Feature

Yacht Club House Drinks 2025

Published on June 2nd, 2025

Sailing has its traditions, and for better or worse, the adult beverage is one of them. At some yacht clubs, this tradition goes so far as a designated house drink. In 2010, Scuttlebutt took on the ... Read More


Feature

Eight Bells: Tom Shadden

Published on June 16th, 2025

Well-known California yachtsman Tom Shadden died on May 31, 2025 in Long Beach, CA. He was 90. He attended a military school during his youth and then went to Cal State Long Beach. After graduating from ... Read More


News

Brazil to welcome (again) The Ocean Race

Published on June 15th, 2025

The Ocean Race confirms the around‑the‑world yacht race will return to Brazil, with the fleet stopping April 2027 in Itajaí and again in 2031, in a two-edition hosting partnership. This will mark the fifth time the ... Read More


Feature

That was then. This is now.

Published on June 14th, 2025

When race management blunders marred the United States Olympic Sailing Trials for the 1988 Olympics, it became headline news in the Los Angeles Times. The problems had to do with the confusion of marks for the ... Read More


News

Safety review from Sydney Hobart Race

Published on June 13th, 2025

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has published the full independent review report into the three incidents in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, which tragically saw two fatalities and a man overboard (MOB) ... Read More


Feature

Keeping the lay day, sort of

Published on June 12th, 2025

Back when the San Francisco Big Boat Series had big boats, it also had lay days (plural). Some of the best memories came away from the race course, but now it’s a four-day battle where the ... Read More


Dock Talk

Sunfish Class in the Heart of Dixie

Published on June 12th, 2025

The 2025 Sunfish North American Championship will be held June 12-14 in Fairhope, AL. The 62nd edition has attracted 79 entrants for the 11-race series on Mobile Bay. – Details... Read More


Feature

Recognizing service to college sailing

Published on June 12th, 2025

The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) revealed the recipients of their 2025 Hall of Fame Afterguard Division Awards which recognize service to college sailing. • Campbell Family Award for Lifetime Service Michael “Sego” Segerblom, University of Southern ... Read More


Curmudgeon's Observation

Curmudgeon’s Observation

Published on June 11th, 2025

‘I’ before ‘E’ except after ‘C’ disproved by science. 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 and ... Read More



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