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down, not out?

1 week 6 days ago
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 […]
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yeah, no

1 week 6 days ago
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 […]
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you call that sailing?

2 weeks ago
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. […]
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what he said

2 weeks 2 days ago
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 […]
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it has wings

2 weeks 3 days ago
  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 […]
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last chance

2 weeks 4 days ago
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?
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never not cool

2 weeks 6 days ago
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.
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the day of the earth

2 weeks 6 days ago
This seems appropriate for Earth Day… Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 22 April 2024: The Ocean Cleanup, the global non-profit project, has removed a verified all-time total of ten million kilograms (22 million lbs.) of trash from oceans and rivers around the world – approximately the same weight as the Eiffel Tower. To complete its mission of […]
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coming to america

2 weeks 6 days ago
The Transat CIC is set to bring solo ocean racing’s biggest, most modern IMOCA and Class40 fleet to the very heart of New York City. The city of New York is inextricably linked to the long history of solo ocean racing. Some years before anyone had really worked up the idea of racing solo around […]
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well that didn’t work

2 weeks 6 days ago
The French Bathô Company will cease its activity in June 2024. 6 years after its creation, the Social and Solidarity Economy company specializing in the upcycling of abandoned boat hulls announced this on April 17, 2024. Transferred by its founders to the group SOS in 2021, the unusual shipyard as it was called, was located […]
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hey ladies!

2 weeks 6 days ago
This is one fine effort! Read all about it here. Ironic title inspiration thanks to the Beastie Boys. Photo credit: OGR2023/Aida Valceanu.
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king of the vangs?

3 weeks 3 days ago
Big Pimpin’ Allen has just unveiled its latest development in sailing hardware: the Vang King. The Vang King is not just a gas strut; it’s a game-changer in vang control systems for keelboats up to 26ft. Designed to serve as a boom support system, the Vang King seamlessly integrates with a purchase system to deliver […]
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