Sailing Anarchy

Yes, the leaders in the CIC Transat are smoking along while preparing for some gnarly weather, but there are always these kinds of stories that are part of races like this… Over the last 24 hours race control was informed of more damages and abandonments. Clarisse Crémer is heading to the Azores, about 500 miles […]

The Environment A new report has been launched by CleanHub to highlight the devastating amount of ocean plastic pollution in 2024, and the impact it’s having on marine life and the environment. A lot of the problem comes from single use plastics, of which production is increasing over the next decade. Key report findings: For every person on the planet, there […]

This is the profile of the new Club Swan 28. Looks, um, modern? 28′, 2200 lbs, super cool, and no doubt, it’s super expensive.  We asked and hope to know soon… Of course there’s a thread on it.

These types of rigs aren’t new, but they sure as hell look awkward, heavy and bizarre. Lifted from FB.

Jérémie Beyou, one of the top hopes for the Transat CIC solo race from Lorient to New York is returning to Lorient after damage to his J2 forestay. The skipper of Charal made the decision to turn around after discussions with his technical team, to be able to make a repair as quickly as possible […]

We’ve all been there, just not usually caught this blatantly on camera! This uh, timely shot, is thanks to Max Ranchi at the seemingly never-ending 52 Super Series, this time at Palma de Mallorca. It is worth noting – to me at least – that this series now never sends us any info. Did we […]

Would you contest the world’s most prestigious match-racing series when half the crew can’t sail, wouldn’t know a tack from a gybe, couldn’t tie a reef knot, and never lift their heads above the gunnel? Of course not. Yet that will be the situation for the next America’s Cup, now only a few months away. […]

Peter Huston, the author of this post and I are quite good friends. We are about the same age – 67 – and I feel the same about much of what he says here. For me, it is slightly different as I have owned my own boats for the last 20 years or so, but […]

  An interesting side feature to the Transat CIC race to New York is this: Increasing the profile of sail-powered maritime transport solutions, SeaKite, Wisamo Michelin and ACC Wing will symbolically start The Transat CIC under sail 25 minutes ahead of the fleet to “show that boats which use technical solutions aimed at decarbonizing maritime […]

Oh look – we’ve put up something from World Domination Sailing and we’re not even bitching about it. Except the predictable and shit quick cuts of course. What else is to be expected?

Though we’ve never sailed on one, the Club Swan 50 remains one of the coolest boats ever. Thanks to Max Ranchi from the Swan Tuscany Challenge.

This seems appropriate for Earth Day… Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 22 April 2024: The Ocean Cleanup, the global non-profit project, has removed a verified all-time total of ten million kilograms (22 million lbs.) of trash from oceans and rivers around the world – approximately the same weight as the Eiffel Tower. To complete its mission of […]

The Transat CIC is set to bring solo ocean racing’s biggest, most modern IMOCA and Class40 fleet to the very heart of New York City. The city of New York is inextricably linked to the long history of solo ocean racing. Some years before anyone had really worked up the idea of racing solo around […]

The French Bathô Company will cease its activity in June 2024. 6 years after its creation, the Social and Solidarity Economy company specializing in the upcycling of abandoned boat hulls announced this on April 17, 2024. Transferred by its founders to the group SOS in 2021, the unusual shipyard as it was called, was located […]

This is one fine effort! Read all about it here. Ironic title inspiration thanks to the Beastie Boys. Photo credit: OGR2023/Aida Valceanu.

Big Pimpin’ Allen has just unveiled its latest development in sailing hardware: the Vang King. The Vang King is not just a gas strut; it’s a game-changer in vang control systems for keelboats up to 26ft. Designed to serve as a boom support system, the Vang King seamlessly integrates with a purchase system to deliver […]

Today Scot’s guest is Ronnie Simpson, who sadly had his  Global Solo Challenge around the world cut short with a dismasting, a rescue, and the scuttling of his Open 50 in treacherous waters. We talk get into all that was involved in this race, what it was like onboard during the end, and a helluva […]

Of course, the Mekong Delta was the first thing that popped into our heads when we saw this particular bit of vaporware. Read all about it.