Checking In

Founded to build and strengthen the community of sailors, events and boat classes who are already making doublehanded offshore sailing the fastest growing segment of our sport, Offshore Doubles is a home for everyone interested in doublehanded offshore sailing, from weekend racers to serious campaigns in every country.     “The primary mission of Offshore Doubles is to help the majority of members who race locally or regionally and to share knowledge from local fleets worldwide to improve the safety, enjoyment and…

Submitted by Boris Badenov     International Society for Perpetuation of Cruelty to Racing Yachtsmen (ISPCRY) presented 79th annual awards ceremony, affectionately known as Mooseheads, on Sunday, November 8. What is Moosehead Awards? As almost every Race Committee member in Northeast knows, Mooseheads is time-honored tradition recognizink special moments in sailboat racink specific to dubious decisions and actions taken by RCs. They call out RC screwups and try to convert them into (ahem) teaching moments, with eventual…

Offshore Sailing School founder and Colgate 26 sconcept designer Steve Colgate is pleased to announce that new Colgate 26 keelboats are being built by Waterline Systems. “We are delighted to work with Randy Borges’ Waterline Systems of North Kingstown, RI and Hubert, NC, to manufacture Colgate 26 sailboats,” said Colgate. “Waterline Systems is the perfect builder for Colgate 26s as they currently build the Alerion yacht line, and will provide that same high quality in producing the…

The fastest sailboat in the Northeast, Jason Carroll’s MOD70 trimaran Argo (New York, NY), has set the new fastest elapsed time for the Around Jamestown Record on Tuesday, September 1. Electing to round Conanicut Island to starboard, Team Argo (Brian Thompson, Chad Corning, Charlie Ogletree, Anthony Kotoun, Tom Burnham, Jim Condon, Chuck Norris, Westy Barlow and Ben Bardwell) left the line off Fort Adams in a 22-knot ESE breeze on an ebbing tide. Completing the approximately 18-mile…

Since opening its doors on City Island, NY, in 1946 as Ulmer Sails, UK Sailmakers has been servicing sailors in the New York area and Long Island Sound with innovative new sail technology, tailored new sail purchasing advice, and a level of service that earned the company the highest customer ratings. UK Sailmakers has grown into one of the world’s most established sailmaking groups with nearly 50 lofts and service centers worldwide. That number got event bigger…

Regattas aren’t the only things being cancelled these days; boat shows are being cancelled right and left. The reason is that the larger boat shows lack a way to present boats efficiently…and safely. McMichael Yacht Yards and Brokers have taken a fresh approach to their traditional Fall Boat Show by creating two weekends of by-appointment-only boat shows in their yards in Mamaroneck, NY. On September 19-20, McMichael will have its powerboat show featuring MJM Yachts. This event…

Waterline Systems LLC, headquartered in North Kingstown, RI and a fixture of the boat building, boat repair, and grand-prix sailing scene for over 30 years, is expanding operations into a 70,000 square-foot facility in Hubert, NC. Located just off the Intracoastal Waterway southwest of Moorehead City, and two hours from I-95, Waterline Systems will be able to dramatically increase its boat building, service, storage, and refit capabilities for sail and power boats arriving by land and sea….

By Tom Darling Planning for post-Covid racing has been a major challenge in the current period of mask-wearing and social distancing. One direction that sailors have taken is model boat racing, radio-controlled. One-design and offshore sailor Carolyn Grant Zarella’s brainstorm for Nantucket Race Week was to gather as many as a dozen new model racers from among the sponsors and supporters of Race Week, put them into a 950mm plastic model yacht, and see where it led….

By Ron Weiss, Chairman, Storm Trysail Club Communications and Sponsorship Committee The 4th Annual Storm Trysail Club Ted Hood Regatta (named after famed Marblehead, MA hero, America’s Cup winner, National Sailing Hall of Fame Inductee, and STC member) Ted Hood, is scheduled for August 21 – 23. While we are hopeful, as befitting an organization very much focused on safety, we will also be cautious, vigilant, and closely following the Massachusetts COVID-19 guidelines. The NOR and race information can be…

Our friends at Stamford Yacht Club in Stamford, CT are pleased to announce that the 86th running of the Vineyard Race is scheduled to start on Friday, September 4. This Labor Day Weekend classic offers a choice of three courses. The Vineyard Course covers 238 nautical miles from Stamford around Buzzards Bay Light Tower and back. The Seaflower Reef Course logs 143 nm, and the Cornfield Point Course is 116 nm.   The Vineyard Race has divisions…