The 2013 U.S. National Laser Championship for the Laser, Radial, and 4.7 will be hosted by Santa Cruz Yacht Club in Santa Cruz, CA. Racing will be held on June 27-30. There are currently registered 32 Lasers, 69 Laser Radials, and no 4.7s. – Event we...
Despite a weekend full of unpredictable weather on Lake Geneva, the A Scow National Championship went to Terry Blanchard’s Silverhawk for the second consecutive year. Topping a field of 15 teams during the June 21-23 event in Geneva, WI, the Silverha...
Fort Lauderdale, FL (June 20, 2013) – The Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation has named Maximo Nores (Miami Beach, Florida) the inaugural winner of their William I. Koch Development Team Award. Nores, who trains out the Miami Yacht Club, qualif...
Newport, RI (June 19, 2013) – Looking like he was sailing back from a weekend on Block Island, Jonathan Green, the sole US entrant in the 2013 O.S.T.A.R. finished the 3000 mile solo classic off Castle Hill this afternoon under bright summer skies a...
Palma, Spain (June 19, 2013) – The first day of the Superyacht Cup proved to be a fantastic opportunity to showcase the five powerful J Class Yachts. Conditions in the bay of Palma were predictably perfect with 15-19 knots and wave height of only 1....
Rosignano, Italy (June 15, 2013) – No wind on the final day of the Etchells World Championship completed the series, confirming the victory of “The Martian” skippered by American helmsman Marvin Beckmann with tactician Steven Hunt and Ezra Culve...
Point Richmond, CA (June 10, 2013) – Artist Jim DeWitt is releasing a new series of oil paintings that depict the 34th America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay. DeWitt was named the America’s Cup artist-in-residence in 2012 by the Golden Gate Yacht Clu...
Busan, Korea (June 9, 2013) – Spain’s Tamara Echegoyen has been crowned ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Champion, beating Camilla Ulrikkeholm of Denmark 3-2 in the final. Sailing with Echegoyen was Sofia Toro, Eva Gonzalez, Mariana Lobato and Lar...
The Italian America’s Cup challenger, Luna Rossa, has moved its AC72 to the western side of the Bay from a temporary base in Alameda to its permanent home in the City at Piers 30/32, where the team will host its technical operations this summer. The ...
Five-time Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie set a new record during the Round the Island Race, a 50-mile race around the Isle of Wight off the south coast of the UK. Ainslie’s team sailed an AC45 catamaran, completing the course in 2 hours, 52 minutes an...
The America’s Cup Pavilion will open on Friday when indie-icons Imagine Dragons perform the first of a series of summer concerts at the new, temporary venue on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. The waterfront venue is located in what will be the Amer...
As winner for the past two years, Bjorn Hansen (SWE) is widely tipped for another strong showing at the Korea Match Cup which kicks off at Hwaeseong City in Gyeonggi Province on May 29-June 2. This is the second stop on the Alpari World Match Racing To...
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The Finn class returns en-masse to La Rochelle, France for the 2013 Finn World Masters on May 20-24. To date some 307 sailors from 27 countries have pre-entered and if all show up it is destined to be not only the largest Finn Masters ever, but also th...