Phuket King’s Cup Regatta remains the most popular and is voted the best regatta in Asia
Thailand was voted the favourite sailing venue in Asia and the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta best regatta in Asia, according to a recent survey. The survey found also that the Regatta generated approximately 40 million baht for the Island economy during the 2009 event.
The Sailing survey was conducted by the Top of The Gulf Regatta (www.topofthegulfregatta.com) in co-operation
with the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta (www.kingscup.com), with the aim to find out sailing trends and provide useful …

Several changes have been made to the current edition of The Racing Rules of Sailing.
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) announced today that, as a result of actions taken by the ISAF Racing Rules Committee and the ISAF Council during the ISAF Annual Conference, several changes in The Racing
Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012 will take effect on 1 January 2010.

Rule 18.2(c) will be changed to prohibit a newly discovered and potentially dangerous tactic that was an unintended consequence of the current wording of this rule. The revised rule will no longer …

A regatta (yacht race) can be a single boat race or a series of boat races. Regattas are highly organized events and typically very structured. It typically includes social activities in addition to the race and is usually named for the town or place where the race occurs.

Key Sailing Regulations

A yacht using sails as motive power on port tack gives way to one on starboard tack.
The more maneuverable vessel gives way to the less maneuverable …

Sailing as a sport began in China in 1978 and developed rapidly. More than 20 provinces, cities and regions now plan to start sailing competitions. Although there is still a long way to go for China’s 470 and Tornado-class sailors to catch other world-class teams, the Olympics provides the Chinese athletes a great opportunity to learn.
As the host, China is directly qualified to enter all 11 sailing events. Sailors competing in Yngling, 49er and Finn events were selected from Qingdao.The Chinese team also has gold medal chances in men’s and …

His first words were in response to the question, “Are you a sailor?” Popeye smartly replied, “Ja think I’m a cowboy?”. Popeye the sailorman, with his muscles and his spinach, has since then, become a cultural icon.
It was an eventful Sunday evening when Team Giira got talking to a couple of sailors from around the world at the Vasco da Gama Rally party. We chatted up with the hearty lot about all the many adventures they’ve had to what it takes to be a true sailor!
“Sometimes God calms the storm, …

March is one busy month for the International Yachting with as many as 14 boat shows happening within a span of 30 days – including the most prestigious ones like the Dubai International Boat Show (11th to 15th) and the Madrid Boat Show (12th to 16th).
Meanwhile, regattas and boat shows go hand-in-hand nowadays in order to hype-up a upcoming boat show – and thanks to the corporate backing nowadays, there is a lot of participation and awareness surrounding these.BOAT SHOWS THIS MONTH
1) Mar 1-9 Stockholm International Boat Show (Stockholm, Sweden)
2) …

It’s showtime folks !…
The Mumbai International Boat Show was commemorated with the Nautica Navy Cup Regatta held on Saturday evening. The organisers surely understand the importance of sailing and at the same time participation from all ages in all categories, as was seen in the regatta.
Team Giira covered the event live and there were so many snaps to share, that chosing on these four would be unjustifiable. With these ones we try to capture the thrill at the start of the race, the amazing and colorful competitive, spectator and media …

How would you define passion? What if you could look at a race going on and you wouldn’t see anything to let you know the sailors are blind? Well, that’s how I’d describe passion! To sail. To spread a wing in the air and soar. No internal power. No fuel, just atmospheric energy. The only motion created by the elements of wind and water. To some humans, sailing calls as powerfully as the ancient lure of flight itself, and to those who pursue it, the passion only increases. Can you …

Any patron of the sailing community would come across the term Regatta in normal sailing conversations and would interpret it as just another boat race.

But Regattas are more than just that – they are a boat race organised just for the joy of competition, camaraderie, and general promotion of the sport.

MORE THAN SOMETHING SIMPLE

A regatta is a term used to describe either a boat race, or series of boat races. Although the term typically describes racing events of unpowered watercraft, some powerboat race series are also called regattas. Most commonly, …