Sailing Anarchy

The Environment Regulatory efforts continue to accelerate pushing forward with the plans to develop the U.S. offshore wind energy sector. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved the eighth large offshore wind farm for the U.S. surpassing 10 GW of approved capacity and the ability to power nearly 4 million […]

The 2024 Olympic Games begin in just four months. As is often the case, the sailing events will be held a long way from the host city (Paris to Marseille is 480 miles – an eight-hour drive on the motorway). That distance underlines the widening separation between sailing and mainstream Olympic sports. Their connection – […]

We dig that those guys tricked out their 5ksb and lined right up, but damn they gotta get shot right out the back, don’t they? Not so much – that is Whooper, a Giles 39 and they finished second in IRC 3 at the Rorc Easter Challenge today. Excellent! Results here.

Scot tells us this is his best podcast ever. Sure buddy. Has he even done a decent one? You be the judge!

As Classe Mini turns 30 this year, organizers are planning on changing class rules to keep sailing costs down as well as organizing a birthday celebration later in the year. For the 2024 season, the class has also introduced a new race to its competitive sailing calendar with the ‘Mini TransManche’ taking place in August. […]

After receiving a late call about a 45ft Beneteau sunk in 14m of water 2.5 km off Mandurah, we headed to our factory unit to reconfigure the salvage boat. After a very early start, we were able to locate the vessel without resorting to a grid search. A diver inspection found the keel loose and […]

Good idea. Too bad World Sailing has to be involved in everything with “World” in the title. More monopolistic bullshit from a bunch of scoundrels… An initiative of World Sailing, the Offshore Double Handed World Championships has been established in recognition of the explosive growth of double handed offshore racing in recent years. World Sailing […]

Not Sailing At least six people remain unaccounted for after a large cargo ship crashed into a pillar of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse. A total of eight construction workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge fell into the Patapsco River below. Two people have since been […]

From our Fabulous Forums… The basic idea of the Storm 18 is an evolution of an Ideal 18 that is more modern, ergonomic, durable, easy to maintain, rub rails and fore and aft bumpers, fits well into yards with and without cranes using a lifting keel, and a target price around $40,000 USD. Fulcrum Speedworks […]

The Environment BANGKOK, THAILAND, 26 March 2024: The Ocean Cleanup has deployed its first InterceptorTM river cleanup solution in the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok – part of a wider partnership to tackle plastic pollution leaking from one the world’s busiest working rivers. Together with partners The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Department of Marine and Coastal […]

It was a devastating day for the Aussies today in Christchurch, as Driver Tom Slingsby and the team collided with a course marker during the first fleet race, forcing them to retire from the New Zealand Sail Grand Prix altogether. The incident occurred as Australia and Canada were approaching the first mark of the race […]

What a douchey stance and thing to say. A lotta money on the line, Russell? Fuck the dolphins? Sir Russell Coutts has slammed officials for their “extreme” dolphin policy that halted racing on the first day of the SailGP event. However, the organizers understood the risks involved, the city council’s agency and iwi say, and […]

The presence of an endangered species of dolphins on the race course prevented sailing on the first day of the New Zealand leg of the SailGP series on Saturday. The race venue on Lyttelton Harbour near Christchurch on the South Island is home to around 1,000 of the remaining 10,000 Hector’s dolphins, which are native […]

SailGP chief executive Russell Coutts has announced the tour won’t return to Christchurch next year, due to minority interests making things too difficult. On the eve of the much-anticipated event in Lyttelton – which is expected to welcome 22,000 visitors , the yachting legend revealed he was looking at other New Zealand host cities for […]