Published on April 11th, 2024
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Deservedly earning all the personal bragging rights and recognition we can offer, Kathy Alven is the clear winner of the 35th edition of Scuttleball, the annual college hoops pool for ... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2024
“I’m 59 and people call me middle-aged. How many 118-year-old men do you know?” – Barry Cryer Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter which delivers a digest ... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2024
Training in a group increases improvement. Whether your pursuit is the Olympics or local club racing, working with others – and sharing all information – benefits the group. This approach has been mirrored by the French ... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2024
The 2024 World Match Racing Tour gets underway with 17 teams and over 100 of the world’s top match racing sailors competing across back-to-back events in Long Beach, CA. Using Catalina 37s, the Grade 2 Ficker ... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2024
Sail Canada’s four youth and senior National Championships will be hosted by CORK/Sail Kingston in 2024 at in Kingston, ON. The first championships will feature Formula Kite, one of the two new classes at the Paris ... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2024
The 2023 movie Gran Turismo tells the true story of British teenager Jann Mardenborough, a player of the racing simulation video game Gran Turismo, who wins a series of GT competitions that help him became a ... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2024
Thistle Class Chief Measurer, lifelong Thistle sailor, and four-time Tartan Ten North American Champion skipper Wayne Pignolet died April 13, 2024 in Portland, Oregon after suffering a heart attack. He was 64. Wayne grew up sailing ... Read More →
Published on April 16th, 2024
The difference between a good pizza joke and a bad one is the delivery. Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter which delivers a digest of major sailing ... Read More →
Published on April 16th, 2024
Cowes, UK (April 16, 2024) – The teams are finishing the fourth and final leg of the 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race, completing the 6599 nm course from Punta del Este, Uruguay. The anticipated finish of the ... Read More →
Published on April 16th, 2024
The selections have been made for the 2024 College Sailing Open and Women’s Team Race National Championships to be hosted by Harvard and MIT. The Open Team Race National Championship will be held April 25-27, followed ... Read More →
Published on April 16th, 2024
Darrell Pendergrass shares for the Ashland Daily Press his introduction to sailing: The idea was that I would sail aboard the Chewbacca during Bayfield Race Week (Bayfield, WI) and write a first-hand account of my experience. ... Read More →