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Sailors Put on a Sunday Show at West Marine US Open Sailing San Francisco
Sunday’s final showdown on San Francisco Bay featured another incredible display of speed and modern sailing technology with highly skilled and determined athletes. The regatta once again included two race
Diversified Melges 24 World Championship 2024 – San Francisco is Calling
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
Celebrating a successful Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust
In a race that will be remembered as “one for the books,” the 113th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust finished today with the Sailors Celebration, hosted for the first time on the great lawn of Mission Point Resort.
Mcnay/Hughes Head into 470 Medal Race; Gibbs/Weis 3rd in Nacra 17 Medal Race, 9th overall
Four medal races and the end of 470 qualifying action combined to create a memorable tenth day of sailing at Tokyo 2020, which saw the US Sailing Team compete in
Ed Wright opens 2023 Finn Gold Cup with two bullets
The 2010 Finn world champion Ed Wright, from Britain, has taken the early lead at the 2023 Finn Gold Cup in Miami, USA, after winning both races on the opening day at Coconut Grove Sailing Club. Domonkos Nemeth, from Hungary, is second, while Italy’s Federico Colaninno is third.
SailGP’s Grand Final weekend is here!
SailGP’s 11th and final event of Season 3 takes place on iconic San Francisco Bay this weekend, May 6 – 7, at the Mubadala SailGP Season 3 Grand Final. After a competitive season full of thrills, near misses and exciting finishes, the sport’s best athletes are ready to leave it all on the Bay.
“The Mast Imploded” – Bureau Vallée out of Race on Difficult Day for the Fleet
A dismasting, spring tides and light winds have made the first 36 hours of the Transat Jacques Vabre very tricky for the fleet of 79 boats. The mast ‘imploded’! Louis
United States Lead the Way in Glamorous Saint-Tropez with Fine France Sail Grand Prix Opening Day Performance
The United States SailGP Team sits in a commanding position at the France Sail Grand Prix as Jimmy Spithill seeks to win his first ever SailGP event in the glamorous
Thunderstruck – Winners of the 2021 Queen’s Cup
The 2021 Queen’s Cup is a special kick off to the summer in the Midwest. It’s hosted out of South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attracts both local
Chicago Grand Slam – Teams Go Into Final Day
The Grand Slam, an incredibly popular US Match Racing tour, kicked off this weekend with the first of four events that take place from August to September. All events in the Grand Slam are Grade 2 and attract some of the best match racers in the world.
49th Annual BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Is Officially Underway!
The atmosphere was nothing short of festive around Nanny Cay this morning as boats prepared for the first race of the 49th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, which took the fleet on an approximate 15 NM course to Scrub Island.
San Francisco: Final Stop for US Open Sailing Series
The West Marine US Open Sailing Series enters the sixth and final event of the 2022 circuit in spectacular San Francisco, a sailor’s paradise, as sailors from around the nation will come together for three days of racing in five classes.
Full Throttle X 10 Wins 2023 Melges 24 Nationals
Congratulations to Brian Porter at the helm of Full Throttle with his ‘boys’: Bri Porter, RJ Porter and Matt Woodworth as crew. After three days and 8 races in a variety of conditions, Porter captured an unprecedented 10th Melges 24 U.S. National Championship, making him the champ for a third time in a row.
Spithill fields deepest roster yet ahead of SailGP Season 3 Opener
Jimmy Spithill is doubling down after the United States SailGP Team narrowly missed out on the Season 2 championship crown this past March, and is bringing new ammunition for the Season 3 opener, the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess.
As Good As It Gets, 2023 Melges 24 U.S. Nationals
It was a wild, wet and windy day for the 2023 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship fleet in Fontana, Wisconsin. After three races, two-time U.S. Melges 24 National Champion Bora Gulari sailing Knocky Knocky leads the regatta. Following in second overall is Geoff Fargo’s Sentinel and Brian Porter’s Full Throttle is third.
Dice Roll Conditions for 100th Anniversary Star Class World Champs
The 2022 Star Class World Championship presented by Bacardi was officially declared open by Tom Londrigan, International Star Class President, on the morning of Sunday, September 11 accompanied by a parade of nations and gun salute at Eastern Yacht Club.
E Scow Begins Its 100 Year Celebrations
The E Scow is celebrating its 100 year birthday in 2023 with a series of special events, culminating with the National Championship regatta in Madison WI. This boat has multiple Rolex award winners such as Brian Porter, Harry Melges IV, and Sally Barkow amongst the regular competitors.
CONVINCING THE WINNER: 2002 and 2003 JJ Giltinan World Championships
There were ‘sail-off’ races to determine the overall winner of the 1969 and 1978 JJ Giltinan World Championship regattas, but two contests held on Sydney Harbour in 2003 and 2004 produced the most amazing finales to determine the winner of each one.
US Sailing: Barrows and Henken Win Bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics
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.
Start date confirmed for The Ocean Race 2022-23
Two race fleets will assemble in Alicante, the Spanish home of the Race, for the winter holiday period in 2022 before a mid-January 2023 start for leg one of the
