Sailing news

  • Laura Dekker Sets Sail for Solo Circumnavigation Record

    Fourteen-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker set sail August 21 from Gibraltar on a mission to become the youngest solo circumnavigator More

  • Van Liew Set to Depart

    Veteran solo sailor Brad Van Liew plans to set sail from Charleston, South Carolina, for La Rochelle, France, on Sept. 2 More

  • Teacher vs. Pupil

    Three-time United States match race champion Dave Perry won the Toyota International Match Race for the Detroit Cup More

  • Joystick Sailboat Control

    Beneteau announces revolutionary "Dock and Go" system More

  • Japan Deploys First Solar Sail

    Japan’s JAXA Space Exploration Center has successfully deployed the sail on the IKAROS spacecraft that it launched this past spring More

  • US Sailing Goes Hollywood

    To celebrate the release of Zac Efron’s new sailing movie, “Charlie St. Cloud,” US Sailing is inviting fans to participate in a sweepstakes to win a number of prizes More

  • Hong Kong Louis Vuitton Trophy Cancelled

    The World Sailing Teams Association, together with Louis Vuitton and the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, has canceled the Louis Vuitton Trophy Hong Kong regatta More

  • Van Liew Still Looking for Branding

    Just a few months away from the start of the Velux 5 Oceans Race, Brad Van Liew is mentally and physically prepared to win More

  • French Rivals Collide in Extreme Sailing Series

    With no steerage, Groupama headed straight for the shore at full speed while the crew leapt into the water to avoid the impact of hitting the sea wall More

  • Race to Mackinac Attracts its Second Largest Fleet in its 102nd Year

    The oldest annual freshwater race kicked off July 24 as 353 boats crossed the start line on Lake Michigan More