American Magic, which represents the New York Yacht Club, is the first of the four teams for the 2021 America’s Cup to take delivery of a second-generation boat. The other teams, defender Emirates Team New Zealand and challengers INEOS Team UK and Luna Rosa Prada Pirelli Team, all plan on having two boats.
Zach Carver and his team of filmmakers have put together a documentary, immersing viewers in the annual engineless up the rugged British Columbia coastline starting from Port Townsend Washington State with a stopover in Victoria BC and then finishing in Ketchikan Alaska.
We started this company to build the best sailing products we could at a fair price. We’ve had good success doing it, and that makes us proud. What we might not have anticipated was how much the culture of this place means to its success.
With a few days remaining to register, there are only a handful of spots remaining for LOSHRS Races 5 & 6.
To say 2020 has been an interesting year is an understatement. Provincial guidance around Ontario’s reopening had the fate of the 2020 racing and regatta season up in the air.
In less than a year, Canadian athletes will compete in what started out as Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and will do so in style.
Like most everything else, the LORC (lake Ontario Racing Council), which incorporates several hundred boats from nearly 20 clubs on the western end of Lake Ontario, had canceled the bulk of its season. But finally, on August 29, the EYC (Etobicoke Yacht Club) Open was run with a proper fleet.
As sport begins its careful resumption following the lengthy interruption caused by COVID-19, the biennial Rolex Swan Cup will take centre stage in early September as one of the first international sailing competitions.
Sailors at yacht clubs on BC’s West Coast have had many a discussion about what to do with the suspension of sailboat racing and the eventual resumption of race activities.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Sail long enough and you’re sure to have a leg where all factors conspire against you: the wind, the tide, the competition, passing motor boats, everything. That’s what this year is like for regatta organizers.
As international yachting competition begins a cautious return, Rolex is pleased to continue its support for a sport with which it has enjoyed a long and privileged partnership.
Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series Race 4 is complete; all boats accounted for. What a great day! The wind and weather certainly cooperated. Everyone had a great time and we all were happy to be on the water racing again.
LORC is an organization of eighteen Yacht Clubs located in the western end of Lake Ontario. The Council promotes competitive keelboat sailing in the Greater Toronto Area by organizing inter-club yacht racing for member clubs.
The plans for LYRA 2020 originally included the traditional events and LYRA Week in Sodus Bay. COVID made this impossible.
“This year, with all of the hoops we had to jump through, hurdles we had to jump over and planning we did to pull off a race during a pandemic, quite frankly we did not plan on a need to prove with certainty that a boat crossed the International Border.
Helly Hansen, announced its partnership with The Ocean Race, sailing’s toughest team challenge.
