The ORC Education Seminar Series was organized by New York Yacht Club, Chicago Yacht Club, and US Sailing Offshore Office, with four videos providing an introduction to the ORC rating system along with details about measurement and scoring. – Details
Since the start of the Beer Can Racing season is upon the yachting community, the question has been asked: When and where was the first beer can race held? While we profess to know a little about a lot, our archives are empty on this topic. If you know, send the details to editor@sailingscuttlebutt.com. As [&hellip
The Scuttlebutt website hosts newsletters back to 1998, preserving the memories and moments in the sport. But not all the news has been good, and we share this 2002 report to remember the fallen: Jamie Boeckel, 31, of Newport, RI, boat captain of the 66-foot ocean racing sloop Blue Yankee, is missing in Long Island [&hellip
: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Big time for Bahamian sloops Published on April 29th , 2024 The National Family Island Regatta is the largest and oldest of the 22 yearly Bahamian wooden racing sloop regattas . This year’s NFIR regatta , the first since sailing became the national sport of the Bahamas , was sailed April 23-26 on Elizabeth Harbor in George Town , Exuma , Bahamas . Report by Jan . Pehrson With the largest number of wooden sloops in the: : Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Derrick Fries : Where are they now Published on April 29th , 2024 From the age of four , Eastern Michigan University professor Derrick Fries has been captivated by sailing , a sport that has brought him immense joy . His passion has led him to participate in sailing and triathlons for nearly three decades , traveling to 17 countries and 23 states as an amateur . athlete Now , his exceptional talent is being recognized
: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Lindsey Vonn supports US SailGP Team Published on April 29th , 2024 The SailGP sports league moves to Bermuda for the next event on May 4-5, and while the US SailGP Team has slid down the Season 4 ranking since the new ownership group has taken control , they are not opposed to making a splash in other . departments Their latest update is how American former alpine ski racing stud Lindsey Vonn has joined the United StatesFourteen skippers from five countries have been invited to the 57th Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship hosted by the Balboa Yacht Club on July 22-27 in Newport Beach, CA. - Full report
Stanford University won the 2024 College Sailing Women’s Team Race National Championship hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University on April 28-29 in Boston, MA. The winning team was Michelle Lahrkamp/ Ellie Harned, Vanessa Lahrkamp/ Gwendolyn Donahue, and Hannah Freeman/ Alice Schmid. It was the fourth national championship in program history, with [&hellip
Olympian, America’s Cup winner and New Zealand Champion in multiple classes, Jon Bilger, explains how to use tides and tidal currents: We all know the tide ebbs and flows. It’s as predictable as the sun rising or the seasons changing, but it’s also not an exact science. Getting the timing wrong can mean an extended [&hellip
One of the things not to miss on a Sunday in Buenos Aires is the outdoor ‘flea’ market iFor the 2024 edition of the J/70 North American Championship on May 1-4, the Vallarta Yacht Club in Nuevo Nayarit has attracted 26 teams from the USA, Mexico, Canada, and Argentina. Situated just around the famous Bahia de Banderas to the west-northwest of the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, up to 11 races are planned for Banderas Bay. - Full report
: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Skipping school for Race to Alaska Published on April 29th , 2024 While most high school students will be preparing for their final exams and wrapping up their school year this June , Orcas Island teens Dagney Kruger and Else Ranker will be sailing in the Race to Alaska . competition Joined by Bryce Lutz 19 and Willow Gray 18 from Bellingham , the team of four will compete in the first leg of the race on June 9, sailing 40: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Poole repeats at 2024 Congressional Cup Published on April 28th , 2024 Long Beach , CA April 28, 2024 As the opening event for the 2024 World Match Racing Tour , the 59th Congressional Cup reached its peak today as USA’s Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team won his second consecutive Congressional Cup and Crimson . Blazer Poole and his Riptide Racing team of Joachim Aschenbrenner , Bernardo Freitas , Mal Parker , Luke: : Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Video Series : The 5 Minute Warning Published on April 28th , 2024 In the 5 Minute Warning video series , the sharp end of the sailing world gets reviewed by PlanetSail’s Matt Sheahan and Sailjuice’s Andy Rice . Here is the episode : description Oh dear , Matt and Andy are really going to have to do better than this as they go way over the 5-minute . limit Andy updates on the Olympic scene from drizzly Hyeres in the South
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Last Saturday, April 20th, the Bath and Lake Lansing High School Sailing Teams hosted a MISSA Tier 3: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Sticking with the sport beyond college Published on April 27th , 2024 There may be no sailing community in the USA that is as well connected to a College Sailing Team as Charleston , SC . This was on display at the 28th edition of Charleston Race Week in which some 70 alumni and students from the College of Charleston were participants across the 180-strong . fleet We were proud when our teams sailed their best and we wereAfter three days of racing (April 25-27) on the Charles River, the Roger Williams University Hawks took first place in the College Sailing Open Team Race National Championship hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in Boston, MA. The final day of the Championship delivered more challenging conditions while waiting for the [&hellipLong Beach, CA (April 27, 2024) – The eight teams that advanced to the knock-out rounds of the Congressional Cup began with the top four from the double round robin series – Ian Williams (GBR), Jeppe Borch (DEN), Dave Hood (USA), and Gavin Brady (USA) – which then waited for the four teams that would [&hellip: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Lessons for Los Angeles 2028 Published on April 26th , 2024 Ford McCann had won the USA Trials in his event , Men’s One Person Dinghy ILCA 7 but still needed to be among the top three nations at the final qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics . That didn’t happen with the Olympic tickets given to South Korea , Estonia , and Malaysia . What happened This week delivered a wide range of conditions and I believe each of us had: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature How to win the Mine Is Biggest award Published on April 26th , 2024 With the new contract for Project 411, Dutch custom superyacht builder Royal Huisman enters record territory with Noir , a 264-foot sailing yacht . Noir has been conceived by an owner and his team for the pleasure of sailing with his loved ones and closest friends . This Malcolm McKeon design will feature the world’s tallest sloop rig of 305 feet . A unique: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Attracting geeks to the sailing world Published on April 26th , 2024 While it would seem like pure fantasy that video sailing games will attract participants to the sport , they do bolster commercial interest , and that’s a goal for the America’s Cup when it launched AC Sailing for gamers along with its first-ever e-sports world championship , America’s Cup . E-series The next step is to increase the noise , so Emirates TeamNOAA electronic navigational charts (NOAA ENC®) are vector data sets that support all types of marine navigation. Originally designed for large commercial vessels, ENCs are used in computer navigation programs and mobile applications on many types of ships, including recreational vessels. NOAA ENCs provide real time ship positioning, as well as collision and grounding avoidance. - Full report
As the national governing body for sailing in the United States, US Sailing is seeking nominations to fill five open seats on the US Sailing Board of Directors. Application must be submitted no later than May 15, 2024. – DetailsLong Beach, CA (April 25, 2024) – The first stage of the 59th edition of the Congressional Cup concluded with the double round robin series and the top four teams – Ian Williams (GBR), Jeppe Borch (DEN), Dave Hood (USA), and Gavin Brady (USA) – advancing to the Quarter-final stage of the event. The remaining [&hellip: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Grooming the next generation of sailors Published on April 25th , 2024 by Craig Leweck , Scuttlebutt Sailing News Youth sailing has followed the same path as other sports with increased coaching and intensity , which has led to attrition as kids either quit because of the heightened competition , or because they never got introduced to sailing opportunities beyond the youth . bubble However , don’t blame the coaches as mostThe intent of a bilge pump is to remove water that enters the bilge, but at what rate? A bilge pump is most needed at the worst of times, and often that is when their inadequacy is discovered. George Day discusses a recent incident in the Cruising Compass report: The sinking of the Swedish-flag 46-footer [&hellipFirst held in 1968, Antigua Sailing Week 2024 is back with 13 racing classes for teams representing 20 different nations. On April 27, the start gun will fire for the stand-alone Peters & May Round Antigua Race. Beginning April 28, the 55th edition of Antigua Sailing Week gets underway with five days of racing plus a midway Lay Day on May 1. On May 3, the Final Prize Giving Party follows the last day of racing. - Full report
The Race to Alaska will hold its 8th edition in 2024, continuing with its 750-mile course from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. And now there is a podcast series prior to the June 9 start. In this episode, meet a trio of teams that each will require a blister-care technician: click here
Matt Sheahan and his PlanetSail team share the latest episode in a regular series of features about the road to the America’s Cup that will take us from the first official event in Vilanova to the Cup match itself in October 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. Here’s the episode synopsis: It’s a simple question – How [&hellip
: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Debut sort of for American Magic AC75 Published on April 25th , 2024 Barcelona , Spain April 25, 2024 New York Yacht Club American Magic , Challenger for the 37th America’s Cup , today slid its AC75 race boat , B3,” outside of the shed as commissioning continues since its arrival on March 25 Previously hidden , it had traveled 3,500 miles from its construction at the build facility in Portsmouth , Rhode Island , to its: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature America One Racing Performance Report Published on April 25th , 2024 America One Racing as the largest private financial supporter of US sailing athletes campaigning for the Olympic Games , provides this First Quarter Report for : 2024 Q1 2024 was always destined to be very important for USA athletes . For the first time in 12 years , the USA held our Olympic Trials on home waters during the months of January and February .: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature Broker peace for US Olympic Program Published on April 25th , 2024 It was in 2008 when Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias won the last Sailing Gold Medal for the USA , and she has been trying to change that for the past 16 years . She felt good about the chances for Paris 2024, but then had to deal with her national federation initiating distractions Anna details her journey in this letter to the US Sailing Board of : Directors I wantYou know times are tough when a picture is now only worth 500 words. 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, features and dock talk…with a North American focus. For newsletter information: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/newsletter-read-or-subscribe
: Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information News Coaching change for US SailGP Team Published on April 24th , 2024 Evan Aras After a new ownership group for United States SailGP Team made significant personnel changes when they took over in December 2023 during Season 4, more changes are coming following the team’s performance in four . events When the new team leadership did not retain America’s Cup winning coach Philippe Presti FRA who had been with the team since Season 2: : Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature American Magic : Checking the boxes Published on April 24th , 2024 Barcelona , Spain April 24, 2024 Each of the six America’s Cup teams have mapped out their training schedule , and for NYYC American Magic this was the final day of their two-boat race training program . Their AC40s will now move to Badalona where the Youth Women’s teams will be based going . forward Out on the water , the team had a high intensity trainingThe 76th Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race will commence on April 26, 2024. The 125 nm course from Newport Beach, CA to Ensenada, Mexico has long been a rite of passage for Southern California sailors, with the more recent option of an 88 nm course to San Diego, CA. - Full report
: : Facebook About Subscribe Calendar Store Contact Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Search Navigation Home Photos and Videos Photos Videos Newsletter Read it Subscribe to it Resources Sailing Calendar Store Sailing Club Library Suppliers Information Feature America’s Cup : What Mother Nature sees Published on April 24th , 2024 Sailing Hall of Famer Buddy Melges is famous for saying how instruments are great , but you have to look at the water and present the boat to Mother Nature . 8221 While it is computers that have created the latest batch of America’s Cup AC75s , Mother Nature will get the final vote on which team got it right . Here’s a glimpse of what she’ll be : seeingSeahorse magazine hosts a monthly poll to recognize recent achievement, and in May 2024 they matched the offshore talents of Cole Brauer (USA) against Chris Sherlock (GBR). As this is little more than a popularity contest, these polls are often not a fair fight, and pity for Sherlock to be up against the tidal wave [&hellip
We’ve haven’t used our bikes here in Buenos Aires as much as we’d expected. QuiteMy apathy is at an all-time whatever. 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, features and dock talk…with a North American focus. For newsletter information: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/newsletter-read-or-subscribe