Sailing Anarchy

Proving that looks can be deceiving, the Sun Fast 3600 Bellino pictured above at the start of the RORC Myth of Malham Race (photo Rick Tomlinson) was the overall winner of the event, and they were doublehanded! As was the second overall boat. Results here.

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Of course we love Jalopnik, and we love poking fun at SailGP. Needless to say, they did a great job with this. The comments are excellent! It’s understandable to assume that yacht racing is solely the purview of ascot-wearing socialites. However, hydrofoiling catamarans used in the highest level of international competition aren’t toys. SailGP yachts are capable of reaching […]

French skipper Yoann Richomme made it two back-to-back solo Transatlantic wins today when he brought his PAPREC ARKÉA across the finish line first on the historic Transat CIC race across the North Atlantic from Lorient in Brittany to New York. Richomme on his Finot Conq-Antoine Koch designed PAPREC ARKÉA crossed the finish line at 18:23:32 […]

“This is fun. This is fun. This is fu….” Lots o’ rain and plenty cold at the Sail Port Stephens regatta. Photo thanks to Promocean Media.

…I don’t think so. Words thanks to Bush.

Luckily, it looked worse than it was. Title inspiration thanks to Drowning Pool.

Yes, the leaders in the CIC Transat are smoking along while preparing for some gnarly weather, but there are always these kinds of stories that are part of races like this… Over the last 24 hours race control was informed of more damages and abandonments. Clarisse Crémer is heading to the Azores, about 500 miles […]

The Environment A new report has been launched by CleanHub to highlight the devastating amount of ocean plastic pollution in 2024, and the impact it’s having on marine life and the environment. A lot of the problem comes from single use plastics, of which production is increasing over the next decade. Key report findings: For every person on the planet, there […]

This is the profile of the new Club Swan 28. Looks, um, modern? 28′, 2200 lbs, super cool, and no doubt, it’s super expensive.  We asked and hope to know soon… Of course there’s a thread on it.

These types of rigs aren’t new, but they sure as hell look awkward, heavy and bizarre. Lifted from FB.

Jérémie Beyou, one of the top hopes for the Transat CIC solo race from Lorient to New York is returning to Lorient after damage to his J2 forestay. The skipper of Charal made the decision to turn around after discussions with his technical team, to be able to make a repair as quickly as possible […]

We’ve all been there, just not usually caught this blatantly on camera! This uh, timely shot, is thanks to Max Ranchi at the seemingly never-ending 52 Super Series, this time at Palma de Mallorca. It is worth noting – to me at least – that this series now never sends us any info. Did we […]

Would you contest the world’s most prestigious match-racing series when half the crew can’t sail, wouldn’t know a tack from a gybe, couldn’t tie a reef knot, and never lift their heads above the gunnel? Of course not. Yet that will be the situation for the next America’s Cup, now only a few months away. […]

Peter Huston, the author of this post and I are quite good friends. We are about the same age – 67 – and I feel the same about much of what he says here. For me, it is slightly different as I have owned my own boats for the last 20 years or so, but […]

  An interesting side feature to the Transat CIC race to New York is this: Increasing the profile of sail-powered maritime transport solutions, SeaKite, Wisamo Michelin and ACC Wing will symbolically start The Transat CIC under sail 25 minutes ahead of the fleet to “show that boats which use technical solutions aimed at decarbonizing maritime […]

Oh look – we’ve put up something from World Domination Sailing and we’re not even bitching about it. Except the predictable and shit quick cuts of course. What else is to be expected?

Though we’ve never sailed on one, the Club Swan 50 remains one of the coolest boats ever. Thanks to Max Ranchi from the Swan Tuscany Challenge.