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US Sailing Issues Online Safety Training Course

US Sailing Issues Online Safety Training Course

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US Sailing has made some changes regarding safety training for sailors. These new policy changes have been issued this year and would be effective from 1st January 2021. The policy changes have been confirmed by an offshore and a sub-committee of US Sailing.


The salient points include a course about offshore safety. A certificate on offshore safety is being launched that can be earned by completing certain units of the online course. It is termed the Safety at Sea course whose 1 to 15 units can help one to earn this certificate. One could also attend a one day course about Offshore Safety at Sea and complete the online international safety standards for units 11 to 15. One could complete 11 to 15 units in 2020 and complete the higher units 10 to 1 in the year 2021. As one completes the online course proof of completion would be generated. It would then upload on the US Sailing list of online lookup under the international chapter of Safety at Sea.
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Entries For 36th America’s Cup

Entries For 36th America’s Cup

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The entries for forthcoming America’s Cup starts early such as the 36thedition slated for March 6th to 21st 2021 but the deadline set for entries to this competition was set for November 30th, 2018. Hence the last few weeks were full of activity on this accord. There were eight additional entries in the late hour which included seven that were conditional; the entries need to be approved by Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron as well as by Emirates Team New Zealand. They needed to agree to modify the protocol in order to accept the challenges of these entries.

The conditions are yet to be announced to the public. However it can be assumed, as per comments heard from Emirates team’s CEO Grant Dalton that they involve the challengers trying to get the World Series event to take part in their home waters before AC36. There would be substantial changes in protocol but the actions would not be made public yet.
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Voodoo First Entry For The Festival Of Sails 2019

Voodoo First Entry For The Festival Of Sails 2019

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The 2019 Festival of Sails notice of race went live recently. No sooner did the race notice go live, the Royal Geelong Yacht Club got its first entry. It was none other than the Voodoo, which is a Hugh Ellis’ Reichel/Pugh 63. The race is to be held from 26 to 28 in January, 2019. Voodoo took part in the last Geelong regatta way back in 2009. It will now be featured in a Geelong yacht club event after a gap of 10 years. The boat now sails for Victoria’s Ocean Racing Club.

Ellis is very happy with the reentry of Voodoo in the Geelong event. He feels that it would be a great thing if Voodoo enters the race in January on the back of a win at the Rolex Sydney Hobart race. The boat has also made a comeback in the Southeast Queensland’s Yacht Race.
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Voodoo First Entry For The Festival Of Sails 2019

Voodoo First Entry For The Festival Of Sails 2019

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The 2019 Festival of Sails notice of race went live recently. No sooner did the race notice go live, the Royal Geelong Yacht Club got its first entry. It was none other than the Voodoo, which is a Hugh Ellis’ Reichel/Pugh 63. The race is to be held from 26 to 28 in January, 2019. Voodoo took part in the last Geelong regatta way back in 2009. It will now be featured in a Geelong yacht club event after a gap of 10 years. The boat now sails for Victoria’s Ocean Racing Club.

Ellis is very happy with the reentry of Voodoo in the Geelong event. He feels that it would be a great thing if Voodoo enters the race in January on the back of a win at the Rolex Sydney Hobart race. The boat has also made a comeback in the Southeast Queensland’s Yacht Race.
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Third Female Member Joins AkzoNobel Crew

Third Female Member Joins AkzoNobel Crew

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There are a lot of females in the crew of the AkzoNobel team that will be taking part in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race that kick-starts on October 22.


The latest female crew member to join the AkzoNobel team is sailor Emily Nagel from Bermuda. She is the 11th member to join the Dutch team. The skipper of the team is Simeon Tienpont.

Nagel does not have the experience of sailing around the world and she was insured by solo skipper Ellen MacArthur. Nagel said that she had aspirations of sailing in the Volvo Ocean Race and her dream has now come true. She is happy to be part of the Dutch team and is looking forward to having a wonderful time with other crew members of the AkzoNobel team. She said that she was given a book that featured MacArthur during a Christmas. This was about her first sailing around the world. The book was very entertaining and this made Nagel dream about sailing around the world one day. Now, her dream has come true. …

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Meech And Maloney Climbed World Cup Standings

Meech And Maloney Climbed World Cup Standings

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Molly Meech and Alex Maloney put aside their not so good experience of the first day of the race and climb at the leader board in the World Cup final of 49erFX taking place in Santander yesterday.


Meech and Maloney won the first race of two day race and sit in overall eighth and 37 points after backing it up with a seventh and fifth in the invitation-only regatta.

Leaders Saskia Tidey and Charlotte Dobson of Great Britain scored 16 points, but all the top six teams are within six points of each other.

The pair of Kiwi after Rio Olympic that happened last year is competing in their first major regatta. Both are really keen to continue their upward movement in the point’s ladder.

Meech said “Fleet racing is really exciting and we are left with only a few more days, so we have a number of races to race and we are looking forward to getting back out.” …

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Jim Sears Wins Caribbean Regatta

Jim Sears Wins Caribbean Regatta

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If you have been following the Caribbean regatta that has been going on by Tampa Bay Jim Sears and his team have been victorious, this being the third time for his team at this championship event.


Team Viper as his team is called, were able to rejoice as they crossed the final leg of the regatta. Ryan Becker, the ten year old son was exuberant as his family arrived victorious at The Bight by the Normal Islands. The Becker family was able to win the fourth distance race of the championship, which was part of the race regatta spanning two days. They also succeeded in the long down winder race that covered a course from Sandy Cay to Guana Island which was held the previous day.

It has now been established that Dr Jim Sears has a lead in the championship that is unassailable, having been two times defending champion in this tournament. Team Viper was able to secure a lot of points that helped in their final victory. Sears talked about the experience they had gained in the past that came of use in this regatta as well. They came out of the base early and figured out the sail controls and other mechanics early which helped them in getting a head start. They also planned their tactics carefully as per the prevailing wind conditions.

 

The regatta was one of the first few international events held in the Tampa bay area. It showcased class A catamarans that were a sight to see for the sailing enthusiasts. It also brought several catamaran owners to the event that showcased their vehicles and several modification designs that each vessel had. It was a weekend that brought several such high performance vessels on the same waters. The sailing races helped to bring out tactical and technical skills among several sailors in this category.