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 →
Published on January 9th, 2025
The 37th edition of the America’s Cup concluded when Team New Zealand ousted the British challenger on October 19, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. But the pursuit of the America’s Cup never stops, with Scuttlebutt checking in ... Read More →
Published on January 9th, 2025
For his lifetime, Mattias Coutts has been introduced as “Sir Russell Coutts’ son”, which happens when dad is an Olympic gold medalist and skippered three Americas Cup victories. Perhaps that will now change. At just 19 ... Read More →
Published on January 9th, 2025
The Storm Trysail Club will host the 2025 ORC North American Championship as part of the 31st Block Island Race Week (BIRW), set to take place June 21-27, 2025. “The Storm Trysail Club has been supportive ... Read More →
Published on January 9th, 2025
Forty-six teams are set to compete in the 2025 Etchells World Championship being held January 10-14 in Melbourne, Australia. Reigning Etchells World Champion Graeme Taylor with James Mayo and Ben Lamb on Magpie won the 4-race ... Read More →
Published on January 9th, 2025
(January 9, 2025; Day 61) – The Vendée Globe leading trio – Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance, 1st), Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA, 2nd), and Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil, 3rd) – are in the home stretch and ... Read More →
Published on January 8th, 2025
Common sense is a flower that doesn’t grow in everyone’s garden. 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, ... Read More →
Published on January 8th, 2025
The International Olympic Committee will soon have its presidential election, and gender eligibility for women’s events is an issue among the candidates. To navigate the issue, World Sailing now has a transgender and non-binary eligibility policy, ... Read More →
Published on January 8th, 2025
On December 12, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men from a 2005 Beneteau Oceanis 523, apparently due to extreme weather. The yacht was on a Chesapeake-to-Caribbean passage when the crew was airlifted 150 miles southeast ... Read More →
Published on January 8th, 2025
The 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race departs January 12 for 17 teams from the Canary Islands on the 3000nm course to Grenada, West Indies. The 11th edition has attracted sailors from 19 nations, spanning Finland to Australia ... Read More →
Published on January 8th, 2025
Outside sports deal with weather, but none more than sailing. To love sailing is to accept suffering, but no sailor suffers more than an iceboater. The season is short and decent conditions are rare. But a ... Read More →