North Sails Weekly Debrief North Sails Weekly DebriefAshby Wins A-Class, Better By Design, North 3DiSuperstar multihull sailor Glenn Ashby is the A-Class European Champion after an impressive performance in Warnemunder, Germany.by North Sails Posted 20 Jul 23:30 PDT Volvo Cork Week overall Volvo Cork Week overallFn'Gr8 crowned the overall winnerWith the best score of any of the 120 boats over the past week, Rory Fekkes' Fn'Gr8 (Carrickfergus Sailing Club) has been confirmed as the overall winner of Volvo Cork Week following an intense three-race final day.by Louay Habib Posted 20 Jul 22:42 PDT The Hague Offshore World Championship overall The Hague Offshore World Championship overallNew champions crowned in this inaugural combined eventWith yet another sunny day here on the Dutch North Sea coast, the final race to conclude The Hague Offshore Sailing Worlds looked like it could be easy.by Dobbs Davis Posted 20 Jul 22:31 PDT Optimist Team Race Nationals day 1 Optimist Team Race Nationals day 1Sailing marathon on the blue waters of Pensacola Bay continuesWith six days of competitive and exciting racing to determine the 2018 Optimist National Champion and 2018 Optimist Girls National Champion in the books, the sailing marathon on the blue waters of Pensacola Bay continued todayby Troy Gilbert with Talbot Wilson Posted 20 Jul 19:41 PDT Youth Sailing Worlds at Corpus Christi day 5 Youth Sailing Worlds at Corpus Christi day 5Final three gold medals determined on the final dayThe racing portion of the 48th Youth Sailing World Championships wrapped up this afternoon with the final three gold medalists determined. Two of the three Gold medals were won by Norway in both divisions of the 29er skiff. by World Sailing Posted 20 Jul 19:37 PDT Project Pipeline delivers Youth Worlds medal haul Project Pipeline delivers Youth Worlds medal haulFour gold medals and a silver for the US Sailing TeamThe US Sailing Team at the Youth World Sailing Championships hauled in four gold medals and a silver at the 48th annual competition.by US Sailing Posted 20 Jul 19:19 PDT Governor's Cup at Balboa day 3 Governor's Cup at Balboa day 3Price lives up to his world number one rankingHarry Price (AUS, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia) chose local favorite and Newport Beach native, Christophe Killian (USA, College of Charleston YC), the GovCup defending champion, as his semifinal opponent, surprising many experienced Cup watchers.by Paul Blank Posted 20 Jul 19:07 PDT Rolex TP52 World Championship day 4 Rolex TP52 World Championship day 4No such thing as a comfort zoneQuantum Racing carry a seven-point lead into the final day of the Rolex TP52 World Championship off Cascais, to all intents and purposes a relatively healthy margin, even with the expectation of two breezy last races for a nine-boat fleet.by 52 Super Series Posted 20 Jul 13:20 PDT Take command of your own race Take command of your own raceSailing is an inherently complex sport with a wide range of variablesSailing is an inherently complex sport with a wide range of variables, from wind and sea state to technique, tactics, and boat setup. With this level of complexity, performance on the water can sometimes be a mystery.by Wyatt Kane Posted 20 Jul 10:00 PDT Olympic hopefuls ready for Hempel Sailing Worlds Olympic hopefuls ready for Hempel Sailing WorldsUSA Olympic hopefuls are ready to take on the worldUSA's Nikole 'Nikki' Barnes, ENS, U.S. Coast Guard and Lara Dallman Weiss, Team Perfect Vision Sailing in the Women's 470 for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, have arrived in Aarhus, Denmark, to compete in the Hempel Sailing World Championshipsby Carol Bareuther Posted 20 Jul 08:44 PDT Edgartown Race Weekend: 'Round-the-Island Edgartown Race Weekend: 'Round-the-IslandOne of America's oldest distance racesIt is part of the Edgartown Yacht Club's Edgartown Race Weekend, which includes two days of buoy racing (tomorrow and Friday) and a 'Round-the-Sound Race that will begin immediately after the start for the 'RTI.by Barby MacGowan Posted 20 Jul 06:43 PDT Bringing American Magic to the Opti Nationals Bringing American Magic to the Opti NationalsAmerica's Cup team deliver a keynote presentationNew York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. sailing team challenging for the 36th America's Cup, delivered a keynote presentation to open the 2018 Optimist Class U.S. National Championship in Pensacola, Florida.by Will Ricketson Posted 20 Jul 06:29 PDT National Sailing Hall of Fame 2018 inductees National Sailing Hall of Fame 2018 inducteesNSHOF announced six people who will make up its 2018 class of inducteesThe National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) today announced the six people who will make up its 2018 class of inductees: famed yachting cinematographer John Biddle (Philadelphia, Penn./Jamestown, R.I.); three-time Soling World Championby Jan Harley Posted 20 Jul 06:25 PDT Rolex NYYC Race Week at Newport - Day 2 Rolex NYYC Race Week at Newport - Day 2Getting in sync with the sea breezeWhen the breeze follows the expected pattern and barely tickles double digits in wind speed, success on the racecourse at Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex can be more about what you didn't do wrong than what you did right.by New York Yacht Club Posted 20 Jul 05:58 PDT Youth Sailing Worlds at Corpus Christi - Day 4 Youth Sailing Worlds at Corpus Christi - Day 4Six gold medals decided in Texas as USA dominatesSix gold medalists were determined on the fourth day of the 48th Youth Sailing world Championships in Corpus Christi. The Host nation USA has dominated the event winning four gold medals and the Nations Trophy for top overall nation. by World Sailing Posted 19 Jul 23:35 PDT Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac preview Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac previewHarrowing conditions forecastKnown as "America's Offshore Challenge™," the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac® (CYCRTM) presented by Wintrust is shaping up to be all of that and more for its 110th year.by Laura Muma Posted 19 Jul 23:23 PDT Governor's Cup at Balboa day 2 Governor's Cup at Balboa day 2Price, Takahashi, Weis and Killian claim semi-final berthsSome would call today's Flight 18 match between Harry Price (AUS, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia), the world's number-one ranked match racer of any age, and GovCup defending champion, Christophe Killian (USA, College of Charleston YC)by Paul Blank Posted 19 Jul 23:20 PDT The Hague Offshore World Championship day 5 The Hague Offshore World Championship day 5Two inshore races and a new World Champion crownedWith yet another sunny day on the North Sea coast, in a little gentler winds than in the last few days, another two inshore races were held in The Hague Offshore Sailing Worlds.by Dobbs Davis Posted 19 Jul 21:51 PDT 2018 Optimist Girls National Championship 2018 Optimist Girls National ChampionshipSamara Walsh named top sailor on Pensacola BayThe run of USODA National Championships continued at a feverish pace on the waters of Pensacola Bay Thursday with the 2018 Optimist Girls Nationals falling fresh on the heels of yesterday's spectacular finish for the 'open' National Championship.by Troy Gilbert Posted 19 Jul 18:58 PDT 2018 Youth Sailing World Championships day 4 2018 Youth Sailing World Championships day 4Team USA secures gold in three classes at Youth WorldsGeronimo "Momo" Nores (Miami Beach, Fla.) became the first member of Team USA to clinch a gold medal at the 48th annual Youth Sailing World Championships.by US Sailing Posted 19 Jul 18:45 PDT