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Published on August 21st, 2013
The historic U.S. Adult Sailing Championship will unveil a new format for competitive adult women and men sailors this Friday through Sunday, August 23-25, on the waters of Lake Ontario. Teams will compete in a J/24 round robin format with a minimum number of four crew including the helmsperson. In the new format, the U.S. ... Read More →
Published on August 21st, 2013
By Paul Lewis, New Zealand Herald Allegations have now spread to at least two of US syndicate’s crew on water, threatening whole team if proven. The picture is beginning to firm – it now appears two members of Oracle Team USA’s sailing crew are involved in the cheating allegations disrupting the 34th America’s Cup. Until ... Read More →
Published on August 21st, 2013
The 58th Finn Gold Cup begins August 25 in Estonia at the Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre at Pirita, which was originally built for the 1980 Olympics. The pre-entry list includes 97 sailors from 30 nations, and offers hope for the aspiring champion. With last year’s winner Ben Ainslie (GBR) leaving the class and the 2011 ... Read More →
Published on August 21st, 2013
This boat was the 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race elapsed time winner, arriving at the finish line off Plymouth Breakwater in an elapsed time of 38 hours 53 minutes and 58 seconds – but short of the ... Read More →
Published on August 21st, 2013
It was in 2000 when Team New Zealand skipper Russell Coutts gave a fresh-faced Dean Barker the helm in the last race of the 30th America’s Cup, and Dean is pictured here with the trophy (Photosport ... Read More →
Published on August 21st, 2013
Competitors from across Canada and the Eastern Seaboard descend on the picturesque village of Chester, Nova Scotia for Canada’s largest keelboat regatta – Chester Race Week. Hosted by Chester Yacht Club on August 14-17, 2013. Photos ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2013
(August 20, 2013) – Long Island Sound treated sailors to breeze once again today! Another beautiful day with 6-10 knots from the South/Southwest. The final races of the qualifying series were completed. Debbie Probst, Jenna Probst ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2013
by Glenn McCarthy, Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation The International 505 Class runs all of their races without a Race Committee boat, whether for fleet races, National Championships or their World Championship. How do you run ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2013
After much needed rest, pizza and a few beers, Brit Hannah Jenner & American Rob Windsor (Team 11th Hour Racing) look back on their Fastnet Race (they finished 8th among 18 Class 40s competing in the ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2013
San Francisco, CA (August 20, 2013) – When the second AC72 Challenger Finals races were postponed Saturday and Sunday due to “too much wind”, twenty-five youth sailors in O’Pen BICs hit the water at the America’s ... Read More →