With the beer can racing season upon us, Don Finkle with RCR Yachts reminds us to keep it fun: Beer can racing, which has come to mean less serious, local, mostly weeknight racing, has become the most common form for the majority of sailors, especially crew.
Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes highlights specific aspects of the racing rules in a fun format designed to help you become more familiar with The Racing Rules of Sailing.
Barton Marine are pleased to announce a new distribution partnership with Marine Connect in South Africa. Representing the full Barton Marine range, the team will facilitate supply of Barton's popular, durable and great value deck equipment range.
Hornsea Sailing Club served up perfect conditions for the first event of the Streaker North Sails Northern Paddle Series on 27 April.
After a week of uncertainty following the discovery of major damage on her boat during The Transat CIC race onboard the IMOCA L'Occitane en Provence, Clarisse Crémer hopes to soon be able to continue her race towards New York.
A former pro windsurfer and longtime youth sailing organizer who lives in Vineyard Haven, MA, Nevin Sayre, 64, is among the elites of boardsailing being inducted into the Windsurfing Hall of Fame.
The fourth season of the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran will kick off this month in Nyon, Switzerland, with the first of six events on Lake Geneva.
Join us for a weekend of fantastic racing and unforgettable socials as we celebrate 30 years of RS Sailing. This anniversary regatta will be a true celebration of Corinthian racing.
Thad Lettsome will represent the British Virgin Islands at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, becoming the first BVI sailor to compete at an Olympic Games since 1996 when 2x Olympian Robby Hirst competed in the same event at the Atlanta Games.
The 2024 Nationals will take place at the Royal Southern Yacht Club, with racing from Thursday July 4th to Sunday 7th. Race Officer Stuart Childerley has been set the challenge of controlling the impressive line-up of competitors.
The 60-foot IMOCA is the premier offshore class, but competing at that level is a serious undertaking. While the 2024 Transat CIC from Lorient to New York has showcased the fastest boats and most prepared teams, 35-year-old Swiss competitor Oliver Heer offers a different story.
The Lipton Challenge Cup, without doubt the most prestige keelboat sailing contest in the country, has attracted financial support for this year's event from the City of Cape Town.
Bermuda had it all for the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix, with the drama starting on the practice day, when a user-error on the USA SailGP Team F50 saw them capsize at speed, hurling the crew out of the boat and onto the wing sail.
The weekend of 4th and 5th May 2024 saw eleven Osprey stalwarts make the pilgrimage to Mount's Bay Sailing Club, the spiritual home of the class for the 2024 Southern Area Championship & Panmorra Cup.
SailGP were in Bermuda at the beginning of May, and alongside the F50 racing ran their highly competitive Inspire foiling programme in WASZPS for Under 21 year old sailors.
The 5th to the 7th of July will see the European 2K Tour return to the UK after almost ten years, making it one of the highlights of the racing year.
Swiss-German solo sailor, Oliver Heer, is facing a gruelling personal battle in the Transat CIC race, a notoriously difficult solo transatlantic crossing.
It didn't look promising. The forecast predicted very light winds over the two days which may have been why visiting competitors stayed away. However the gloomy forecast did not deter eight Oxford based K6s from entering.
Fishers Green SC held their annual Comet open meeting on 4th May, as part of their travellers' series. Comets from 8 different clubs enjoyed sparkling conditions although we could have done with a bit more wind!
The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team announces that former team watch captain Bernardo Freitas (POR) will lead the Team in the 2024 edition of The Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy, in July.
Horning SC enjoyed a fantastic day on the water Saturday, for their 'Discover Sailing' event held as part of the biennial Horning Boat Show, which was celebrating its seventh event.
The wind forecast wasn't looking promising for the GP14 and Streaker Open held on the 5th May at West Lancashire Yacht Club. However, the light breeze was sufficient for the Race Officers to send the two fleets out as planned.
Solaris Yachts are launching a new version of their popular Solaris 55 as the brand continues to refine their luxury fast cruisers During its 50th anniversary, Solaris Yachts is launching a new version of this popular model size, Solaris 55.
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