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RESULTS
Full Send on Lough Derg
Ross McDonald's Rope Dock Atara won the 2026 1720 European Championship at Lough Derg Yacht Club over the weekend of September 4 to 6, finishing nine points clear of the fleet after ten…
PODCAST
Lessons Learned with Apparent Winds
In Episode 31 of UK Sailmakers' Lessons Learned, host Buttons Padin catches up with Tripp Brower, executive director of Apparent Winds, aboard the 75 foot aluminum ketch Resilience in…
FEATURES
The North Transat Has Begun
The wait is over. Quentin Debois crossed the start line off New York on September 9 at 23:52:42 UTC, bound for Lizard Point on the southwest tip of…
FEATURES
When Boats Go Boom
This sea story comes in two parts. The first portion, written by John Glynn, was published in Scuttlebutt #6549 on August 18, 2026; the second was Butch Ulmer’s letter to the editor…
PODCAST
Lessons Learned at the 2026 Pacific Cup
In Episode 30 of UK Sailmakers’ Lessons Learned, host Buttons Padin talks with Brendan Huffman, co-owner of the UK Sailmakers Los Angeles loft, fresh off winning ORR 4, the Gosling’s Rum…
RESULTS
Racing and Winning for a Cause
Most regatta competitors race for a trophy or for bragging rights. A few events aim higher. One of them is the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club’s annual Ms. Race, held August 15 on Sandy Hook…
TECHNIQUE
I Win, or I Learn
There is a fantastic scene in the baseball movie Moneyball where Brad Pitt’s character walks into the players’ locker room after another loss. He is disgusted to see some of the players…
RESULTS
Local Knowledge Pays Off at Falmouth
Boats carrying inventories built by UK Sailmakers GBR South West took overall honours in IRC 1, IRC 2, IRC 3, the Falmouth Large Working Boats and the Falmouth Sunbeams during the 2026…
FEATURES
Quentin Debois Waits for His Window to The Lizard
Belgian solo sailor Quentin Debois has been on standby in New York since August 5, watching the forecasts and waiting for the weather to hand him a route across the North Atlantic. His…
PODCAST
Lessons Learned Ocean Racing Down Under
In Episode 29 of UK Sailmakers' Lessons Learned podcast, host Buttons Padin talks with Ceris and Paul Arns about Obsession , the Mark Mills designed MAT 1245 they campaign out of Western…
RESULTS
Class One Thriller at Calves Week
Finbarr O'Regan and the crew of the J/109 Artful DodJer came away from Calves Week 2026 with both the IRC One and ORC One titles, sailing for Kinsale Yacht Club in what turned out to be one…
RESULTS
SNAFU Debuts at Plymouth Race Week
Plymouth Race Week, the Royal Western Yacht Club's famous "Yachtsman's Regatta," ran from July 9th to 12th in the Port of Plymouth, and it delivered exactly the kind of close, tactical…
RESULTS
Big Mac's Big Week
The McGrath family's Royal Cork YC Dehler 34 Big Mac had a Cork Week to remember, finishing the regatta with the ICRA National Championship , the Coveney Wave Trophy for best-performing…
RESULTS
Eagles Wings Soars at Race to Mackinac
The Chicago Yacht Club's Race to Mackinac is the oldest freshwater distance race in the world, first raced in 1898. Starting off the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse just off Navy Pier, it heads…
PODCAST
Lessons Learned Racing Double-Handed to Bermuda
In Episode 28 of UK Sailmakers' Lessons Learned podcast, host Buttons Padin talks with UK Sailmakers Northeast Loft Manager Emmett Dickheiser and co-skipper Cat Chimney about their 2026…
PODCAST
Lessons Learned Short - Quentin Debois' Benchmark Record
In this Lessons Learned Podcast Short, host Buttons Padin talks with Belgian sailor Quentin Debois after he established a world benchmark time sailing a Mini 6.5 from Miami to New York…
FEATURES
Istvan Kopar Sets Sail on His Anniversary Challenge
On Saturday, July 4th at 10 AM, Istvan Kopar cast off from Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA) aboard Surprise, bound for Les Sables d'Olonne, France . It's the first leg of a journey that will…
RESULTS
Condor and Sirocco win Lake Michigan’s Queen’s Cup
The sailors of the US’s Midwest didn’t let the Newport Bermuda Race’s post-race news and scoring controversy suck the air out of their sailing. Starting on Friday, June 26, the South Shore…
RESULTS
Bill Gunther’s Blue Skies Tops ORC Fleet in 2026 Wetherill Race
UK Sailmakers Northeast customer William Gunther raced his 50’ Alden Skye ketch Blue Skies to first place in ORC Division 1 and took ORC Overall in this year’s running of Essex (CT) Yacht…
RESULTS
Harry Heijst and Classic Winsome Take the Win at the Guingand Bowl Race
The Guingand Bowl Race , a Royal Ocean Racing Club offshore classic, started off Cowes on May 30 and sent the fleet around marks across the Solent and into the English Channel. It's a…
PODCAST
Lessons Learned on Reaching Sail Design
In Episode 27 of UK Sailmakers' Lessons Learned podcast , host Buttons Padin talks with Andrew Weiss, owner of Christopher Dragon XII, and UK Sailmakers' Chief Designer Pat Considine about…
RESULTS
Schubert Wins OK Dinghy Worlds
Johan Schubert (DEN) is the 2026 OK Dinghy World Champion, taking the title in Skovshoved with a BigFoot one design sail from UK Sailmakers Denmark . Schubert sealed the win with two race…
RESULTS
David Ames and Ryan Minth Crowned Flying Scot National Champions
After winning the 2026 Flying Scot Midwinters in dramatic fashion last March, David Ames (Miami, FL) continues to dominate the Flying Scot class by winning this year’s National Championship…
FEATURES
Follow the 2026 Newport to Bermuda Race
The 636-mile biennial Newport Bermuda Race starts today, June 19, at 1300 ET. 150 boats will be taking off from Newport, RI, with their next stop Bermuda. Established in 1906, this is the…
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