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Star Class Gets Olympic Reprieve

Published on 04-01-2020 11:37 AM

With the Tokyo Olympics being delayed for a year, a little-known clause in the World Sailing Constitution has been activated, leading to reinstatement of the Star class in the Olympic sailing competition. ...

Atlantic Cup Latest Covid 19 Regatta Casualty

Published on 04-01-2020 11:33 AM

2020 Atlantic Cup Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Atlantic Cup Kids programming will be made available virtually

MARCH 31, 2020 – ...

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team with hospitals in Cagliari against Coronavirus

Published on 04-01-2020 11:27 AM

We are deeply connected to the city of Cagliari, where for overtwo years we have had an established base and integrated our families; it is a city we now feel a part of. When the mayor, Paolo Truzzu, contacted us personally with a request from the SS. Trinità Hospital, we responded immediately ...

2020 Transpac Tahiti Race Postponed

Published on 03-31-2020 10:43 AM

Transpac-Tahiti Race Postponed

In consultation with current race entries, later race date options
are being reviewed

LOS ANGELES and PAPEETE, TAHITI - Organizers from the Transpacific Yacht ...

Updates from SSS

Published on 03-31-2020 10:34 AM

Hello to all racers and SSS members,

The SSS board met on Tuesday to discuss the effects of the Covid-19 virus on club activities.
Because of the Governor of California's Executive Order to ...

Ben's Perspective On The Covid 19 Virus

Published on 03-31-2020 09:16 AM

Ben Ainslie proud America's Cup designers working on coronavirus ventilators

My desk in my study on the Isle of Wight looks straight out onto the sea. Usually I find sitting here, watching life go by on the open waves, the most calming place in the world. But today it is eerily quiet. Not a sight or a sound.

Under normal circumstances, ...

Ocean Institute's Pilgrim Sinks In Port

Published on 03-30-2020 08:53 AM

The Pilgrim, a decades-long icon at the Ocean Institute, listed starboard over the weekend and began sinking in Dana Point Harbor.

Officials were informed at 5:15 a.m. Sunday, March 29, that the beloved vessel, which served as an inspiring real-world classroom to hundreds of thousands of students and visitors, heeled overnight in the slip at the Ocean Institute’s dock.

Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol deputies placed a yellow hazmat boom around the ship to contain spilling diesel fuel and oil.

...

Boat Thieves Take RYC Whaler

Published on 03-30-2020 08:46 AM

STOLEN: RYC WHALER #4 AND TRAILER HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM OUR BOAT YARD (like the boat pictured below).

The boat is a 1987 17’ Boston Whaler, CF 9064KX, ...

New Dates For Tokyo Olympics Announced

Published on 03-30-2020 08:38 AM

Tokyo 2020 New Dates Announced
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan today agreed new dates for the Games ...

Italian 2020 52 SUPER SERIES Regattas Cancelled

Published on 03-27-2020 09:33 AM

(Friday 27th March, 2020) – May’s Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino 2020 and June’s Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Porto Cervo & TP52 20th Anniversary Invitational 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
...

2020 Vic Maui Cancelled

Published on 03-26-2020 10:02 AM

Shackles & Cotterpins - The Vic-Maui Newsletter

Vic-Maui announces cancellation of the 2020 Vic-Maui International Yacht Race

Vic-Maui has completed a review related ...

Pac Cup Goes Virtual

Published on 03-26-2020 09:53 AM

https://pacificcup.org/seminars

A 2020 Solution!
In the approach to the race date, we've moved our famous preparation seminars, the Pacific Offshore Academy presented by Alaska Airlines, to an online format. This allows us to reach even more people while maintaining "social ...

2020 Summer Games Postponed To 2021

Published on 03-24-2020 09:52 AM

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a conference call this morning to discuss the constantly changing environment ...

2020 Superyacht Cup Palma Cancelled

Published on 03-24-2020 09:18 AM

2020 edition of Superyacht Cup Palma cancelled in response to pandemic
Tuesday 24 March 2020
Organisers of the Superyacht Cup Palma have cancelled ...

Portsmouth ACWS Event Unlikely

Published on 03-23-2020 09:10 AM

Words by Duncan Johnstone Stuff NZ

Auckland will be the big winner if the America's Cup world series does eventually get under way.

The yachting world awaits the first taste of racing in the new 75-foot foiling monohulls but that wait could be quite a while as the syndicates find themselves victims of the sporting ...

Canada Withdraws From 2020 Summer Games

Published on 03-23-2020 08:58 AM

TORONTO (March 22, 2020) – The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), backed by their Athletes’ Commissions, National Sports Organizations and the Government ...

OFFICIAL YRA Announcement: Vallejo Race Postponed / Wheeler Regatta Cancelled

Published on 03-19-2020 02:02 PM

Unprecedented Times
The current Covid-19 Public Health Crisis has had a profound impact on everyday life in America, and across the world. Almost no aspects of our lives have been spared, from our health, where and when we work, if we're able to work, and where our children are being schooled to the pursuit of our passions like sailing the storied waters of San Francisco Bay. Yacht Clubs have been closed ...

Antigua Sailing Week Another Covid-19 Casualty

Published on 03-19-2020 10:19 AM

As a result of national and global measures being taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and the priority being the health & safety of our citizens, competitors, spectators and volunteers, ...

Honda Marine Completes JJ 3 Peat

Published on 03-19-2020 10:09 AM

18ft Skiffs
JJ Giltinan Championship, Races 8 & 9

Sponsored by Winning Group

Thursday, 19 March 2020

all images © Michael Chittenden

Defending champion Honda Marine team of David McDiarmid, Matt Steven and Brad Collins took out the third consecutive JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship after another impressive performance in the final ...

Honda Marine's Big Rig Saves The Day

Published on 03-18-2020 10:50 AM

The defending champion Honda Marine team of David McDiarmid, Matt Steven and Brad Collins hold a narrow points lead over their nearest rival as the fleet goes into the final two races of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour tomorrow.

After each team drops the worst placing from the seven races sailed to date, Honda Marine leads former World champions Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage, in Winning Group, by just four points, so every placing in each of the two races will be critical.

Honda Marine has a net total of 11 points, Winning Group is on 15 points. ...

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Star Class Gets Olympic Reprieve

Atlantic Cup Latest Covid 19 Regatta Casualty

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team with hospitals in Cagliari against Coronavirus

2020 Transpac Tahiti Race Postponed

Updates from SSS

Ben's Perspective On The Covid 19 Virus

Ocean Institute's Pilgrim Sinks In Port

Boat Thieves Take RYC Whaler

New Dates For Tokyo Olympics Announced

Italian 2020 52 SUPER SERIES Regattas Cancelled

2020 Vic Maui Cancelled

Pac Cup Goes Virtual

2020 Summer Games Postponed To 2021

2020 Superyacht Cup Palma Cancelled

Portsmouth ACWS Event Unlikely

Canada Withdraws From 2020 Summer Games

OFFICIAL YRA Announcement: Vallejo Race Postponed / Wheeler Regatta Cancelled

Antigua Sailing Week Another Covid-19 Casualty

Honda Marine Completes JJ 3 Peat

Honda Marine's Big Rig Saves The Day

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