Published on April 27th, 2025
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I began making racing sails in 1983, and did so for the next 12 years. I had no previous skills, but I made fast sails. Looking back, I was lucky, ... Read More →
Published on April 26th, 2025
Harvard University Crimson are the 2025 College Open Team Race National Champions, held April 24-26 in in Cranston, RI. Sixteen teams competed using 2025 Zim CFJs and 420Es. Three days of sailing in big wind and ... Read More →
Published on April 25th, 2025
by Buttons Padin On a ship in the Navy, Hail and Farewell parties blend the arrival of a new member of the wardroom with a send-off for a departing shipmate. In the Racing Rules of Sailng ... Read More →
Published on April 25th, 2025
by Brendan Huffman, UK Sailmakers A few years ago, I was invited to race on a fairly new, hot racing boat here in SoCal for a popular race. The invitation was exciting–this was a fast boat ... Read More →
Published on April 24th, 2025
As an official qualifying event of the World Match Racing Tour, eight international match racing teams will do battle at the 2025 Ficker Cup on April 25-27 in Long Beach, CA. Along with the Ficker Cup ... Read More →
Published on April 24th, 2025
Clarke Murphy, a passionate ocean racer and dual member of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and the New York Yacht Club, is gearing up for his fifth Transatlantic Race in 20 years, this time as skipper ... Read More →
Published on April 24th, 2025
When Charlie Enright was named US Sailing Chief Executive, it marked a shift for the national governing body of sailing. Enright, 40, joins the organization from professional sailing, taking over from Alan Ostfield, a well-traveled sports ... Read More →
Published on April 24th, 2025
Americans Nevin Snow and Ian MacDiarmid are competing in the Men’s Skiff event at 2025 French Olympic Week. They are in second with two days remaining, but after a day with finishes of 4-1, and then ... Read More →
Published on April 24th, 2025
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is a UK government organization, authorized to investigate all maritime accidents in UK waters and accidents involving UK registered ships worldwide. The agency distributed a report on April 24, 2025 ... Read More →
Published on April 24th, 2025
It was during the 2000 Formula Windsurfing World Championship in Thailand when riders were catapulted as their fins hit floating plastic bags. Since then, Olympic windsurfing equipment provider Starboard has been working to clean up the ... Read More →