Day 2 of the 2024 Diversified Melges 24 World Championship brought a thrilling change to the leaderboard as Don Wilson’s Convexity secured three consecutive bullets, breaking away from the fleet and taking a commanding lead.
San Francisco sailor Daniel Thielman is on fire this year on the national racing circuit, winning multiple championships in the Melges 20 class where he’s also the defending world champion. He recently returned to his home club, the Corinthian Yacht Club of San Francisco (Tiburon, Calif.), with the IC37 National Championship title after a tremendous battle in that talented-stacked fleet.
After three days of registration, boat inspections, and sail and equipment checks, the 2024 Diversified Melges 24 World Championship on San Francisco Bay is officially underway. Returning to this windy venue after ten years, anticipation was high, and the San Francisco Yacht Club is ready to deliver a regatta to remember.
Congratulations are in top order for Scot Zimmerman and his team on Bad Idea (USA 717), who emerged this weekend as the overall winner of the Melges 24 Guardians of the Great Lakes Regatta, edging out runner-up Mike Dow on Flying Toaster by just three points.
Twenty-five short-course races in three days in winds that rarely topped 10 knots are more than enough to fray the nerves of the most experienced and tranquil sailor. But when it came down to brass tacks on the final day of the Hinman Masters Team Race, held this past weekend at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport, R.I., the key was to forget what was on the line and all the hard work
For much of the recorded history of grand-prix rating-rule competition, from the CCA rule to IOR to IMS, the path to major international success was paved with gold. There were few substitutes for the money required to research, design and build the fastest boat. Custom designs and builds remain in the majority among the biggest boats competing in ORC 0 at the 2024 ORC World Championship at the Ne
Maxime Guyon from Finistère in the north-west of France, has perhaps one of the most interesting journeys to the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup of all the athletes competing. Not only did Maxime become the first ever Frenchman in history to be crowned World CrossFit Champion back in 2021, but he also served as a Gendarme for some 22 years alongside gaining an accountancy degree.
On the occasion of the Diversified Melges 24 World Championship in San Francisco (18-24 August), the Melges 24 Class will feature notable, stalwart female participation: a tradition for this unstoppable one-design class for more than 30 years. Starring in the lead role, at the helm, are four strong, determined women in the spotlight at Worlds.
Charting the journeys of the sailors in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup is a fascinating project and whilst many of the helms and trimmers came through the elite Olympic sailing programmes of their countries to strike gold, silver or bronze medals, for others it has encompassed endurance events, combat sports or even the military.
There’s no official AP ranking for keelboat team racing, but if there were, it would be hard to argue against Newport Harbor Yacht Club, from Newport Beach, Calif., currently occupying the top spot. With a win at its Baldwin Cup in April and, earlier today, a win in the Morgan Cup held at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court, the NHYC team-racing squad can claim simultaneous ownership of two of t
One of the most talked about design features of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup is the innovation of recumbent cyclors brought in by NYYC American Magic. Where the other teams have gone for a more traditional set-up, the Magicians thought outside of the box, weighing up aero considerations with those of outright power output.
The final day of racing for the USA brought light wind but heavy intensity for the first ever Men’s and Women’s Kite Medal Series at an Olympic Games. Markus Edegran (Ossining, NY) finished his regatta in 9th overall, and Daniela Moroz (Lafayette, CA) ended in 4th.
The Storm Trysail Club’s entry into the Resolute Cup has been the domain of the Storck family since 2016. Each of the four Storck siblings have sailed under the STC burgee in the regatta, and to good effect. The club has finished fourth, third and third, respectively, in the 2016, 2018 and 2022 editions of the unofficial Corinthian championship for U.S. yacht clubs. The only thing they haven’t don
Storm cells and shifts made for an interesting day on the Bay of Marseille for the Women’s Dinghy (ILCA 6) medal race. After delays on shore due to lack of wind, a storm cell brought 12-15 knots for long enough to complete the final ILCA 6 race of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Day ten of competition started in an all-too familiar fashion in Marseille with a wilting seven knots which is just on the cusp of sailable conditions for the Kiteboards.
Light air plagued the Bay of Marseille once again, postponing racing and causing multiple race abandonments. Wind at 3-7 knots combined with big shifts beginning in the early afternoon meant only the Mixed Multihull (Nacra 17) completed their prescribed races today.
Ahoy! Ahoy! Ahoy! The San Francisco Yacht Club calls Melges 24 sailors from around the globe to join the Diversified Melges 24 World Championship, scheduled in the San Francisco Bay Area between August 17 and 24. The winner will succeed Drew Freides’ Pacific Yankee in the International Melges 24 Class Association’s Hall of Fame and become the twenty-fifth World Champion of this iconic one-design c
As the first half of the fleets completed their medal races yesterday, today became a “business as usual” day as the remaining six classes continued to make progress towards the top ten to qualify for their respective finals series. Team USA sailors maintained relative consistency from yesterday’s overall scores, and Kiteboarding made its official Olympic debut as the newest sailing event.
Marseille’s famous Mistral breeze came back today, bringing both physical and tactical challenges for sailors and breaking the light air monotony. Four classes took to the water for Team USA: Men’s Windsurfer, Women’s Dinghy, Mixed Dinghy and Mixed Multihull.
After five days of racing on international sport’s biggest stage, Team USA’s Ian Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) and Hans Henken (San Francisco, CA) are bringing home a bronze medal in the Men’s Skiff (49er) event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This is the US Sailing Team’s first Olympic medal in sailing since Rio 2016 and Barrows and Henken’s first Olympic appearance.
It was an emotionally charged day on the Bay of Marseille as the Men’s and Women’s Skiffs tried and failed to complete their medal races, while on the other end of the bay Men’s Windsurfer Noah Lyons (Clearwater, FL) clinched his entry into the Medal Series.
Some boats wear ocean racing miles in the same visible manner as salty sailors. Other yachts, however, seem immune to the wear and tear of pushing hard for hundreds if not thousands of miles at a time. Dan Litchfield’s Hound is the latter. More than 50 years since the Aage Nielsen-designed 59-foot sloop was launched, she is still going strong.
Light winds and scorching temperatures descended once again on the Bay of Marseille for day four of the Paris 2024 sailing events, providing a tense field for competitors on the last day before medal races for the Men’s and Women’s Skiffs on August 1. USA’s Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea will enter tomorrow’s Women’s Skiff medal race in 10th overall, and Ian Barrows and Hans Henken will enter the
Get ready for a dynamic display of sailing prowess as top Melges 24 teams converge in San Francisco for the Pacific Coast Championship (PCC) on August 3-4, hosted by the Richmond Yacht Club. The PCC is a distinct opportunity for each team to fine-tune their strategies, crew, and boats in an exciting prelude to the highly anticipated 2024 Diversified Melges 24 World Championship, scheduled for Augu
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