Mauro died suddenly of cardiac arrest in Subic Bay, on 13 January 2010 . Our departure date from Subic had been set, and we were sharing a final 'goodbye' meal in Subic with Father Michael Duffin, a long time friend we met on our first visit to the Ph...

Hello to anyone thinking they would like to enjoy some yacht racing in Japan.  I have attached the Kansai yacht club “White Sail” PHRF race calendar below and hope you would like to join us. I will be out there for each of the posted races...

It is that time again and we thank the Kansai Yacht Club for preparing the  ”Around Osaka Bay’ yacht race once again.The race start line is set for 19:00 June 5th. The Time Limit (Deadline)  is 16:00 June 6th.At time of written this memo...

Sailing Japan this week means sitting at my computer in Hyogo, Japan and supporting the Auckland – Fiji – Denarau yacht race as best I can.  A good friend of ours Brian Petersen is racing aboard Ran Tan II an Elliot 15.3 racing yacht. B...

The 2010 Okinawa – Tokai Ocean race. 沖縄-東海ヨットレース 2010.It is great to see this Japan based Category 3  ocean race added back on the Sailing Japan off shore racing calendar. It has been too long since we last saw the race and w...

RORC's Easter regatta was a real success with 64 boats racing across three days, the weather even turned out better than expected and the Cowes TV cameras were there to bring you the action. Direct Link Comments

Class 40 Training session off Plymouth Alex Bennett and Malcolm Dickinson training for Round Britain Direct Link Comments

Sailing a Laser downwind is... complicated. Here is a quote from past Olympian John Bertrand, who has returned to the class:"In typical Laser fashion, everyone was doing their own thing downwind. The sailors were sailing drastically different angles, e...

This thank you card is for all the 'buttheads that contributed to this Scuttlebutt fundraiser. Direct Link Comments

Volvo Ocean RaceWith the Jules Verne Trophy in the bag, Team Groupama is now devoting its time to preparing for the next running of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011 - 2012.Frédérique Granado, Groupama's director of external communications, together with Fra...