The fall and spring seasons of college racing focuses on six National Championships. In the Fall season were the Match Race Nationals and Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded Nationals. The Spring season nationals close out the school year, with qualifications now complete among the seven districts the comprise the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association. Here is the schedule: [&hellip...
Almost a full gale, but more on that later. We arrived in St Kitts Monday evening on a holiday in which nothing was open. We ate dinner after a day with a wonderful sail to the island of St Kitts. We got to the west side of the island as the wind died. We therefore […] ...
The US Kite Foilboard National Championship was hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club, with 28 competitors racing May 9-11 on San Francisco Bay. Johnny Heineken was the clear winner, finishing first in all 11 races. Completing the podium was Joey Pasquali in second and Stefaans Viljoen in third. Viljoen who also was the top master. [&hellip...
It was a windy edition for the Wilson Trophy British Open Team Racing Championships, with UK team Royal Forth Hoosiers topping the list of 32 teams to take home the 65th Wilson Trophy. The event, known worldwide as one of the elite team race championships, was hosted by West Kirby Sailing Club on May 9-11 in West Kirby, Merseyside. Teams representing North America, Rhode Island Pistols and Yale Corinthian...
Austrian skydiver Marco Waltenspiel performs a B.A.S.E. jump from the 40m high mast of the 111-foot Annagine close to the St. Tropez harbour. Published on Oct 16, ...
The Wednesday night “Beer Can” racing hosted by Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA in New England region has a system to encourage participation and stifle some of the competitive urges. Andrew White describes… For many years, at least since I started racing here in 1990, a system is used whereby the winner in each [&hellip...
Following the 33rd America’s Cup, won by Golden Gate Yacht Club in 2010, there was hope to see their massive 90-foot wing-powered trimaran USA 17 sailing in San Francisco Bay. It would have made for an impressive sight, and created early interest in the 34th America’s Cup that would be held three years later. But [&hellip...
Trentino, Italy (May 11, 2014) – A memorable week on Lake Garda with great wind conditions and a very windy final race day that decided the medals at the Garda Trentino Olympic Week, first leg of the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup. It was a united effort to host a high level international event which involved athletes from 50 nations and a high degree of complex organizational skill (5 race courses...
San Diego, CA (May 11, 2014) – The High School Doublehanded Championship brought together 20 schools from across the USA to compete in Club Flying Juniors in San Diego Bay. With the racing just off the B Street Pier, 11 races in A and B divisions would decide the title on May 10-11. It came down to the final race in B Division to decide the winner, with Point Loma High School (San Diego, CA)...
After competing in seven races over four days in Douarnenez, Brittany, in what proved to be some lively weather conditions, Franck Cammas and his Groupama crew secured victory in the second event of the M34 season...
Spectacular photo gallery of the Turkish VO65 training off Lisbon, courtesy of top photographer Gilles Martin-Raget ...
I could have used this as a What and Where quiz. But it would be too easy to google the answer. And you can probably even see what this wave sculpture is made from. Bit creepy, huh? ...
Charleston, SC (May 10, 2014) – Four teams from the United States started the 2014 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing at 12:05 ET today in a southwest 20-25 knot breeze. All teams had double-reefed mainsails at the upwind start that saw #54-Dragon cross the line first. However, #116-JeffreyMacFarlane.com launched to the front of [&hellip...
San Diego, CA (May 10, 2014) – The High School Doublehanded Championship got underway today, with 20 schools from across the USA competing in Club Flying Juniors in San Diego Bay. With the racing just off the B Street Pier, a southerly breeze offered great spectating for teams and supporters. After six races for both [&hellip...
Trentino, Italy (May 10, 2014) – Tomorrow sees the end of the Garda Trentino Olympic Week with the Medal Races disputed by the top 10 in each individual class. On the fourth day at Garda Trentino Olympic Week, one day from the end of the first EUROSAF Chmpions Sailing Cup, the competitors enjoyed the same [&hellip...
Jerome “Jerry” Schostak, 80, of Franklin, Michigan, died after sunset on 9 May 2014. Jerry had cultivated one of the more successful sailing programs of the Great Lakes, competing in a series of boats named Fugimo. Jerry jumped into serious competition when he chose to replace his venerable Swan 44 with a new custom 50-footer, [&hellip...
Footage from the 2014 J/Fest West Regatta, capturing the J/24s, J/70s, J/105s, J/111s, J/120s on Sunday April 6th at St. Francis Yacht Club on San Francisco Bay. Published on May 9, 2014. Video produced by Fish Hawk Films – Halsey Fulton and Chris Gallagher contact: halseyfulton@gmail.com...
Giles Scott (GBR) wrapped up the 2014 Finn Europeans in La Rochelle in the perfect way with a win in the medal race to take the championship by an impressive 50 point margin. Defending champion Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) took the silver, after a very close medal race, by just one point from Ed Wright (GBR)...
La Rochelle, France (May 10, 2014) – Giles Scott (GBR) wrapped up the 2014 Finn Europeans in the perfect way with a win in the medal race to take the championship by an impressive 50 point margin. The defending champion Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) took the silver, after a very close medal race, by just one point from Ed Wright (GBR). Click on headline for full report. ...
Trentino, Italy (May 9, 2014) – During the last two days of the Garda Trentino Olympic Week, a spectacular battle has been played out in the blustery waters of the Alto Garda which up to now have provided ideal conditions for racing. As the first round of the Eurosaf Champions Sailing Cup, a full programme [&hellip...