race management Archives

The Three Things That Matter

February 17th, 2021

Tom Duggan, International Race Officer and PRO for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, shares the secrets to running good races in

October 7th, 2020

The coronavirus hasn’t traveled the world on its own plane ticket, so for sailing to help minimize its movement, Scuttlebutt

September 9th, 2020

An idea that two friends have been working on to make it easier for race officers and support boats to

August 11th, 2020

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Rather than using drop marks to set race courses, MarkSetBot is a self-propelled robotic

May 28th, 2020

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) has released a free publication that gives guidance for race organizers and sailors using the

November 20th, 2019

Two recent reports, Storm clouds on the horizon and Why volunteerism is falling, prompted concerning commentary on the state of

November 17th, 2019

Having witnessed elite race officers come together in committee, discussing how to improve the standard of race administration, we find

September 26th, 2019

The Irish publication Afloat has been tackling the topic of race management: Top Ten Tips Olympic helmsman Mark Mansfield, who

September 4th, 2019

by Martha Henderson “What you are doing,” Dave Perry said to me after a spring rules seminar, “Is really hard!”

February 5th, 2019

Noel M. Field, Jr. is currently a US SAILING judge emeritus, and as he recognizes the shortage of judges, he