The schooner America was a technological marvel and a child star. In the summer of 1851, just weeks after her launching at New York, she crossed the Atlantic and sailed to an upset victory against a fleet of champions.
Twenty seven teams from across the continent will descend on Alamitos Bay Yacht Club for the 2024 505 Class North American Championship on May 16-19 in Long Beach, CA.
For the Sailing Program at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the kiteboard events are the most anticipated among the ten competitions. Initially planned for the Rio 2016, the 2012 World Sailing Annual Conference opted to delay their Olympic arrival.
A forecast of up to 50mm of rain was nowhere near enough to deter the loyal Beneteau enthusiasts for the annual Beneteau Pittwater Regatta by Flagstaff Marine.
Sarah Newberry Moore (Miami, FL) and David Liebenberg (Richmond, CA) won athlete selection at the 2024 Nacra 17 World Championship and have secured their spot to represent the United States this summer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the Nacra 17.
Sunshine and a light breeze were the order of the weekend at Grafham Water for the 1st National ranking event of the year, with the added bonus of prizes courtesy of Gill.
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.
Twenty seven teams from across the country will descend on Alamitos Bay Yacht Club for the 505 Class North American Championships this week.
(May 13, 2024) – An unknown number of orcas have sunk a sailing yacht after ramming it in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar, a new attack in what has become a trend in the past four years.
The first really warm day of the year and Northern Lights were the backdrop for the annual open day and Discover Sailing event. Activities started at low water with Kayaking and SUP taster sessions, when the water arrived sailing taster sessions started.
A small, but perfectly formed, fleet of ten Phantoms turned up at a warm and sunny Bartley on Sunday 12th May for the second of six events in the Phantom Class Midland Series, which was held alongside the Lightning 368 Open.
A month ago, when I wrote 'AC75 launching season', just three of the AC75s set to contest the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona had been revealed. Now it's five, with just the French Orient Express Racing Team left to show their hand.
The gods looked like they were heralding in a good weekend as the Friday arrivals for their four class open were treated to the Northern Lights. Numbers swelled to a healthy 16 boats by the time we were finally choosing not to wear full winter gear.
Regular readers will hopefully have enjoyed the recent 'Fine Lines' series of photos, times to coincide with the centenary of one of the greats behind the golden era of the UK's domestic dinghy scene, Jack Chippendale.
The Taylor Swift Eras Tour gave Paris a tease of mania on May 9-12, but the main course for the French capital will be the 2024 Olympic Games which anticipates 10,500 athletes and 15 million visitors, with two million from abroad.
For rating rules to most accurately assess the performance of dissimilar boats, it is necessary to consider the weather conditions when they compete. However,
Enjoy this video demonstration of the mainsail furling boom from the Danish brand FURLERBOOM on a J/45 from the J/Composites shipyard based in Les Sables d'Olonne, France.
So, what went wrong?! What turned out to be the nicest day of the year, but only five boats racing!
The last 24 hours has seen another exceptional shift put in by AJ wanderlust who topped the charts for miles travelled with 152NM, second was Odyssey with 149 and back in the running was Alchemy with 135.
Rock WSC delivered big time, once again, on the Bank Holiday weekend of 4-6 May for the Craftinsure-sponsored Lark Open. Sun, glistening blue seas, breeze and a perfect race track out in Daymar Bay made for three days of champagne sailing.
The fourth instalment in the SYC Sailing Club Series proceeded under the watchful eye of Race Officer Graham Cranford-Smith. The sun was shining and a steady force 3 had set in, so all that was left now was to set the course, and what a course it was!
Competitors and invited guests honoured the IMOCA and Class40 podiums of the 15th edition of The Transat CIC at the prizegiving Sunday in New York.
Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie won the Medal race of the 49er European championships at La Grande Motte International Regatta. The Kiwi Olympic Nacra17 crew finished 11 at the same regatta, which was also the 2024 world championships for the class.
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