Published on June 2nd, 2025
Sailing has its traditions, and for better or worse, the adult beverage is one of them. At some yacht clubs, this tradition goes so far as a designated house drink. In 2010, Scuttlebutt took on the ... Read More →
Published on December 16th, 2025
When the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) dropped sailing after the Rio 2016 Games, it was a wake-up call for World Sailing. Poor management, rising costs, and limited participation for the single-, double-, and triple-handed events was ... Read More →
Published on December 15th, 2025
We keep making the world better, but are we? Bill Crane reflects on how the good old days were pretty damn good: In the ’70s and ‘80s, juniors sailed high performance dinghies, crewed on Solings and ... Read More →
Published on December 15th, 2025
With an all-women crew, The Famous Project CIC set out on November 29 to record the fastest crewed, non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of the globe and claim the Jules Verne Trophy. But after falling far behind the ... Read More →
Published on December 15th, 2025
As a dominant international rating service, ORC relies on science to handicap dissimilar boats. In this report by Thomas Nilsson and Matt Gallagher, they describe how the system functions, how data is used, how ORC responds ... Read More →
Published on December 15th, 2025
Kevin James Keogh, born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 24, 1941, passed away surrounded by family on December 11, 2025 as the breeze whipped down the Sakonnet River in Portsmouth, RI. He will be remembered by ... Read More →
Published on December 14th, 2025
Southern California mom Lauren Wilson shares her story of a long-delayed dream: My return to competitive sailing didn’t begin in an ILCA—it began in a Harbor 20 on a casual afternoon race with a group of ... Read More →
Published on December 14th, 2025
The unexpected decision to have two venues for the Olympic Sailing Program at Los Angeles 2028 was more about politics and money than providing a superior athlete experience. Brendan Huffman, a sailmaker and lifelong racer and ... Read More →
Published on December 13th, 2025
While the Pacific Northwest is a bit isolated as a sailing region, there’s plenty going on. When the long, dark, and dreary winter shifts to spring, it’s game on with Olympic medalists and hall of famers ... Read More →
Published on December 13th, 2025
The Case Book for 2025-2028 (click here) complements The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), providing details on the application of the RRS to around 140 scenarios. Here is Case 101: When a boat with right of ... Read More →
Published on December 12th, 2025
With increasing interest in the ORC rating system across Ireland, Mark Mansfield, the Cork-Harbour-based Professional Sailor, Sailmaker, and Rating Specialist digs into the issue: As someone who has spent decades navigating, racing, and working within different ... Read More →
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