The M32 is making its return for participating in the Winter Series 2020. There will be three stages for the competition where 11 teams will compete with each other for the very first event. The 1^st event will take place from January 10^th to 12^th in Miami.  Pieter Taselaar, the President of the Class, thinks that the venue is perfect for the series because it offers protection and has warm temperatures even in the winter season and reliable conditions of the winds.

According to him, it was a priority for them to find one location that is ideal for the race and Miami has cleared all the boxes. The M32 Boat that is used for Demo is currently being used by August Schram for getting into the class. He will be sailing under the flag of Austria. He said that they were in search of a boat that will allow them to have fun on the waters, enjoy speed, and world-class racing without thinking much about the preparation and work, after they were successful in the Swan Club 50 for two years. M32 is one that has all the qualities they were looking for. Stella Maris is the team that will probably do an M32 event for the very first time. But they have a combination crew with both experienced and non-experienced with the boat.
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Some of the best sailors in the World has assembled at Royal Brighton Yacht Club of Melbourne. And all of them have come here to take part in Sail Melbourne International (SMI) championship 2018 edition. The championship is going to start from 13 of December 2018.

The event Sail Melbourne is one of the premier Olympic of Australia and it calls Classes Regattas to take part. The event takes place every year in the Port Phillip waters, Victoria.  In the southern hemisphere, this regatta is the largest yearly ‘Off the Beach’ one. This year, the event will have some exciting things such as the inauguration of Australian Para-sailing Championships and this will have champions of 2018 World Para-sailing. All will take part in the event. The Sail Melbourne International Racing will kick off on 13th of December and go till 16^th of December 2018. Total 375 participants will take part in the competition hailing from 18 different countries.
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Sailing event plans to raise funds for challenged sailors from San Diego. The Point Loma Yacht Club will host its Charity Bay Race in 18th August. The competitive sailing race starts in the noon and all sailors will be made to stick around post the race to take part in the open house party. They would be made to take part in the membership drive and charity raffle. The charity regatta will be a grand success as per the staff of Point Loma Yacht Club. The efforts will yield results to make challenged sailors to enjoy the pleasure of sailing. Funds will be raised by a raffle and quiet action. The members of Point Loma Yacht Club would be invited to give donations or request others known to them to do it.

The regatta would have 3 classes, namely A for non-spinnaker, B for spinnaker and C for Martin 16.the race starts sometime in the early afternoon and would be held in San Diego Bay. The starting point of the regatta will be close to the center of Harbour Island. Class A boats will begin first and then Class B and C respectively. The race committee will be there till 4 pm tentatively. The after race event and trophy distribution will be organized at the poolside at Point Loma Yacht Club as well as Marina Cortez soon after completion of all races.
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The new Safety at Sea Online course is launched by the US Sailing, the National Governing Body for the Sailing. The US Sailing Safety at Sea Committee Chairman, Chuck Hawley, said that the new Safety at Sea Online course is a very good course for anyone interested in sailing right from the novices to the sailing experts.

It is made in accordance with the hands-on sessions offered by leading clubs and academies all over the country. The sailors have been asking for a course that they can take at their own pace and this is why the US Sailing came out with this online course. The sailors’ request for learning the skills from their homes and spending less time in the classroom has become a reality through this online course, said Hawley. (more…)