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Follow the Vendée Globe 2024-25

Published on November 13th, 2024

The Vendée Globe, raced in the 60-foot IMOCA, is the elite race round the world, solo, non-stop, and without assistance. On November 10, 40 skippers started the 2024-25 edition which begins and ends in Les Sables ... Read More


Feature

Finishers again at Vendée Globe 2024-25

Published on January 24th, 2025

Les Sables d’Olonne, France (January 24, 2025; Day 76) – It had been a week since the Vendée Globe podium was complete, without another finisher until today delivered an incoming crowd: 4th. Emerging relieved and happy ... Read More


Feature

Doubt cast over next America’s Cup

Published on January 24th, 2025

On October 19th 2024, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, on behalf of the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand, accepted a Notice of Challenge for the 38th America’s Cup (AC38) from Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd and ... Read More


Feature

INEOS removes Ben Ainslie from team

Published on January 23rd, 2025

Ben Ainslie, the most successful sailor in Olympic history, has been fired. After winning his fifth consecutive Olympic medal, Ainslie helped defender Oracle Team USA win the 2013 America’s Cup. The British champion then launched Ben ... Read More


Feature

America’s Cup: Will Ainslie start over?

Published on January 23rd, 2025

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News If you believe everything you read, the news that Sir Ben Ainslie had been removed from the team he skippered to the 37th America’s Cup Finals came to him as ... Read More


Feature

Are the Racing Rules sufficiently simple?

Published on January 23rd, 2025

It is the intention of the Racing Rules of Sailing to safely get boats around a race course, but how easy is it to know these rules? The answer… it depends. When Geoffrey Emanuel shared his ... Read More


Feature

New venture to energize USA sailing

Published on January 23rd, 2025

While the America’s Cup Defender and Challenger of Record work out details for the 38th edition, the other teams must keep their assets busy. Here’s an update on how one team is doing that: American Magic, ... Read More


Dock Talk

Volvo 70 wins RORC Transatlantic Race

Published on January 23rd, 2025

The Volvo 70 Tschüss 2 (USA), owned by Christian Zugel, has been named the overall winner of the 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race. While the majority of boats are still racing, none of the competitors at sea ... Read More


Dock Talk

The World Sailing Show

Published on January 23rd, 2025

The World Sailing Show delivers 30-minute episodes which feature news, profiles, and racing highlights from across the world of sailing. January 2025 Show features: • The latest from the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe • ... Read More


Curmudgeon's Observation

Curmudgeon’s Observation

Published on January 22nd, 2025

Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone. 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


Dock Talk

Notice of Race update for Gulf of Mexico?

Published on January 22nd, 2025

From the southern tip of Texas, the coastline of the United States stretches eastward toward Florida’s Big Bend, then extending south toward Key West. And it is the Gulf of Mexico that splashes along this shoreline… ... Read More



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