Published on September 2nd, 2010
(September 2, 2010) Australian Peter Gilmour is a three-time season champion of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), and last fall joined a group of investors that purchased the tour. He remains actively involved in the tour as both a competitor and administrator, and shared with Scuttlebutt his thoughts regarding the use of multihull boats ... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2010
(August 30, 2010) Skipper Ken Read and the PUMA Ocean Racing team announced in April that the team would be returning for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 after placing second overall in the 2008-2009 event. Scuttlebutt checked in with Kenny for an update on their progress: What can you tell us about your boat? New ... Read More →
Published on July 22nd, 2010
By Nicholas Hayes, author of Saving Sailing: Twenty-five years of age is the mean defection year from sailing, but in reality it correlates more with transition into career, marriage, parenthood, so it could be anywhere between about 20 and 30. The key underserved groups are kids under 13, where sailors under-represent population by 70%, and ... Read More →
Published on July 19th, 2010
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Published on July 17th, 2010
(July 13, 2010) Courtesy of Seahorse, widely regarded as the pre-eminent performance sailing publication in the world, American correspondent Dobbs Davis sheds some light on the boat donation tactic. Originally published in the July 2010 issue ... Read More →
Published on July 12th, 2010
(July 12, 2010) Last week the U.S. Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) announced it was discarding their tried and true, winner-take-all trials regatta used for the selection of Olympic sailing representatives, and instead will use the results ... Read More →
Published on June 28th, 2010
International C Class Catamaran Championship 2010 (June 28, 2010) In the last week of August a visitor to Newport, RI may look south across the harbor and see the wing sails of seven C Class catamarans ... Read More →
Published on June 23rd, 2010
A random assortment of photos submitted to Scuttlebutt this week. Click here to submit your photos for consideration. (AP Photo/EyePress) Photo: Australian Sailing Team, AAP Leading Olympic Laser Radial contender Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) reports that her ... Read More →
Published on June 11th, 2010
Saving Sailing Author Nicholas Hayes continues to refine and improve the core ideas of his award-winning book. Let’s get two thing straight: 1.) Not everyone will be a sailor, just like not everyone will be a ... Read More →
Published on May 12th, 2010
(May 12, 2010) When Brad Van Liew hits the start line in La Rochelle, France on October 17, it will be his third time competing in the race now known as the VELUX 5 OCEANS 2010-11, ... Read More →
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