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02.05.2025
Defending champion Chris Poole USA, leads first day of the Congressional Cup at Long Beach Read more on Sail Web
Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and match racing world champion Ian Williams nominated the M32 Ca…
This is Magic Carpet e, the brand new maxi that is undefeated after two races at the PalmaVela. If you can stomach it, you can watch yet another mind-numbing, quick-cut video of the event here. – e…
Greg Dorn’s San Francisco Yacht Club-flagged Favonius 2 (Transpac 52) raced the 77th Newport to Ensenada Race on Friday. We used the race as another training session for the 2025 Transpac coming up…
For cryin’ out loud, how many of these damn near look a like 70′ + luxury liners can about 10 manufacturers produce? It just shows how much money people have to buy something like this, the new Oys…
26.04.2025
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 2025-2028…
The Transatlantic Race 2025 from the East Coast of the United States to the shores of the United Kingdom stands as one of sailing’s most time-honored and demanding challenges. Read more on Sa…
25.04.2025
Matt Sheahan tours the new Magic Carpet-e, considered to be the most advanced Maxi in more than a decade. In the first of three reports, Matt speaks to owner Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, skipper Danny G…
When I first saw the March cover of Latitude 38 floating around San Diego, I had to pick it up. I mean, come on — that’s just a badass shot. Winger mid-carve, massive swell, moody lighting — you ca…
19.04.2025
This Sunday at 13:02, the 19 duos competing in the Transat Paprec will set sail across the Atlantic Ocean. The morning promises to be full of emotion. Read more on Sail-World
California sailing legend Paul Cayard, Australian-born racer Jimmy Spithill, and Susan Henn, the first known woman to compete in the America’s Cup, have been announced as the Herreshoff Marine Muse…
As the owner of a stock 41-year-old Hobie 33 in an area with at least one questionable 33 (and one I will immediately protest when we race against it), I don’t think equitable OD racing would be po…
14.04.2025
Garry Hoyt, visionary sailor and advertising executive, passed away peacefully at home in Newport, Rhode Island on March 31, 2025. He was 93 years old. Garry’s first career was with the leading glo…
07.04.2025
The inaugural J/70 Corinthian European Championship has been a roller coaster of conditions at Clube Naval de Cascais Portugal… Read more on Sail-World
The 24-year-old Tauranga sailor claimed bronze in the women’s iQFOiL at the 2025 Princess Sofia Trophy regatta in Palma, Mallorca on Saturday following a strong display of speed and consisten…
06.04.2025
Seattle is set to host the Clipper 2025-26 Race as the global sailing event has announced the city will feature on its race route… Read more on Sail-World
USSailing’s application was designed to be completed in sections. An owner can submit their initial application without having all the required measurement data on hand, including your final …
05.04.2025
Donald Gregg Stokes, 73, of Topsfield, MA departed this life on Wednesday, March 27, 2025. His principal passion of competitive sailing began from working at Hood Sails in Marblehead and carried on…
03.04.2025
A rough rendering of the Coast Guard’s Feb. 26 encounter off Southern California. © 2025 ChatGPT/aka “chatdawg” We are not alone in the universe! On February 26, a USCG/Department of Ho…
02.04.2025
Now that Auckland has removed itself as an option to host the 38th America’s Cup, the leading candidates floating in the media are Italy and Greece, with Greek billionaire George Prokopiou as the m…
Not far from the German headland of Cape Arkona, a sailing boat sank March 31 due to massive water ingress. The crew had to climb into the life raft, from which they were rescued a short time later…
President Donald J. Trump has proclaimed that the next America’s Cup, the prestigious sailing competition dating back to 1851, will be held at his private club, Mar-a-Lago… Read more on…
28.03.2025
As the Australian summer concludes and the sailors are set for the 2025 international regattas, the Australian Sailing ILCA7 squad has made a crucial stopover in Long Beach, California, the future …
33-year-old former British soldier Craig Wood has officially begun his world first maritime expedition to become the world’s first triple amputee to sail solo, non-stop and unsupported 7,000 …
The XR 41 from X-Yachts was quite a departure from what they’d been doing for the last 15 years: concentrating on high-end Performance Racing Cruisers. This is an out and out race yacht, but …
26.03.2025
One of the coolest aspects of SailGP’s fifth season of racing has been the rotating cast of characters who have been reaching the podium’s top step. This past weekend, in San Francisco,…
There wasn’t a boat Matt Mitchell couldn’t race or a challenge he wasn’t up for. And, say those closest to the America’s Cup star and grassroots sailing champion, no one was…
In a session at the 2025 US Sailing Leadership Forum, Bring the Fun Back to Sailing Using Innovative Regatta Formats, the title implies that the fun has left sailing. Has it? Increased participatio…
25.03.2025
On the fourth and final day of the GL52 Pensacola Cup regatta (3/23/25) two races were run in 10-13 knots of breeze. Read more on Sail-World
24.03.2025
Now we published the first one back in June last year. It did really well, thank you. Very much appreciated. Clearly, there are lots of young sailors out there looking to add a load of fun to their…
The Flying Roos (AUS) broke their wingsail in the final seconds leading up to the start of Race 7 of the Oracle SailGP Regatta in San Francisco. Read more on Sail-World
22.03.2025
The Rockwool Denmark Racing SailGP Team will not compete in San Francisco after damage sustained in Los Angeles was deemed too extensive to repair in time for the weekend. Read more on Sail-World
The entry lists are now almost definitive and confirm a historic post-Olympic edition, with almost 850 boats registered comparing favourably to the 779 which took part at the first Sofia regatta of…
21.03.2025
The 2025 RORC Caribbean 600 brought together a world-class fleet for one of the most challenging and exhilarating offshore races on the calendar. A 600-mile course weaving through 11 stunning Carib…
A successful rescue is always rooted in preparation which George Day has us thinking about in this report for the Cruising Compass: We’re soon going to be in the spring and early summer migration a…
The Interdominion Windsurfer LT event, starting Friday, is to challenge the Australian and Pacific nation Windsurfer LT sailors to show the New Zealand Windsurfer LT sailors how they compare on an …
13.03.2025
While storms don’t read calendars, the start of storm activity in the Eastern Pacific is considered May 15 while the Atlantic begins growling June 1, with both “storm seasons” lasting until Novembe…
Today’s wind was light and shifty as it was yesterday, but the results of the two short-course races was vastly different, which has added to the drama of the final three races of the Winning…
07.03.2025
Online auction opening Friday 7th March closing Thursday 13th March 2025 at 2pm AEST. Read more on Sail-World
“There are some heavy hitters here,” said Ed McCoy, my friend and frequent sailing partner. “Agreed,” I replied. Since arriving about 30 minutes earlier at the backyard barbecue in Falmouth, Maine,…