2023 Coast Guard Foundation interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Susan Ludwig about the Coast Guard Foundation's latest news Sail-World checked in with Susan Ludwig, president of the Coast Guard Foundation, via email, to learn more about the latest happenings at this 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Posted on 28 Mar The Ocean Race sailors round The Horn
by David Schmidt
Rosalin Kuiper can now joke about her head injury aboard Team Malizia For armchair pundits, few offshore adventures are more fun to watch from afar than the Southern Ocean legs of storied events such as the singlehanded Vendee Globe or the fully crewed The Ocean Race.
Posted on 28 Mar Thank God he didn't!
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
Back at Sandringham YC in 2014, I met a strapping young West Australian... Back at Sandringham Yacht Club, in December of 2014, I got to meet a strapping young West Australian lad. Incredibly personable and quite worldly already, especially considering his years, Matt Wearn was a delight to speak with.
Posted on 27 Mar 2023 Ides of March Regatta
by David Schmidt
We talk with Scott Tuma about the 2023 Ides of March Regatta Sail-World checked in with Scott Tuma, regatta chair of the 2023 Ides of March Regatta, via email, about this exciting multihull regatta.
Posted on 22 Mar 2023 Deep South Lightning Regatta interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Adam Young about the 2023 Deep South Lightning Regatta Sail-World checked in with Adam Young, Savanah Yacht Club's sailing director, via email, to learn more about the 2023 Deep South Lightning Regatta.
Posted on 21 Mar 2023 St. Thomas International Regatta interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Pat Bailey about the 2023 St. Thomas International Regatta Sail-World checked in with Pat Bailey, regatta co-director of the 2023 St. Thomas International Regatta, via email, to learn more about this exciting Caribbean regatta.
Posted on 21 Mar Risk and reward
by Mark Jardine
Much more than a port tack flyer or banging a corner I've yet to meet a keen sailor who hasn't at some point banged a corner, usually after a poor start, and come out top at the windward mark. Nine times out of ten it won't work, but that one time where it does certainly brings out the smiles.
Posted on 20 Mar Some thoughts on U.S. Olympic sailing
by David Schmidt
If you're a fan of US Sailing you're best advised to stop reading this editorial Caveat Emptor: If you're a fan of US Sailing, and specifically how the organization runs the U.S. Olympic sailing program, you're best advised to stop reading this editorial.
Posted on 13 Mar Edward Woodward
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
He played Lieutenant (Henry Harbord) Harry ‘The Breaker' Morant in the film. He played Lieutenant (Henry Harbord) Harry ‘The Breaker' Morant in the Bruce Beresford film depiction of the famed bush poet's execution during the Second Boer War. Woodward was utterly superb at it, too.
Posted on 12 Mar When did you discover Henri-Lloyd?
by Mark Jardine
For me it was as a kid in 1982 at the London Boat Show 60 years, six decades, three score. However you say it, it's a long time, especially when so much has changed in the intervening years since 1963. Throughout that time there has been a single watchword summing up Henri-Lloyd: Innovation.
Posted on 10 Mar Simply the Best: 5o5 celebration at Hayling Island
by Dougal Henshall
The last great 'untold' narrative of dinghy development It is one of those sadder facts for our long established 'senior' classes, that when they were first developed, no one could have envisaged that they would still be at the forefront of our sport a lifetime later.
Posted on 7 Mar It may not be the biggest...
by Mark Jardine
It's no secret that I'm a massive fan of the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show It's no secret that I'm a massive fan of the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show, held in the UK on the final weekend of February.
Posted on 6 Mar What was intriguing at the RYA Dinghy Show 2023?
by Magnus Smith
Remote operated self-bailers set one man's heart a flutter Determined not to let moving house (the day before) put him off, YachtsandYachting.com's website developer, Magnus Smith, attended his favourite boat show during the last weekend in February.
Posted on 6 Mar 2023 MC Scow Sarasota Bay Cup interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Jeff Braddon about the 2023 MC Scow Sarasota Bay Cup Sail-World checked in with Jeff Braddon, regatta chair of the 2023 MC Scow Sarasota Bay Cup, via email, to learn more about this exciting One Design regatta.
Posted on 2 Mar The Ocean Race marathon leg, US Sailing leadership
by David Schmidt
The Ocean Race's toughest test, US Sailing's revolving door spins again 12,750 nautical miles is a lot of brine. Yet this is the length of Leg Three of the 2023 edition of The Ocean Race, which began on Sunday, February 26, on the waters off of Cape Town, South Africa.
Posted on 28 Feb 2023 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Michele Korteweg about the 2023 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Sail-World checked in with Michele Korteweg, regatta director of the 2023 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, via email, to learn more about this exciting Caribbean regatta.
Posted on 28 Feb Not a bag of liquorice
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
There was a standout notion. That would be all sorts, hence the title. However, after one of the many conversations I have with our Managing Editor, Mark Jardine there was a standout notion. That would be all sorts, hence the title.
Posted on 27 Feb 'Simply the Best'
by Mark Jardine
We talk to Dougal Henshall about his 5o5 tome For many years now the story of one of the sport's most iconic dinghies, the 5o5, has been shrouded in something of a mystery. Where did that wonderful reverse flared hull shape come from?
Posted on 26 Feb Nebuchadnezzar wins Concours d'Elegance
by Mark Jardine
Matrix insprired Shearwater announced as boat of the RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show For the judging of the Concours d'Elegance, Mark Jardine, Editor of YachtsandYachting.com, was joined this year by British Sailing Team ILCA 7 sailor Micky Beckett.
Posted on 25 Feb 2023 J/24 Midwinter Championship interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Peter Fischel about the event Sail-World checked in with Peter Fischel, regatta chair of the 2023 J/24 Midwinter Championship (as well as a fellow competitor), via email, about this exciting midwinter keelboat regatta.
Posted on 22 Feb Clermont CatCall 2023 interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Stacey Uptain-Smith about the Clermont CatCall 2023 Sail-World checked in with Stacey Uptain-Smith, president of the Clermont Sailing Center's board of directors, about the Clermont CatCall 2023, via email, to learn more about this exciting multihull regatta.
Posted on 21 Feb Hindsight is a wonderful thing
by Mark Jardine
The contrast of emotions watching the KPMG Australia SailGP Sydney was stark The contrast of emotions watching the KPMG Australia SailGP Sydney was stark, even viewed from afar.
Posted on 20 Feb The Ocean Race debrief, US Sailing's Rolex awards
by David Schmidt
Old Man Winter may still have North America firmly in his clutches Old Man Winter may still have North America firmly in his clutches, but his sometime-frosty grip hasn't done much to stop the sailing news cycle.
Posted on 15 Feb A look back at the 2023 AWBF
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
Immensely popular with participants and spectators alike, this is some of the fun had.... Immensely popular with participants and spectators alike, this is some of the fun from out on the water at the start of the 2023 Australian Wooden Boat Festival.
Posted on 14 Feb Two Boats. Same Direction.
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
Well. You know what that means. There's a race on! Well. You know what that means. There's a race on! Never a truer word spoken, either... Well at least from my point of view, anyway.
Posted on 12 Feb 2023 VXOne Winter #3 Finale
by David Schmidt
We talk with Martin Holland about the 2023 VXOne Winter #3 Finale Sail-World checked in with Martin Holland, regatta chair of the 2022-2023 VXOne Winter Series, via email, to learn more about the final regatta in this exciting One Design winter series.
Posted on 8 Feb Continuing to #BackTheBid
by Mark Jardine
A bitter blow when it was announced Para Sailing would not be included in the LA28 Paralympics It was a bitter blow for sailing last week when the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced that Para Sailing would not be included in the LA28 Paralympic Games.
Posted on 7 Feb 2023 Sarasota Sunshine Sunfish Clinic and Regatta
by David Schmidt
We talk with Mary Ellen Brown about the 2023 Sarasota Sunshine Sunfish Clinic and Regatta Sail-World checked in with Mary Ellen Brown, Regatta and Clinic chair of the 2023 Sarasota Sunshine Sunfish Clinic and Regatta, via email, to learn more about this mid-winter One Design racing and learning event.
Posted on 7 Feb Book review: Flotsam and Jetsam
by Magnus Smith
A collection of amusing tales from Bob Ross' gossip column I'm not Australian, and yet this collection of bar stories still amused me to read through in my spare moments. To be fair, the local colour was balanced fairly often with tales from international offshore racing and the America's/Admiral's Cups.
Posted on 5 Feb The armchair navigator - imagining life at sea
by David Schmidt
What does it feel like during The Ocean Race? As the 2023 edition of The Ocean Race fleets tears up the offshore miles separating Cabo Verde from Cape Town, I'll admit that I often find myself daydreaming about what it would be like to foil (or semi-foil) across a wide swath of big blue.
Posted on 31 Jan New Allen blocks at boot Düsseldorf 2023
by Mark Jardine
We speak to Ben Harden about the latest in the range, including the mighty TiiTAN We speak to Ben Harden at boot Düsseldorf 2023 about the new products from Allen, including the redesigned 40mm range, the deck organiser range, the High Roller block range, and the mighty TiiTAN.
Posted on 31 Jan All vessels great and small
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
January is a great time 'Down Under': Loads of annual regattas for coveted titles January is such a great time 'Down Under': A load of annual regattas for coveted Australian Championships, with many very much steeped in a grand history, and often a World title or two are in there, as well.
Posted on 29 Jan First look at boot: Peacoq foiling doublehander
by Mark Jardine
Video interview with Patrick Billot, the CEO and Founer of Foily Mark Jardine, Managing Editor of Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com, talks to Patrick Billot, the CEO and Founer of Foily, about the foiling Peacoq dinghy at boot Düsseldorf 2023.
Posted on 26 Jan First look at boot: The Tiwal 3R
by Mark Jardine
We speak to Emmanuel Bertrand about the revolutionary inflatable dinghy Inflatables and their use in watersports have come a long way, with inflatable stand up paddle boards and canoes now commonplace. The rigidity though for a performance dinghy has though been a challenge, but the Tiwal 3R addresses that.
Posted on 26 Jan What have we learned from The Ocean Race Leg 1?
by Mark Jardine
How the latest generation of IMOCAs stack up against each other As I outlined a fortnight ago, I was concerned about The Ocean Race, and whether - 50 years on from the first Whitbread - a fully crewed, multi-stopover round the world race in the latest cutting-edge foiling machines was relevant.
Posted on 23 Jan TOR begins, SailGP update, RORC Transatlantic Race
by David Schmidt
David Schmidt looks at the racing reports relevant to North America Sustained atmospheric rivers may have been pounding the U.S. West Coast for weeks, but things were considerably drier and sunnier this weekend in Alicante, Spain, where the first offshore legs of the 2023 edition of The Ocean Race began on Sunday.
Posted on 17 Jan 505 Midwinter Championship interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Ethan Bixby about the 2023 505 Midwinter Championship Sail-World checked in with Ethan Bixby, event chair of this year's 505 Midwinter Championship, via email, to learn more about this exciting One Design regatta.
Posted on 17 Jan “Could have. Might have…
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
…but second still feels pretty good. Epic Hobart.” So read my message from Lee Condell. ...but second still feels pretty good. Epic Hobart.” This was the message Lee Condell sent me after he and Lincoln Dews arrived aboard Sun Fast Racing.
Posted on 15 Jan 2023 DIYC Commodore's Cup interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Brian Malone about the Davis Island Yacht Club's 2023 Commodore's Cup Sail-World checked in with Brian Malone, fleet captain of the Davis Island Yacht Club, via email, to learn more about this mid-January keelboat regatta.
Posted on 12 Jan San Juan 21 Nationals interview
by David Schmidt
We talk to Mike Loughlin about the North American/Eastern Nationals Sail-World checked in with Mike Loughlin, regatta chair of the 2022 San Juan 21 North American/Eastern Nationals, via email, to learn more about this exciting national-level One Design regatta.
Posted on 11 Jan 2023 STYC's MLK Regatta interview
by David Schmidt
We talk with Shep Barrows and Emily Zimmerman about the STYC's annual MLK Regatta Sail-World checked in with Shep Barrows, a former STYC commodore and a founder of the MLK regatta, and Emily Zimmerman, who directs Optimist-class regattas, via email, to learn more about this exciting junior One Design regatta.
Posted on 10 Jan The changing face of offshore racing
by Mark Jardine
Is it a battle of technology, or just an adventure that we're craving? Sunday saw the opening battles of The Ocean Race, with both the IMOCA and VO65 fleets taking part in the Alicante In-Port Race. It was a testing day on the water with the wind dropping to almost nothing towards the finish.
Posted on 9 Jan Sydney Hobart, The Ocean Race, GGR 2022
by David Schmidt
David Schmidt looks at the racing news of interest to Americans this month While the holidays brought a mixed bag of weather across much of North America, things were decidedly hotter in the Land Down Under, where the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Race delivered fast and fresh conditions for teams racing to Tasmania.
Posted on 3 Jan Metaphors run thick and deep
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
The 2022 Sydney Hobart did many things Now you might think you show up with a well-prepared boat, great crew, some provisions, point South, and it all happens. The 2022 Sydney Hobart did many things, but the greatest, and most distinct element is that the plan that remains omnipotent.
Posted on 1 Jan A Sure Thing
by Mark Jardine
Following the Sydney Hobart has become rather an obsession Following the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race straight after the festivities of Christmas Day has become rather an obsession. Being in the UK, the start is not at a social time, and requires dedication to get up for, but in my book it's worth it.
Posted on 26 Dec 2022 Cure - the prequel
by John Curnow, Global Editor, SailWorldCruising.com
Light, strong, modern, and fast: four adjectives that sum this up Light, strong, modern, and fast. Four adjectives, and they're pretty much the total summation of the Cure Marine Custom 70 you're looking at here.
Posted on 22 Dec 2022 Winter Temps, Bacardi Invitational, Sydney Hobart
by David Schmidt
David Schmidt's pre-Christmas North American editorial Given the excitement of the weekend's World Cup—go Messi!—you're certainly forgiven if you had your eye on other sports this last week. Even if you don't follow soccer, you'd still be forgiven as it's frigid across wide swaths of Canada and the USA.
Posted on 20 Dec 2022 For when inclusion is not just a byword
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
There is no doubt that this is my overarching sentiment regarding andoo Comanche There is no doubt that this is my overarching sentiment regarding andoo Comanche. From back on August 1 with Beginning a Winning to now, I have been afforded all that I could want.
Posted on 18 Dec 2022 The other types of sailing
by Mark Jardine
Sailing isn't defined by the boat or craft, but by the physics of deriving power from the wind Sailing isn't defined by the boat or craft, but by the physics of deriving power from the wind, and as this has become more and more efficient, it has been possible to sail faster and faster.
Posted on 12 Dec 2022 Charles Ritt on the 2022 Lemon Drop Regatta
by David Schmidt
An interview with Charles Ritt on the 2022 Lemon Drop Regatta I checked in with Charles Ritt, regatta chairman of the Englewood Sailing Association's Lemon Drop Regatta, via email, to learn more about this warm-water One Design event.
Posted on 7 Dec 2022