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Published on November 1st, 2024
When the entry period closed, the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race had attracted 112 yachts – 30 to 100 feet of varying designs – for the start of the 79th edition on December 26. Four ... Read More →
Published on November 1st, 2024
For the first season of the SailGP league in 2019, teams from established sailing nations needed 100% nationality for the crew while developing teams could start with a 40% nationality requirement, which would then increase by ... Read More →
Published on November 1st, 2024
Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and Sam Davies nominated Niñita. Here’s the report: “The coolest boat of all time ... Read More →
Published on October 31st, 2024
The New York Yacht Club will host the inaugural International Women’s Championship, a female-only competition that will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 37-foot IC37 yachts, on September 12-19, 2026. “The New York Yacht Club ... Read More →
Published on October 31st, 2024
You can’t be what you can’t see, so the old saying goes, with Australia’s national sailing federation reporting the growth of women in the sport: The likes of former Flying 11s National Champion Zoe Dransfield, current ... Read More →
Published on October 31st, 2024
Photographer Cory Silken provides us with a computer monitor calendar for November 2024. Click here to open the image, then put your cursor over it, right click to open the drop down menu and indicate you ... Read More →
Published on October 30th, 2024
I cut my birthday cake in half and ate both sides because I wanted to halve my cake and eat it too. Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt ... Read More →
Published on October 30th, 2024
Barcelona has been saying no lately after hosting the 37th America’s Cup. In the same week the Catalonia capital told Team New Zealand that they would not be paying to host the 38th edition, Barcelona City ... Read More →
Published on October 30th, 2024
Foiling Week, which hosts events dedicated to foiling boats, their sailors, designers and manufacturers, will be coming to the USA in 2025 for Foiling Week Pensacola on February 24-March 2 in Pensacola, FL. The event coincides ... Read More →
Published on October 30th, 2024
In his recent column for SpinSheet magazine, David Flynn of Quantum Sails discussed the situations that required being patient on the racecourse. In this column, he will look at the flip side: when it is critical ... Read More →