Published on November 13th, 2024
The Vendée Globe, raced in the 60-foot IMOCA, is the elite race round the world, solo, non-stop, and without assistance. On November 10, 40 skippers started the 2024-25 edition which begins and ends in Les Sables ... Read More →
Published on February 12th, 2025
Be careful about reading the fine print; there’s no way you’re going to like it. Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter which delivers a digest of major ... Read More →
Published on February 12th, 2025
The SailGP league requires each team to have at least one female on the crew, and for 11 of the 12 teams, the women fit into the strategist role behind the helm. But for the USA ... Read More →
Published on February 12th, 2025
Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea started their Olympic campaign in 2017 for the Women’s Skiff event, and endured the difficult baptism new teams face when learning how to sail the 49erFX boat. But that was then, ... Read More →
Published on February 12th, 2025
What happens after the solo skippers in the 2024-25 Vendée Globe cross the finish line in Les Sables d’Olonne, France? For Boris Herrmann (GER), his IMOCA yacht Malizia – Seaexplorer is back into the shed for ... Read More →
Published on February 12th, 2025
In their Extraordinary Boats series, Yachting World profiles the Globe 5.80, a 19-footer designed specifically for the Mini Globe Race. “Go small, go cheap, go now,” famously said Lin and Larry Pardy, who sailed for decades ... Read More →
Published on February 12th, 2025
All 12 solo skippers completed the 2025 McIntyre Globe 580 Transat on their home-built 19-foot plywood Globe 5.80 Mini Class boats. Leaving the Canary Islands on January 11, Renaud Stitelmann (SUI) on Capucinette won the third ... Read More →
Published on February 12th, 2025
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats” – from The Wind in the Willows... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2025
What do you call a super articulate dinosaur? A Thesaurus. Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter which delivers a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features ... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2025
Sailboat and racing yacht designer and builder Edward Robert “Bob” Evelyn, 87, died January 27, 2025, after a short illness in Prospect Harbor, Maine. Well known in Southeastern New England regatta circuit, early in his career, ... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2025
After a five-year hiatus, the J/24 Canadian Class Association has appointed a new council and has scheduled the 2025 J/24 Canadian National Championship on June 20-22 in Ottawa, Ont. The Nationals will be hosted by Nepean ... Read More →