A recent post regarding female-only sailing events caused a stir online. After sailing in the 2026 Boston Harbor Ladies Challenge, Sail Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Lydia Mullan weighed in with a ...

According to our records, there have been 966 recorded Pac Cup finishes before this edition of the “Fun Race to Hawaii.” This year, we will see our thousandth. Looking at the past records, we’ve ...

For more than fifty years, La Solitaire du Figaro has been the benchmark of French offshore racing. From the 2028 edition onward, the race will open a new chapter in its history with the Ocean Fifty ...

A recent post regarding female-only sailing events caused a stir online. After sailing in the 2026 Boston Harbor Ladies Challenge, ...

Long Beach Yacht Club is accepting requests for invitation to the 2026 Butler Cup. This World Sailing Grade 3 event will be sailed in the fleet of Catalina 37s on September 26-27, with practice on ...

You know you’re a bad speller when you write something so wrong that auto-correct has got nothing. Providing “insight” since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt ...

US Sailing members and friends are invited to apply to serve as Games-time volunteers for the LA28 Olympic Games. What you need to know: Most volunteer roles will be based at venues in the Los Angeles ...

Over 100 sailors will be in action July 18-19, at the St. Margaret Sailing Club in Glen Haven, Nova Scotia, as they will take part in Sail Canada 2026 Sail East Championships. The competition will be ...

The 2026 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac once again demonstrated the scale and competitive depth that have established it as the largest annual offshore race in the world. The 333-mile course, ...

A duck walks into a pharmacy and says, “Give me some chap-stick… and put it on my bill.” Providing “insight” since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has been a hallmark of the Scuttlebutt Newsletter ...

The Sint Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC) will host the 30th Caribbean Dinghy Championship (CDC), sanctioned by the Caribbean Sailing Association (CSA), from October 23–25, 2026. As the region’s premier ...

Matthew Sheahan of Yachting World ponders the questions… Is 50 knots still the magic number? Or will the latest launches go through sailing’s ‘sound barrier’ for mile after mile offshore? The trouble ...