The commodore baton of the Kinsale Yacht Club has been passed over to Michael Walsh from David O’Sullivan in the month of December in 2019. Currently, the new commodore is gathering his troops to make the year 2020 the busiest for all of them. One of the busiest members of the committee will be […]
Equipment Selection For Olympic 2024
World Sailing organization has opened the invitation for bids among member national authorities for hosting sea trials that would help determine the equipment to be used in the Olympic Sailing competition to be held in Paris 2024, for the one person dinghy events for men and women. Sea trials would soon be taking place which […]
Sail Newport’s New Facility
Natives of Newport, Rhode Island feel that sailing is as home to this region as whaling is to Nantucket Island or fishing is in Gloucester. Sailing is defined for this region and there are several reasons why. The history of this island includes several notable events such as the America’s Cup, this historic race had […]
Focus For America’s Cup 2021
The America’s Cup event does not end with a win, but leaves the winners with a commitment towards framing the protocols that need to be followed for the upcoming Cup. Hence, when Team New Zealand made a spectacular win this year at the event that was held in Bermuda in June, they were given the […]
Amateur Tessato Sail Around The Globe
Tessa Hicks, the 59-year-old woman from Isles Road in Ramsbury, is all set to take on the seven seas. She is set to take part in the 40,000 nautical mile Clippers Round the World Yacht Race. The irony here is that she has never set foot on a yacht and has taken up a big […]
Super Yacht Seized Near Gibraltar
Even if you own the largest yacht in the world that might not save you from accidents or problems that might occur in international waters. The super yacht known as S/Y A spans 142.8 meters but this sailing yacht has been seized at the Gibraltar port after it left the shipyard it was built at […]
Ainslie Launches First Catamaran Of ACC
Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing (RBAR) has launched the first catamaran of the America’s Cup. The name of the yacht is Rita and it is the end result of the work of 85,000 man hours who worked for more than years with a strong team of 120. Rita is the yacht that will be used […]
Ahzai Smith At Bermuda Nationals
With the 2016 Bermuda National Optimist Championships having come to a close this weekend, the highlight has been on Ahzai Smith, who has had an incredible run in this regatta. Indeed, the sailing honors that he has gathered have been immense. Last month this twelve years old was able to showcase his skills at the […]
Annual conference of World Sailing 2016
Annual conference of World Sailing 2016 concluded on November 12 at Barcelona, Spain. There were discussions happened, a debate took place and many decisions were taken with regards to sailing sports in future. The conference was attended by more than 1000 delegates from all over the world and number of decisions was taken on the […]