Feature

Will sailmaking return to the USA?

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


News

Harvard wins Team Race Nationals

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


News

Hail and Farewell

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


Feature

The value of rail meat

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


Dock Talk

World Match Racing Tour in USA

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


Feature

US Sailing in need of renewal

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


Feature

Enduring the highs and lows of racing

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


Feature

Bureaucratic sluggishness at work?

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


Feature

Removing plastic from the beaches

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



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