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Top USA youth athletes identified

Published on April 22nd, 2025

The inaugural US Sailing Youth National Team (USYNT) has been confirmed, with 66 athletes spanning the United States from Hawaii to the east coast. The Youth Team is the entry stage of the 7-tier pathway that ... Read More


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Should the America’s Cup be worried?

Published on April 21st, 2025

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The quiet period between America’s Cup events hasn’t been too quiet. The Challenger of Record had a divorce and the Defense split from its 3-time winning skipper. Conversely, there’s little ... Read More


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The Yacht Club nobody asked for

Published on April 21st, 2025

by Antony Barran Last Friday, I was sitting at the Yacht Club getting things ready to open when I got an email forwarded to me by my wife. For those who don’t know, we’re life and ... Read More


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Unique film, Unique boat

Published on April 21st, 2025

Founded in 1993, the International Yacht Restoration School’s library recently acquired a unique film of Amaryllis II, a 33-foot Herreshoff designed and built catamaran. While not the first catamaran to be launched at the Herreshoff boatyard ... Read More


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No yacht is a match for a whale

Published on April 21st, 2025

How likely – really – is your yacht to collide with a whale? Yachting World reports on a new approach to reduce the chance of whale strikes, plus what sailors can do. “When a 45-tonnes Sperm ... Read More


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Taking another bite of Olympic apple

Published on April 21st, 2025

During the 2024 US Olympic Team Trials for the Mixed Dinghy event, there were three teams that ended five points apart. For winning skipper Stu McNay, competing at Paris 2024 was his fifth trip to the ... Read More


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The World Sailing Show

Published on April 20th, 2025

The World Sailing Show delivers monthly episodes which feature news, profiles, and racing highlights from across the world of sailing. April 2025 Show features: • iQFOiL kicks off new season with new sails in the Bay ... Read More


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Four emergency locator beacons

Published on April 20th, 2025

William Marshall ventured 20 miles offshore on November 15, 2024, and never expected to have catastrophic engine failure at sea. Worse yet, threatening storms forming ahead of weather reports loomed over them. He activated his EPIRB—a ... Read More


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Habits are hard to change

Published on April 19th, 2025

Sailboats may be propelled by nature, but regatta parties aren’t kind to the planet. Sailors for the Sea, which works with the boating community on environmental awareness, received input from Kiwi event organizer Evita Zarina: One ... Read More


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Sailing’s been very, very good to me

Published on April 19th, 2025

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I know I’m lucky that at 62, the conversation during my annual physical has little to do with health. My parents are clocking days in their 90s, so I’ve got ... Read More


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