News

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

This is how I learned to sail

Published on December 1st, 2024

How people get connected to sailing varies through the decades, but also by the region. Joe Cooper recalls his early days for WindCheck magazine: What was it like when you learned to sail? I had to ... Read More


Feature

Port & Starboard: Salty Politics

Published on December 1st, 2024

The Boating Barrister is a monthly feature in WindCheck magazine by John K. Fulweiler, Esq. which offers tips for navigating tricky legal waterways, always with a healthy dose of wit. In the Nov/Dec 2024 edition, John ... Read More


News

37th America’s Cup was amazingly boring

Published on December 1st, 2024

Since the first America’s Cup in 1870, interest in the competition has been high. But it was for the 34th edition in 2013 when the revised format – faster boats, course boundaries, and broadcast enhancements – ... Read More


Feature

Pursuing fastest round the world time

Published on November 30th, 2024

by Helen Fretter, Yachting World Thomas Coville’s Sodebo and Francois Gabart’s SVR-Lazartigue set off within hours of each other, attempting to break the non-stop around the world crewed record, the famed ‘no limits’ Jules Verne Trophy. ... Read More


Photo

Sailing Calendar: December 2024

Published on November 30th, 2024

Photographer Cory Silken provides us with a computer monitor calendar for December 2024. Click here to open the image, then put your cursor over it, right click to open the drop down menu and indicate you ... Read More


Feature

Sailfaster with Tom Burnham

Published on November 29th, 2024

Pete Boland hosts Sailfaster, a podcast series where racing sailors discuss what it takes to sail faster and how races are won. In this episode, Boland hosts Tom Burnham, fresh off his America’s Cup experience with ... Read More


Curmudgeon's Observation

Curmudgeon’s Observation

Published on November 27th, 2024

“A thought about Thanksgiving Day: Once, there was this day when…everyone realized they needed each other.” – April Burns, Pieces of April Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt ... Read More


News

Speed record falls again on Vendée Globe

Published on November 27th, 2024

(November 27, 2024; Day 18) – Unprecedented solo monohull speeds continue to be sustained by the leading five boats on the Vendée Globe as they head towards the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope. The ... Read More


News

All go for St. Petersburg regatta series

Published on November 27th, 2024

Having been spared the significant damage back-to-back major hurricanes inflicted upon many parts of Florida, the team at St. Petersburg Yacht Club is positioned to launch the 5-stage Sailing World Regatta Series in 2025 with the ... Read More



Back to Top ↑

Get Your Sailing News Fix!

Your download by email.

  • Hidden
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

We’ll keep your information safe.