The MKB Bank Melges 24 European Championship title was decided in the tenth and final race of the week-long series on Hungary's Lake Balaton today when Franco Rossini's Swiss entry 'Blu Moon' match-raced their closest rival Matteo Balestrero from Italy on 'Giogi' to the back of the fleet to claim the title for the second consecutive year...
Twenty-nine yachts started the thirty-eighth annual Oregon Offshore International Yacht Race on Thursday, May 8, 2014. This 193-mile race began at 8:10 am in confused seas and heavy chop, with winds at the start of the race from the south, gusting to 20 knots. Rain went from drizzle to pelting as the southerly front enveloped [&hellip...
A quirky little Kiwi-built trimaran continues to gain traction in the sport of sailing. The one person Weta has found a recipe of competition and camaraderie that maximizes the recreation in their sailing. Here’s an update on activity in the USA… A container is being delivered to Atlanta, GA at Lake Lanier Yacht Club. There [&hellip...
La Rochelle, France (May 9, 2014) – Though he didn’t have the best of days, Giles Scott (GBR) did enough to wrap up his second European Finn Championship title, and with a day to spare. Friday’s lighter and patchy conditions were probably the most challenging of the week, with race wins going to Ivan Kljakovic [&hellip...
Over 40 entries from 17 nations representing 3 continents were on the entry list for the 2014 Azores Formula Windsurfing World Championship which took place in Praia da Vitoria, Ilha Terceira, Azores on April 28-May 3. Video highlights the racing. Published on May 6, 2014. Event report… No wind for the first scheduled day of [&hellip...
As a child with dyslexia Gerd-Jan Poortman was drawn to boats, discovering a way to burn off his excess energy and a passion for the ocean that would consume his life. Now Gerd-Jan is a professional sailor preparing for one of his greatest challenges in the Volvo Ocean Race with Team Brunel. Video published on [&hellip...
A wrap up of the 2014 Antigua Sailing Week, providing an epic series of shots from the land, air and sea. Published on May 8, 2014. Click here for all the videos from 2014 Antigua Sailing Week...
Lots of techie details about the RS Aero foils in this video. Rudder is glass and epoxy and carbon? Is that good? Will it chip? If so, will it be easy to mend? So fast downwind they had to design a totally new rudder stock? Really? Faster than all those RS boats with asymmetric spinnakers? Surely not? But I'm glad they did what they needed to do to stop the speed wobble. I hate speed wobble. ...
A day to remember for the 12 Olympic and Paralympic classes taking part in the Garda Trentino Olympic week first round of the European circuit ‘Eurosaf Champions Sailing Cup’ organised by Vela Garda Trentino...
George David’s next weapon is making progress. New England Boatworks in Portsmouth, Rhode Island just de-molded the latest Juan K designed 88-foot Maxi. This advanced composites carbon pre preg race boat is cored with Kevlar honeycomb and built in a female carbon tool created from a fully machined hull tool. Launch is scheduled for Fall [&hellip...
Trentino, Italy (May 8, 2014) – A day to remember for the 12 Olympic and Paralympic events taking part in the Garda Trentino Olympic week, the first round of the European circuit EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup. Dream conditions of at least 20 knots, with world champion and multi Olympic medal winner Robert Scheidt (BRA) continuing his reign of power in the Laser fleet. Click on headline for full...
A day to remember at Garda Trentino Olympic week, the first round of the European circuit EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup. Racing held on Lake Garda in Trentino, Italy on May 7-11, ...
A small collection of Time Lapse videos from over the past year or so. Some amazing footage of sunsets, sunrises, clouds and some sailing and rigging footage. Track: Wild, Sweet And Cool – The Crystal Method Shot and Edited : Petey Crawford Panasonic HVX200a and Drift Ghost Cameras. Published May 8, ...
Elegant design and performance, tradition and high technology, competitive racing and friendly ambiance, will seamlessly blend together as nine Wallys and three J's race off Menorca's breathtaking coastline in two weeks...
The shore team were contacted by the boat early this morning and were informed that the mast is broken above the top spreader. We are relieved to announce that the four crew members on-board are safe and we have notified their families and our sponsors...
The MKB Bank Melges 24 European Championship 2014 hangs in the balance tonight after light winds meant only one race could be sailed on the penultimate day. Just four points now separate the top two teams with two more races scheduled for tomorrow's final day....
The upcoming Ocean Masters race on June 1, a double-handed transatlantic from New York to Barcelona, sailed in the IMOCA 60ft monohull class, may have just lost one of the stars of the show. One of the five entries, HUGO BOSS, best known for the flashy fashion worn by skipper Alex Thomson while riding the keel or climbing the mast, just broke its mast. While making the transit across the Atlantic,...
The 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race starts October 4 and will take the fleet to 11 cities in 11 countries – Spain, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, China, New Zealand, Brazil, United States, Portugal, France and Sweden – and will require the teams to cover 38,739 nautical miles. It will be the first edition using the [&hellip...
US Sailing has selected Nevin Snow (San Diego, CA) to represent the U.S. as skipper at the inaugural ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championship, July 22-27, 2014, in Helsinki, Finland. The 2014 Youth Match Racing Worlds will include teams from 16 countries, with sailors all under 23 years old. Racing will be in J/80’s. Snow’s team for the championship will be Jake La Dow (San Diego, CA / St. Mary’s...
Here’s a roundup of activity from Sail Canada…. ISAF World Cup Mallorca was top of the agenda in April for members of the Canadian Sailing team as a record setting number of sailors flocked to Palma to flex their elite muscles. Isabella Bertold (RVYC) performed consistently well against a stacked Radial roster, placing 11th overall [&hellip...