The second day of sailing events at Paris 2024 opened to a familiar light wind start, but athletes and race committee alike were eager to cast off from shore and get racing. The Skiffs and Women’s Windsurfers came out of postponement around 1300 local time to take advantage of an incoming seabreeze which built to about nine knots. Team USA windsurfers logged their first races of the Olympics, and
The sailing events opened on the Bay of Marseille for the Paris 2024 Olympics on Sunday, July 28 for four classes. Light, inconsistent breeze paired with choppy water presented a challenging opening day for all competitors. Despite hot and humid temperatures, an impressive crowd of spectators gathered on the seawall to watch the action and cheer for sailors.
Over the course of 12 days, 13 American athletes in nine classes will take to the Bay of Marseille for competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics, following a shortened runway of three years due to the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games. Against a dramatic backdrop of rocky Calanques and the classic city of Marseille, athletes will battle for the podium on the biggest stage in international sport.
Tony Langley’s Gladiator became the first British flagged team to lift the Rolex TP52 World Championship title when they emerged from a testing three race finale today off Newport, Rhode Island with a six points margin over the 2021 world champions Sled and eight on the 2023 champions Platoon Aviation.
Representing the most famous yacht club in the world could be a burden for some but not for New York Yacht Club American Magic, one of the most thorough and process-driven teams in this Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. After the start of their campaign in Pensacola, Florida where they launched their warhorse AC75 ‘Patriot’ from the last Cup, this is a team that has been operating at the highest l
Takashi Okura’s Sled, the 2021 world champions representing the hosts, the New York Yacht Club, scored best today at the Rolex TP52 World Championship in Newport, RI. Their first and second places sees them going into Saturday’s finale just one single point behind championship leaders Tony Langley’s British flagged Gladiator.
Harm Müller-Spreer’s 2023 defending champions Platoon Aviation won the only race sailed at the Rolex TP52 World Championship off Newport, RI today. But while their first race victory of the event elevates them to fourth at the theoretical midpoint of the 10 race series, Tony Langley’s Gladiator team sit firm at the top of the leaderboard just a single point ahead of Andy Soriano’s Alegre.
Winning both races today at the 2024 Rolex TP52 World Championship in Newport RI, Tony Langley’s Gladiator team have now scored three back-to-back victories and top the worlds leaderboard with a four points lead after four races.
The 100th Bayview Mackinac Race, the world’s longest continuously run long distance freshwater yacht race, promises to be a landmark event and the US Sailing Offshore Office has been busier than ever, issuing all ratings for American boats in the race. Central to the fairness and competitiveness of the race is the ORC (Offshore Racing Congress) rating system. The ORC provides a scientific and impa
Madcap and Callisto recount successful man overboard recovery incident during 115th Race to Mackinac. Madcap awarded US Sailing Arthur B. Hansen rescue medal
Madcap awarded Arthur B. Hanson rescue medal for outstanding seamanship, watchkeeping and situational awareness resulting in the rescue of a fellow sailor
Takashi Okura’s 2021 Sled, the 2021 world champions, made the best start to the 2024 Rolex TP52 World Championship Newport today as they posted two second places from the first challenging races which were contested on a Newport, Rhode Island race track which changed subtly through the day, offering the afterguards options for gains and losses from start guns to finish guns.
Over two short, sharp one-lap practice races, the final dress rehearsal ahead of tomorrow’s start to the Rolex TP52 World Championship Newport RI, Tony Langley’s British flagged Gladiator were the most consistent performers, taking a second and first in a fleet of 10 teams representing seven different nations.
For just the second time in its 16-year history, the Rolex TP52 World Championship will be contested on American waters. Sailing’s premiere monohull fleet-racing championship will take place as part of the New York Yacht Club’s Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. The 14th edition of this biennial summer classic is the first regatta run under an historic new 10-year agreement between the New Y
After Sunday’s excitement with Maverick breaking the 22-year race record by more than an hour, the 115th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust has seen a steady pace of finishers. This year’s Race has been one of the fastest in years and race organizers expect to have the fleet safely in port by mid-afternoon.
In typical Melges 24 Class racing fashion, it all came down to the last day’s performance for the top teams, determining who would stay the course and battle the hardest to take home the 2024 Melges 24 U.S. National trophies for overall Champion and Corinthian.
Sanford Burris, William and Ward Kinney’s Maverick team will be etched in Mac Race history as the new race record holder for the fastest Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust in 22 years, earning the honor from Roy Disney and Pyewacket.
During last night’s storms, three of the larger boats in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac’s Racing Division reported dismasting: Sagamore, Farr STP 65 owned by Tone and Laura Martin; Usual Suspects, a TP 52 owned Eric Wynsma; and Sapphire, an Arcona 435 owned by Robert Radway. No injuries were reported on board and all three are safely in port or motoring to port.
Day Two of the 2024 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship proved to be the most challenging yet, with two races completed late in the day giving way to a new overall event leader — Geoff Fargo racing Sentinel. Thanks to winning both races, he is now leading by two points ahead of Cuyler Morris’ Dark Horse.
Mac Racers already eyeing race record as southerly winds propel fleet north. Overnight storms on horizon
Four races were completed on the opening day of the 2024 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship, placing Cuyler Morris on Dark Horse in first place overall, followed by Geoff Fargo on Sentinel in second, and the local Corinthian team Mocos, helmed by John Bell with crew members Jeff Grange, Graham Bell, Lauren Bell, and Sarah Schaupeter, in third.
Registration and practice day at the 2024 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship is done and dusted. The fleet enjoyed a fun-filled day both on and off the water. Highlights included a North Sails Tuning Clinic, a formal address from the Santa Barbara Yacht Club (SBYC) Commodore and a special declaration from the Mayor of Santa Barbara.
As the New York Yacht Club and the historic waters off Newport, Rhode Island host the Rolex TP52 World Championship Newport RI next week for the very first time there may seem to be the chance that it will be a team which has never won the world title before which stands on the top step of the podium next Saturday at the prizegiving at the NYYC’s beautiful Harbor Court.
In a distance race, every boat writes a unique story. This is especially true of short-handed races. While the fleet for the Bermuda Short-Handed Return wasn’t large, especially when compared to the fleet that raced to the fabled Atlantic archipelago two weeks prior in North America’s oldest ocean race, the stories from the BSHR were nearly as diverse and just as engaging.
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