The 2024-25 college season concludes with the Women’s Fleet Race Nationals (May 20-23) and Open Fleet Race Nationals (May ...

Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News With the ultra-high level of competition in J/70 one design racing, the class ...

As spring awakens in the Northern Hemisphere, a powerful migration is underway – not just of boats returning north from ...

A picture is worth a thousand words, particularly if you can’t read.” - Harry Hershfield Providing wisdom since 1997, the Curmudgeon’s Observation has ...

Since the first race in 1989, France has won all ten editions of the Vendée Globe, but if there is someone to break that ...

During the coronavirus pandemic, Scuttlebutt provided stories for how people turned the challenges of COVID-19 into opportunities. In a report submitted by Bob Johnstone, he shared his experience ...

A problem that has been building for some time seems to be reaching critical mass. The increasing proliferation of ‘exotic’ sailcloth has created an issue with sail number color contrast ...

Defending champions Stanford University won the 2025 College Women’s Team Race National Champions, held April 27-28 in ...

During the SailGP second season, in 2021, the league instituted a rule that each team must have a woman on their crew. Rather ...

US Sailing has launched the US Sailing Scholarship Fund to make sailing more accessible and inclusive. The fund is currently ...

The success of a one-design class tends to be less about the boat and more about the people involved. Quite often, it is all ...