AS the 2024 year begins, the government has already announced plans for co-curricular sailing in schools, for a new National Sailing Academy, and for new oversight bodies for sloop sailing. As a ...

With more than 3,000 islands, cays and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan Pehrson reports how traditional boating is alive and well in the Bahamas: Unlike other wooden boat regattas in the world, the ...

The future for sloop sailing looks bleak. Well, maybe not bleak, but it certainly doesn’t look any brighter. This past weekend at the Sir Durward 100 Regatta displayed a very telling truth: sloop ...

What a beauty. 292 feet (89 metres) in the mast, 247feet (75.22 metres) long and 48.5ft (14.8metres) in the beam. She can do 17-18 knots with ease, and 10 knots in a 10 knot breeze. Mirabella V is not ...

The crew of “Tari Anne” out for a practice sail on a gorgeous day in Exuma, Bahamas. Bahamian Sloop sailing is some of the most beautiful and exciting sailing in the world. The Bahamas has several ...

The Courtmacsherry RNLI all-weather lifeboat was called out at 12.30pm this afternoon to go to the immediate aid of a 40 foot sailing sloop that was in trouble 8 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale in ...

Up next in the sport of sloop sailing in the country is the Farmer’s Cay Exuma Regatta in early February. With a focus on the sport, a group of persons came together and created a documentary titled, ...

Southampton, England-based Tony Castro Yacht Design has an impressive and quite eye-catching portfolio, including several sailing sloops. Should the most recently designed one ever become a reality, ...

Clyde regular Sloop John T lifted the Old Pulteney IRC Scottish Championship trophy, helmed by Iain Thomson from Lamlash on Arran. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...