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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

Living in the Scuttlebutt World

Published on February 13th, 2025

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News It’s supposed to be the slow season in San Diego… just doesn’t feel that way. The 2025 Sailing Leadership Forum was in town last week for a 4-day marathon of ... Read More


Feature

SAILING Magazine ends its print run

Published on February 13th, 2025

Port Washington, WI (February 13, 2025) – SAILING Magazine’s long run as a print magazine has ended. The publication that started as a newspaper for Lake Michigan sailors and grew into a glossy, oversized national sailing ... Read More


Feature

What really matters after 3.5 decades

Published on February 13th, 2025

by Carol Cronin Halfway through a group dinner at my first regatta of 2025, I realized: I’ve been sailing Snipes on Miami’s Biscayne Bay for 34 years. Though on my best days I feel almost as ... Read More


Feature

Conversations with Classic Boats

Published on February 13th, 2025

Conversations with Classic Boats is a podcast about classic boat designs and the stories behind them. Hosted by Tom Darling, this episode reviews how the good life embraced physical pleasure and self-indulgence. Did you ever wonder ... Read More


Dock Talk

College Sailing: Executive Director Search

Published on February 13th, 2025

The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association is seeking a passionate and highly organized Executive Director to lead the administrative operations of collegiate sailing in the United States. This is a full-time, remote position (East Coast preferred) with required ... Read More


Dock Talk

Speed Council ratifies new solo records

Published on February 13th, 2025

The World Sailing Speed Record Council confirmed the establishment of a new Singlehanded 60-foot and Singlehanded Monohull 24 hour records. Sébastien Simon (FRA) on his IMOCA Groupe Dubreuil completed the distance of 614.91 nm on November ... Read More


Dock Talk

New category for wingfoil records

Published on February 13th, 2025

The World Sailing Speed Record Council is managing a new category for wingfoils, posting national records along with the outright speed of 33.55 knots by Alessandro Tomasi (ITA). – Details... Read More


Curmudgeon's Observation

Curmudgeon’s Observation

Published on February 12th, 2025

Be careful about reading the fine print; there’s no way you’re going to like it. Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter which delivers a digest of major ... Read More


Feature

Crazy, dangerous, should never happen?

Published on February 12th, 2025

All 12 solo skippers completed the 2025 McIntyre Globe 580 Transat on their home-built 19-foot plywood Globe 5.80 Mini Class boats. Leaving the Canary Islands on January 11, Renaud Stitelmann (SUI) on Capucinette won the third ... Read More


Feature

Giving female athletes freedom to fail

Published on February 12th, 2025

The SailGP league requires each team to have at least one female on the crew, and aside from Brazilian helm Martine Grael, the women fit into the strategist role behind the helm. But for the USA ... Read More



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