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Promising forecast for 2025 Antigua Sailing Week

Published on April 24th, 2025

The 56th edition of Antigua Sailing Week on April 26-May 2 anticipates strong tradewinds for the racing across nine classes, with competitors ranging from family crews and long-term cruisers to some of the most successful sailors ... Read More


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RacingCalendar seeks to connect sport

Published on April 24th, 2025

A worldwide online calendar called RacingCalendar.org has been launched and features all major travel regattas and sailing events – from youth dinghies and Match Racing to SailGP, Offshore, and Superyacht series. Oakcliff Sailing teamed up with ... Read More


Curmudgeon's Observation

Curmudgeon’s Observation

Published on April 23rd, 2025

You know you’re getting old when you have ‘upstairs Advil’ and ‘downstairs Advil’. Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter which delivers a digest of major sailing news, ... Read More


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Eight Bells: Robert Douglas

Published on April 23rd, 2025

Robert S. Douglas, renowned designer and captain of the topsail schooner Shenandoah — as well as a teacher and mentor and businessman who founded the Black Dog apparel company — died April 23, 2025 at the ... Read More


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Keelboats keep kids engaged in sailing

Published on April 23rd, 2025

Hall of Famer Dave Perry is a master match racing educator, and has a secret motivation when working with youth sailors. Since match racing is in keelboats, his clinics aren’t just teaching one-on-one tactics, but also ... Read More


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Waving the golden wand

Published on April 23rd, 2025

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I was cleaning out the Scuttlebutt inbox, and found an email exchange with a friend regarding the youth years of sailing. My take may not be popular, but you know ... Read More


Curmudgeon's Observation

Curmudgeon’s Observation

Published on April 22nd, 2025

Everything will kill you so choose something fun. 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 dock ... Read More


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Level is intense, Margins are tiny

Published on April 22nd, 2025

When Charlie Dalin won the Vendée Globe 2024-25, he shattered the round the world non-stop record by an incredible 9+ days. His 64-day elapsed time covered 27,668 nm at an average speed of 17.79 knots. Where ... Read More


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Managing energy during postponements

Published on April 22nd, 2025

The start is at noon, with your team planning dockout at 10am. But the forecast is not promising, and the race committee has called for an on-land postponement. How do you deal with the “hurray-up and ... Read More


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Expert tips: How to hold a lane upwind

Published on April 22nd, 2025

Keelboat and dinghy champion Henry Wetherell shares tips on how to hold a lane upwind with Andy Rice for Yachting World: Learning to live in a thin lane is one of the key skills that separate ... Read More


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