intended to be sailed every other year, and rotating throught the four clubs, the second installment was sailed this May 27-30 in Cowes at the Royal Yacht Squadron. Each team
May 30th, 2013
(May 30, 2013) – Jen French (St. Petersburg, FL), 2012 Paralympic Silver Medalist and the first disabled women to be selected as the Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year won the 3rd Annual Robie Pierce Women’s Invitational held off of Milton Harbor, NY. In a SSW breeze of 3 –to-7 knots, Jen and her first-time crewmate
May 30th, 2013
Effective June 1st, the Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) will have a new Treasurer and a new Executive Director position filled to help guide the organization forward in its mission to support the science of sailing. Scott Weisman joins Board of Directors as new Treasurer and Bjorn Johnson becomes Executive Director. The SYRF provides the
May 30th, 2013
This week the Lunenburg Yacht Club in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia launched their new Sail All program which introduces sailing to public schools and their students. Led by Graham Mann at LYC, the program has received considerable financial support from the province and Sport NS. ‘Sailing is such a big part of the history here in