Environment Archives - Scuttlebutt Sailing News: Providing sailing news for sailors

Limiting harmful boat building emissions

April 23rd, 2024

While sailing may be green, building boats has gotten pretty dirty, particularly for the 60-foot IMOCAs. As the leading offshore

April 15th, 2024

Watching sailboat racing is hard. Viewing distance is far and angles are misleading. Short courses off the docks is doable,

April 2nd, 2024

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News As America’s Cup entrants must build their boats in the country they represent, shipping

March 15th, 2024

(March 15, 2024) – The Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot buoy tender, homeported in San Francisco, today accidentally discharged

March 11th, 2024

The windmill, located alongside a working farm to crush grain or pump water, had a certain charm. But while harnessing

February 26th, 2024

While wind provides clean energy to power sailboats, the sails aren’t all that green. The marine industry is looking for

February 7th, 2024

New research reaches some surprising conclusions about which propulsion systems might actually have the lowest carbon footprint. Theo Stocker digs

October 11th, 2023

Every time we drive a car, tires wear down, and these tire particles eventually pollute the water. Same goes for

October 9th, 2023

As green as we’d like to think of our sport, competing beyond the local level is hardly clean. And lately,

October 1st, 2023

Australian world record solo sailor Lisa Blair has revealed the shocking extent of microplastic pollution in the Southern Ocean in