Stu McNay and Lara Dallman-Weiss secured “country qualification” on March 3 in Palma De Mallorca, Spain at the 470 World Championship, officially locking in their ticket to Marseille after winning U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing on January 13.
The 97th Bacardi Cup, March 4-9, 2024, kicked off today in Biscayne Bay, Miami with sixty-six Stars representing fifteen nations for what turned out to be a light-wind tactical challenge.
Soaked into the floorboards of this town’s saltier watering holes are stories from the 1980s and 1990s when the globe-trotting Maxi class would regularly call into the quaint New England port to contest a major championship. Bend an ear into a swampy southwesterly seabreeze, the grey beards will say, and you can still hear echoes of wire sheets and overtaxed aluminum rigs straining to hold back sp
The 97th Bacardi Cup and the Bacardi Invitational Regatta, March 3rd-9th, 2024, will break all past entry records with an unprecedented two-hundred and thirteen teams gearing up to compete on Biscayne Bay, Miami.
The final day of U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing brought both elation and frustration as the winners were decided in the ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 fleets. Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) punched her ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics in the ILCA 6
After yesterday’s rest day, 62 athletes returned to the water for the penultimate day of racing at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing for the ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 disciplines. Southerly winds built throughout the day from 10 knots to the upper teens and the sea state followed suit.
Competitors, coaches, and race management enjoyed a much-needed day off on February 22nd at the marathon U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing. The final two days of racing will take place February 23-24 where the winner of the Women’s ILCA 6 fleet will be confirmed to represent the United States at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Miami delivered 10-15 knots for a second day of a cool North-Northwest breeze, and two more races hit the scoreboard for each fleet. Erika Reineke now leads in the ILCA 6 after some strategy play in the last race of the day, and Ford McCann continues to lead in the ILCA 7 for the fifth day in a row.
Long Beach Yacht Club (LBYC) has announced an outstanding lineup for the Ficker Cup regatta which will be held here 19 to 21 April, 2024.
It’s a game of Texas Hold ‘Em as Texas natives Charlotte Rose and Ford McCann hold down their leads for a fourth day in a row in challenging conditions at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing.
Dark and stormy gave way to bright and shifty for day three of U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing. Gale force winds held competitors ashore in the morning, but race committee fired the horn for the first start at 1300.
Day two was not for the faint of heart out on the Atlantic Ocean for the ILCA 6s and 7s at U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing. First a waiting game required athletes to stay mentally engaged as the wind threw some heavy shifts and caused a number of postponements and abandonments, then it was go time for one race in each fleet.
The first day of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing opened with two races in each class in moderate 8 to 12 knot breeze. Race committee from Coconut Grove Sailing Club and PRO Tom Duggan got races off on time and efficiently and competitors headed to shore around 1430 for an early end to day one in a marathon event.
Registration is officially open for the 2024 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship set to take place in beautiful Santa Barbara, California and hosted by the historic Santa Barbara Yacht Club on July 12 through 14, 2024.
The second M32 Miami Winter Series drew to a thrilling close this weekend, delivering an extraordinary showcase of racing and fierce competition.
The U.S. Melges 24 Class in strong partnership with Quantum Sails is proud to announce the fifth edition of the vastly popular Great Lakes Cup Series. It consists of four, high-quality events that span the U.S. Midwest region, but also includes a new and exciting destination in Ontario, Canada.
San Diego Yacht Club’s path to the pinnacle of Corinthian sailing started with a win in the 2018 Resolute Cup.
Day two of three at the Bacardi Winter Series Event 2 saw sailing mastery unleashed in spectacular sailing conditions on Biscayne Bay.
The three-day Bacardi Winter Series Event 2 opened today, Friday, January 26, on the stunning waters of Biscayne Bay, Miami.
Step 1 was building the right team. Step 2 was to find the right boat. That brings Jon Desmond and his Final Final crew to step 3, racing the heck out of it.
Miami, January 26-28, 2024 – The organizers of the Bacardi Winter Series 2023/2024 are set to welcome a stellar line up of over fifty J/70 and Melges 24 teams to Shake-A-Leg in Miami this weekend, January 26-28.
Live Sail Die was born on the 22nd of November, 2005 in the sailing office at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, and over 18 years later, we are still reporting on all things sailing, showcasing the best parts of our sport.
St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco and Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis have once again teamed up to host the top women’s match racing teams at back-to-back events as part of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour.
Jason Carroll’s MOD70 Argo (USA) crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada on Saturday 13th January 2024 at 22:34:30 UTC to take Multihull Line Honours in the 10th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race in an elapsed time of 06d 10h 34m 30s.
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