I have sailed and raced almost everything that sails…
From one-design dinghy’s to keelboats, sportboats, scows, multihulls, iceboats, windsurfers, kite-boards, and even land-sailors. I love the sport of sailing and it’s technical complexity and teamwork. Today I am getting into RC sailing (IOM’s, EC12’s, DF95’s, J-Class, Soling 1M, etc.). Sailing has given me incredible experiences, important life lessons, and many lifelong friends all over the world.
My Latest Sailing Posts…
- SailGP Dubai underway this weekend
- Vendée Globe Report from the SeanVerse!
Report Monday November 18, 2024 The huge brass balls move of Jean Le Cam in his non foiling yacht is going to pay off for the next 36 hours as the strong Northerly (predicted clearly in the models 3-4 days ago) has materialized between western African and the Cape Verde islands. Now the majority of… Read more: Vendée Globe Report from the SeanVerse! - Brilliant 25-foot cruising sailboat
Packed with interesting ideas and innovations | sailing the Cape Cod 767 | Yachting World (youtube.com) Tons of cool innovations. - IOM North Americans 2023 (Hobe Sound, FL)
- New Sails for my DF95. Graphite Sails by John Tushingham.
- Report on the 2023 DF95 USA Nationals hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club (Texas)
Results are not available as of this entry. The DF95 class really needs to improve its process of posting regatta results somewhere consistently. Facebook (Farce-book) should not be the (official or unofficial) means of this. I don’t mean to nag, but I think this issue happens too often. Let’s get our shit together folks. The… Read more: Report on the 2023 DF95 USA Nationals hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club (Texas) - DF95 USA 🇺🇸 Nationals 2023 later this week…
Hosted by the Corpus Christi Yacht Club (Texas). Link to the event here: https://www.theamya.org/RegattaDetail.asp?RGID=10217Facebook Pages here: DRAGONFLIGHT95 USA: https://m.facebook.com/groups/dragonflite95usaDRAGON SAILING NORTH AMERICA: https://www.facebook.com/DragonSailingNA Results? These websites are really disorganized and poor, like facebook and social media in general. There is generally no set place for results. I’ll do my best to update on Sean-Verse and… Read more: DF95 USA 🇺🇸 Nationals 2023 later this week… - 2023 IOM USA 🇺🇸 National Championship going into the final day! Very close for the top 3!
- 2023 IOM USA 🇺🇸 NATIONALS, Hampton VA
RESULTS HERE —-> https://www.iomusa.org/_files/ugd/e20d6e_a8d45294f160471f89fc3576ee1a38ea.pdf Awesome pics, as always, from Jen. My boat is USA 91, a Kantun 2 from Croatia 🇭🇷. Very nice until it gets bent and leaks… - Excellent Drone Video of the 2023 European IOM Continental Championship (Race Gold 2)
- IOM South American Continental Championship 2023
Live coverage from SailboatRC - 2011 IOM Worlds 🌎! As Good As It Gets!!! Great Documentary.
Brad Gibson congratulates 2011 IOM World Champion Peter Stollery! - Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Start in Huge Winds Ahead of HUUGE Atlantic Storm
- New All White K2 IOM USA 🇺🇸 91
Thank you Kiwi for taking these photos. Fun day of practice today in Michigan with 5 IOM’s in attendance at Cabela’s in Dundee, MI. Breeze was 6-12 mph. Temperature was 60-70 degrees. A really nice day. The new K2 was OUTSTANDING. Today was its first sail. Wow. Really magnificent. Well done SailboatRC! - Sailed new Soling1m for first time today.
Sailed well. No way to know how it performs until some races are under its belt, but it looked and felt solid and clean. Despite significant chop and 20 knots of breeze, the boat was almost completely dry after 30 minutes of sailing and lots of bow dives. Considering the size of the jib sheet… Read more: Sailed new Soling1m for first time today. - 2023 E-Scow Nationals. 126 Competitors. Women, Juniors, Youth, Families. Any Questions? #Winning
Literally all other sailboat racing classes in the United States, and most of the world, are a literal JOKE in comparison to the E Scow class. 126 boats. Numbers like this year after year after year. The class is well rounded and tremendously healthy with tons of youth, juniors, women and families. No other class… Read more: 2023 E-Scow Nationals. 126 Competitors. Women, Juniors, Youth, Families. Any Questions? #Winning - Pretty cool close finish of leg one of “the Ocean Race” in foiling IMOCA 60’s.
If you study these boats you’ll find they are amazing, engineering marvels…but there is so much improvement to come…in the sport… - Awesome result at 2023 R5 IOM Championship Regatta Corpus Christi Yacht Club, TX
https://www.iomusa.org/_files/ugd/e20d6e_dac4c1f9532c4517be28a044ea0a4de5.pdf - Cool shots of 🇺🇸 USA 70 from the final day of the 2022 IOM Worlds Croatia 🇭🇷
Shots below from Jen Gollison - IOM Worlds Day 1 Results / Official Website
Official Website – http://2022iomworlds.com Results – http://2022iomworlds.com/images/download/2022results.pdf - IOM Worlds Day 1 pics…
- 2022 IOM Worlds Update #2
Regatta Starts in one hour. Here we go! I have about 5 hours of practice racing under my belt. I feel fast! Lots of tuning help. I love the K2! Very comprehensive and ultra high quality. Faster in light air than has been given credit for… Wind forecast today is very light this am for… Read more: 2022 IOM Worlds Update #2 - New Purple K2 IOM and Opening Ceremony
#2022IOMWorlds - 2022 IOM Worlds Update #1
Made it to Split, uneventful travel. Croatia is beautiful. It is now off peak season here and the towns are quite and peaceful - Sunset in Rogoznica, Crotia (site of 2022 IOM World Championships)
- Follow me the US Team and me at the upcoming 2022 IOM World ChampionshipOctober 26 – November 4, 2022 REGATTA INFORMATION Dear sailors, welcome to the pages of 2022 IOM World championship. Please follow our page regularly for information about the Championship, Application procedures, Rogoznica, weather, accomodation and tourist information about Šibenik-Knin county. http://2022iomworlds.com/
- 2022 US Sailing Champion of Champions Regatta
Thoughts on US Sailing Champion of Champions regatta. 1) amazing format, really cool how we used almost all of the 20 boats in a round robin format. 2) great competition. Many sailors trainer in MC scows for wee pre event. 3) My performance. It was too windy. I was third after day 1 but as… Read more: 2022 US Sailing Champion of Champions Regatta - BirdyFish Foiler!
- Some photos from the 2022 J-Class Nationals – Vernon Hills, IL
- V11 IOM ready to rumble!
Heading to Newport RI for IOM regionals. All new winch, sheets, and spent an hour + tuning my rig to the mm. hope it helps. Nice to do this in my basement. At least it looks fast! thx Steve Landaue for the online help desk (a good hour or two of his time!). - IOM Regatta Photos
A collection of photos from my first IOM regatta! I sailed Calvin’s beautiful orange V9 in Sarasota Florida’s annual event. Thank you Calvin! It’s a great boat! Fond memories! - IOM “Gator 🐊 Roundup” Regatta Sarasota FL Jan 22-23I had a bunch of fun and knocked some RC sailing rust off my brain. This was a hyper-competitive event. I used a borrowed boat (V9) which was great! The amount of fouls and “incidental contact” on the starting line was extreme and I did not fare well in that area. I had less than… Read more: IOM “Gator 🐊 Roundup” Regatta Sarasota FL Jan 22-23
- Incredible Video of Sailing Expedition in Eastern Greenland 🇬🇱
- RC Sailing at Brighton Pond
- 19 year old wins Mini Transat Production Class by over 24 hours!
- Racing cancelled, SUP instead!
Lake Lanier sailing club is a mega complex with more cool boats and classes than you can shake a stick at. Gorgeous campsites and area. It was a perfect day for a paddle. Unfortunately the weather forecast for the next two days looks the same as today (which was cancelled and produced no racing). https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/7625129229 - MC Scow Masters Nationals 2021 Report #1 Friday AM
Friday 1130am.Lake Lanier Sailing Club front porchAbsolutely beautiful day but as forecast, light air. The MC Class requires 5 knots to start a race. It’s going to be difficult to get that here on Lake Lanier today. - I’m heading to the 2021 MC Scow Masters Nationals today! (Lake Lanier Georgia).Registrants Follow the regatta here I’m getting ready to depart. Boat has been detailed by Dave Nickels and is ready to race. New Quantum sail is waiting for me at the yacht club. I’m leaving today and will arrive tomorrow for some practice.
- Amazing shot of our new (for us) MC Scow
- Wednesday Night MC Scow Racing, Lake Fenton (2616)
- Vaughn goes sailing on Weta Trimaran.
