Photographer Cory Silken provides us with a computer monitor calendar for August 2024. Click here to open the image, then put your cursor over it, right click to open the drop down menu and indicate you want to ‘Set as Desktop Background’. As a bonus, Cory also created a smartphone version… click here
Marseille, France (July 31, 2024) – Racing for the Canadian Sailing Team, which is competing in four of the ten events at the Paris 2024 Olympics, came to a close for its Men’s and Women’s Skiff teams when they did not advance to the Medal Race. Sisters Antonia & Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, N.S., finished [&hellip
The 2024 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup will feature the very first World Championship for ‘Maxi 1’ when racing takes place on September 8-14 in Porto Cervo, Italy. As part of the main event, the Rolex IMA Maxi 1 World Championship will be open to maxi yachts with an IRC TCC of 1.700-2.200 and up to [&hellip
by David Flynn, SpinSheet Sailboat racing is a sport that demands quick and decisive decision making and action. However, it is also chess-like in movements and often requires a more thoughtful approach and a measure of patience. We Type A personalities often struggle with this aspect of the sport. Here in no particular order are [&hellip
by Kim Couranz, SpinSheet Protests are generally not fun, but they are always opportunities for learning. Moreover, they are an important part of our sport. Many sailors are wary of the protest room, thinking, “It’s always a toss-up, even if I know I was right!” But that’s not the case. There are ways to improve [&hellipMarseille, France (July 31, 2024) – The fickle, marginal conditions at the Paris 2024 Olympics continued on the fourth day as the surrounding terrain juggled the wind, with consistency rare for the Men’s and Women’s Skiff and Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing. In scorching temperatures, the 20-boat Skiff fleets completed the final three races of their [&hellipThe Strait of Georgia is between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the extreme northwestern mainland coast of Washington, United States. It is remote waters in which the captain of a sailing vessel was rescued by the Canadian Coast Guard on Monday, July 29, after spending over four [&hellipEach year, around 2,000 tons of polyethene terephthalate (PET) sails used by the global marine sector are decommissioned or damaged beyond repair, with the majority either remaining in storage or sent to landfill. Now, Sustainable Sailing – a start-up established by two brothers with backgrounds in sailing and chemistry – is aiming to find alternative [&hellip
The 2024 US Women’s Match Racing Championship will take place August 2–4 in Chicago, IL. This prestigious event brings together some of the top female match racers from across the country, to compete for the coveted Allegra Knapp Mertz Trophy. Racing Sonars on Lake Michigan, Allie Blecher is returning to defend her title and add [&hellipThe good thing about a long summer of weeknight racing is the chance to improve from week to week. Report by Jonathan McKee for Sailing World: Sometimes our sport can be frustrating, while other times everything just falls into place. I experienced the latter one recent evening while racing my Aero dinghy. This particular Thursday-night [&hellip
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Engine run: 3h (350,9h)15 NM Kaunis ja rauhallinen aamu Elisaaressa. Nukuttiin pitkään ja irrotettiiAlligators can grow up to 20 feet but most grow four. 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-subscribeMarseille, France (July 30, 2024) – The third day at the Paris 2024 Olympics completed all the planned races for the Men’s and Women’s Skiff and Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing, but it was amid a hot, dusty, and erratic wind that came in from over the mountains of Marseille which peaked at 18 knots but [&hellipDesigned by Cap’t Nathanael Herreshoff, the first H Class hulls began construction in 1913, and their use continues as 28 H12 teams traveled to the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard for the 2024 H Class Championship hosted by Edgartown Yacht Club on July 27-28. These classic little gaff-rigged sloops hark back to the golden age [&hellip
Engine run: 1h (347,9h)34 NM Isot, isot kiitokset eskaaderille! Laguz ja Zeska, meillä oli niin hausUS Sailing has launched the Women’s Coaching Pathway, a pioneering program designed to elevate female coaches to the pinnacle of coaching and competition in the United States. Preliminary funding for the Women’s Coaching Pathway was provided by Mary Lattimore, whose mother, Glenn Lattimore, was a pioneering female sailor and trustee for the Charles Frances Adams [&hellip
The Sailing Instructions have been finalized for the final Preliminary Regatta, the Louis Vuitton Cup (Challenger Series), and the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match. Depending on the conditions, the Preliminary Regatta on August 22-25 may well offer some significant clues as to form and a first sight of the racing techniques and playbooks that [&hellipAfter two days of racing at the Paris 2024 Olympics, it is not only the elite competition that athletes must overcome in Marseille, France. Searing temperatures are posing an extra challenge for Olympic sailors, with some donning ice vests to beat the heat.
Daytime temperatures of around 30 Celsius (86°F), combined with light breezes, means some are employing "heat protocols".
"The heat is really bad and at least this is cooling me down," Czech women's skiff crew Sara Tkadlecova said of the ice vest she was sporting as she prepared for racing. - Full report
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When the 2028 Olympic Games comes to Los Angeles, the Sailing events will expect a steady diet of winds from a mostly westerly direction, reliably above the necessary minimums, and cooled by the Pacific Ocean. That is summer in Southern California, particularly at the Long Beach venue for LA2028. [&hellipA fundamental aspect of yacht clubs is to encourage participation in club activities, and nothing is more fundamental to yacht clubs than to get members on the water. Don Finkle shares how his club on Lake Ontario has a program called ‘Social Sailing‘ that is doing something about it: Boat owning members of the Youngstown [&hellipRating rule administers recognize there is a difference in drag for fixed, feathering, or folding propeller blades, but will this variable soon account for propeller material? Here’s what is being testing on a larger scale: A new propeller created by the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering coated with a skin mimicking that of [&hellipMarseille, France (July 29, 2024) – All four events on the schedule at the Paris 2024 Olympics – Men’s and Women’s Skiff and Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing – completed races today, but temperatures up to 86°F and low winds continued for the second day of competition. While the heat is expected to remain, more wind [&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 Expand your mind by mixing it up Published on July 29th , 2024 When the sport shifted to primarily racing around only a windward and leeward mark what lap are we on now the variety in course charts was replaced by repetition . While this perfect race course’ may be great for World Championships , Robert Harris reports on how they are mixing it up in Southold , : NY Fifty-four years ago , several sailors sat on the beach at
Kaasupullo vaihdettu Aamulla satoi rankasti vettä, pikainen tarkastus, että kaikki ikkunat ja kansilAfter hosting the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships, Italy's Lake Garda is once again the world reference point for youth sailing, this time for the 2024 O’pen Skiff World Championships on July 29-August 2. - 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 Eight Bells : Walter Greene Published on July 29th , 2024 American multihull sailboat designer and builder Walter Greene passed away at 80 on July 21, 2024 after fighting during 40 years against Parkinson . He made the news in the 1976 Ostar , finishing eight from 125 starters on his tiny 35 footer trimaran Friends . Mike Birch finished second behind Eric Tabarly on a similar . boat Two years later , Walter built A CapellaMarseille, France (July 28, 2024) – The Sailing Program at the Paris 2024 Olympics got underway today with four events – Men’s and Women’s Skiff and Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing – on the schedule. While the winds were too light for the iQFOiL races, both skiff fleets got three races on the board in the [&hellip
Engine run: 3h17 NM Hangossa heinäkuussa! Tätä Galatean miehistö ei ole kyllä tehnyt aikoihin, jotaiHosted by the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation, the 2024 Independence Cup / U.S. Para Sailing Championships awarded titles in the Independence 20, 2.4mR, and Sonar classes, with racing on July 26-28 in Chicago, IL. - 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 From small countries to the big stage Published on July 27th , 2024 Samoan Vaimo’oi’a Ripley joins a record-breaking group of athletes on World Sailing’s Emerging Nations Program , featuring 14 women and 12 men from world’s most remote countries , that will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics . She will be inspiring a whole new generation of Pacific athletes when she competes in the Women’s Dinghy ILCA 6 . event We are theCole Tapper (AUS) representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia came back from a 2-0 deficit against defending two-time Governor’s Cup Youth Match Racing Champion winner Jeffrey Petersen (USA) of host Balboa Yacht Club to win the best-of-five finals 3-2 and claim the 57th edition held July 22-27 in Newport Beach, CA. - Full report
The Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony was a historic occasion for Sailing as an Olympic sport, with 13 athletes selected as flag bearers. Among the 32 categories of sport, Sailing was the fifth best represented amongst flag bearers in Paris.
The previous record for sailors holding their national flag at an opening ceremony was 12, set at Rio 2016.
For the ceremony on July 26, teams processed down the river Seine, past iconic Parisian landmarks like the Notre-Dame, Louvre and Eiffel Tower, in what was the first ever Olympics Opening Ceremony to be held outside a stadium. - Full report
Scott Gibson Boye, age 67, passed away at his home on San Juan Island (WA) of natural causes, on June 24, 2024. Born on August 11, 1956, Scott lived a vibrant life from beginning to end and touched the lives of many people.
After he graduated from Woodway High School in Edmonds, WA, he attended Western Washington University in Bellingham and graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a degree in architecture in 1978. He worked for Lindal Cedar Homes, Sumitomo Industries, Marine Design of Friday Harbor, and the Friends of the San Juans.
Although he had a full career, his hobby from boyhood was sailing boats. - Full report
Among the 59 International Technical Officials from 33 nations supporting the Sailing events at the Paris 2024 Olympics are six USA officials working on-site at the sailing venue in Marseille.
“This is an unusually large number from any country and it demonstrates our success in developing high-level officials,” says Matt Hill, US Sailing Race Administration Director. “The pathway for international certification is long and demanding, and being chosen to officiate at the Games truly identifies the best of the best,” says Hill. - Full report
The World Sailing Show delivers 30-minute episodes which feature news, profiles, and racing highlights from across the world of sailing. Here are the July 2024 highlights:
• Thrilling grand finale to Season 4 of SailGP in San Francisco
• Foiling Week’s unique blend of racing, workshops and exhibitions takes to Lake Garda
• Francesca Clapcich’s MER Concept team joins the Ocean Fifty tour
• Italy’s golden duo ready for more Nacra 17 gold in Marseille
• A look at the Olympic records waiting to be broken in France
To watch the show, click here.
Orcas relentlessly battered a yacht in a “terrifying” two-hour attack on July 24 that didn’t end until the $128,680 vessel sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Robert Powell, 59, and his crew were just 22 hours into their 10-day trip from Vilamoura, Portugal, to Greece when the pod set its sights on the [&hellipFollowing SailGP’s fourth season of competition, the global sports league reports new growth records and an expanding international fan-base. After hosting ten teams, 13 events, and an increase to the total prize pot of US $7M, the organization enters the fifth season in hopes of meeting its stated goal of profitability.
SailGP’s dedicated global broadcast audience had a 48% increase to 193M across the season, highlighting how the US market had the highest broadcast audience for a sailing event in 30 years, with 1.78M tuning into the Spanish event on CBS. - 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 Turning the hull of a really big boat Published on July 25th , 2024 Dutch shipbuilding company Royal Huisman marked its 140th anniversary with the milestone hull turning of what will be , at 280 feet , the world’s largest yacht with a single . mast The main part of the aluminum hull , at 200 feet , was wheeled out of the construction hall of the shipyard , and in a seamless maneuver , four cranes lifted and turned the hull: 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 First protest of Paris 2024 Published on July 25th , 2024 Among the 10 events on the Sailing Program for Paris 2024, racing in the Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy and Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing use supplied equipment . While this eases the financial burden to compete , variances and restrictions are . problematic Before racing in the Women’s Windsurfing is to begin July 28, the first protest for the Paris 2024 Games: : 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 Paris 2024 : The moment has arrived Published on July 25th , 2024 by Craig Leweck , Scuttlebutt Sailing News The Sailing Program at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games begins July 28 in Marseille , France , which begs the question every four years : who can handle it Success requires maintaining routine , managing distractions , and executing ability , but this is no ordinary event . After massive sacrifice , amid mountains of: 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 Will meteorology help Olympic success Published on July 25th , 2024 U.S . Sailing Team meteorologist Chelsea Carlson Freas shares insights with The Weather Channel on how weather data and instincts could help bring home a gold medal as this summer’s Olympics races take place along France’s southern coast in the city of : Marseilles We started collecting data in 2021, so it’s actually while the Tokyo Games were going on I was: , : 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 Barcelona : Less mass , More quality Published on July 25th , 2024 As the America’s Cup racing schedule is soon to commence in Barcelona , the City is recognizing how being being one of the most visited destinations might be good for street thieves , but the Locals have grown tired of rising costs and . congestion The response is how Barcelona’s tourism board is replacing its 15-year-old slogan Visit Barcelona’ with ThisThey say every piece of chocolate you eat shortens your life by two minutes. I did the math. Seems like I died in 1572. 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 [&hellipTwo people were thrown into the ocean after a humpback whale landed on their fishing boat off the New Hampshire coast on Tuesday morning (July 23), and the entire incident was caught on video. “We didn’t see him for a couple of minutes, and then the next thing we knew, he popped up and landed [&hellip