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Published on April 13th, 2025
The Osaka Cup doublehanded yacht race is held every four years on average, and extends 5500 nm from Melbourne, Australia to Osaka, Japan. With staggered starts from March 2 to 31, the 17 entrants will pass ... Read More →
Published on April 13th, 2025
by Gary Jobson, Cruising World It’s foggy on a dark night. Our boat is sailing through a narrow channel at 10 knots. We hear a foghorn. Two minutes later, the horn sounds closer. A few more ... Read More →
Published on April 13th, 2025
Roger Long is a retired naval architect, and once testified as an expert witness in a case involving a ship that capsized and sank. In this report he offers an explanation of yacht stability: Well, it’s ... Read More →
Published on April 13th, 2025
Nineteen teams competed in the 2025 Interclub Dinghy US National Championship, hosted by Cottage Park Yacht Club (Winthrop, MA) on April 12-13. After weather on the first day proved un-sailable with 25-30 knots and driving rain, ... Read More →
Published on April 13th, 2025
The 29th edition of Charleston Race Week was held April 11-13 attracted 142 teams for racing in 18 classes. Teamwork, the J/122 skippered by Robin Team, was awarded the Palmetto Cup as winner of the most ... Read More →
Published on April 12th, 2025
The news that Team New Zealand has parted ways with their 3-time winning skipper Peter Burling has kept the Kiwi pundits busy. Team NZ chief executive Grant Dalton said it was an amicable split, that there ... Read More →
Published on April 12th, 2025
Garry Hoyt, visionary sailor and advertising executive, passed away peacefully at home in Newport, Rhode Island on March 31, 2025. He was 93 years old. Garry’s first career was with the leading global advertising and marketing ... Read More →
Published on April 12th, 2025
by Helen Fretter, Yachting World The Puig Women’s America’s Cup in Barcelona last autumn was a game changer: there had never before been a dedicated women’s competition, or even a dedicated female athlete role, in the ... Read More →
Published on April 12th, 2025
The 2025 Star North American Championship was held April 9-12 in Pass Christian, MS. Twenty-one teams competed in the 7-race series, with Jack Jennings/ Pedro Trouche winning after finishing tied on points with George Szabo/ Guy ... Read More →
Published on April 12th, 2025
Newport Harbor Yacht Club (Newport Beach, CA) swept their spring team race events, winning both the Palmer Trophy (April 6-8) for 60+ year old helmspersons and the Baldwin Cup (April 10-12). The winning senior team was ... Read More →