Sailing

Harbor honor for Marblehead
09 Dec

Harbor honor for Marblehead

Leigh BlanderLocal News, Sailing
Marblehead Harbor has won a top award from marinas.com, being named an Elite Fleet winner for 2025. According to Marinas.com, Elite Fleet marinas “went above and beyond to delight boaters in 2025, maintaining an average star rating of at least 4.7 and receiving at least 10 reviews throughout the year." Marblehead Harbor has won marinas.com Boater’s Choice awards dating back to 2009.
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Local man shares stories from decades on the sea
23 Oct

Local man shares stories from decades on the sea

Laurie FullertonSailing, Top Stories
Sailor David Gold, 77, spends every summer in Marblehead and the rest of the year is based in Geneva, Switzerland where he’s an expert on health and safety culture in the workplace. Formerly, he worked for the International Labor Office (a United Nations specialized agency) for 23 years, which allowed him the opportunity to work in many countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, the Arab states, North and South America and Oceania. He is fluent in French with a working knowledge of German, Malay,…
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‘Header wins Etchells New England Championship in home waters
12 Oct

‘Header wins Etchells New England Championship in home waters

Laurie FullertonSailing, Top Stories
The 2025 Etchells New England Championship marked the final regatta of the sailing season featuring an overall win by Marblehead native and sailmaker Jud Smith of the Eastern Yacht Club and his teammates Steve Girling and Lars Ozell with 28 points. Marblehead sailmaker Jud Smith won the Ethchells New England Championship. COURTESY PHOTO / BRUCE DURKEE Thirty boats were on the starting line at this late-season event hosted by the Boston Yacht Club and held Friday, Oct. 11 and Sat., Oct 12. Trimmed down from…
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets
17 Sep

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderArt, Entertainment, Sailing, Top Stories
Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming days. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current Editor Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org. Jazz at the ArtsThursday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. The Marblehead Arts Association and Gene Arnould present Debby Larkin and the Jeff Stout Quintet as a part of a Jazz at the Arts concert series. Doors at 8 Hooper St. open at 6:30 p.m. There will be a cash bar. Tickets, $35, can be purchased at marbleheadarts.org or the Arnould Gallery, 111…
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Marblehead’s Bruce Dyson has conquered sea and sky
27 Aug

Marblehead’s Bruce Dyson has conquered sea and sky

Julie FlynnSailing, Sports
Anyone who has ever been fortunate to have been in the presence of Bruce Dyson knows that he’s a force. International sailor, national gliding champion and sailmaker, Dyson is a legend. He is also a past commodore of the Eastern Yacht Club (2015-2016), and he built an international 8-metre sloop, Pleione, in his garage/workshop. Dyson started sailing competitively when he was 16 and worked for Hood Sailmakers in Little Harbor during school vacations.  “We called it the Ted Hood Sail Loft Academy,” he said. After…
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Big seas set stage for Rhodes 19 National Championships hosted by Eastern YC
25 Aug

Big seas set stage for Rhodes 19 National Championships hosted by Eastern YC

Submitted ContentSailing, Top Stories
Huge seas and a myriad of wind conditions created a challenging playing field for the 29 teams competing in the Rhodes 19 National Championships hosted by the Eastern Yacht Club this past weekend. Hurricane Erin was way out to sea, but her presence was felt all three days of the event as sailors contended with six-foot swells and winds that ranged from a boat-breaking 20 plus MPH on day one to brain-breaking light and shifty on day three. Regatta winners Adam Roberts of Salem and…
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Corinthian Classic keeps tradition and competition on course
10 Aug

Corinthian Classic keeps tradition and competition on course

Laurie FullertonSailing, Top Stories
The 26th annual Corinthian Classic was a tightly contested two-day competition with five divisions, but it was the Vintage Class division that saw three elegant elder statesmen finish in a three-way tie. The tie was broken using U.S. Sailing rules, but it was a proud moment for all three vintage classics with the deciding first place win going to the 122-year-old Custom Yawl Black Watch 71, owned by Kyle Dufur.  The 91-year-old Alden Schooner Spirit owned by Lars Forsberg placed second, and third place went…
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Corinthian Classic returns this weekend
04 Aug

Corinthian Classic returns this weekend

Laurie FullertonSailing, Top Stories
This Saturday and Sunday mark the return of the Corinthian Classic, one of the town’s prettiest events of the year. Now in its 26th year, event chairman Timothy Dittrich of the Corinthian Yacht Club works hard with his committee every year to get as many vintage and modern classics to join the pursuit race. With a total of 23 entries this year, all the participating boats – including the vintage and modern classics are rated as a Classic Yacht. “We have a great competition brewing…
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Local successes make 136th Race Week one for the books; photo gallery by Bruce Durkee
28 Jul

Local successes make 136th Race Week one for the books; photo gallery by Bruce Durkee

Laurie FullertonSailing, Top Stories
The 136th running of Marblehead Race Week featured strong performances by both local sailors and world-class professional teams. The pros were here to not only win Race Week but to prepare themselves for upcoming national and world championships. Sailors came from as far away as the United Kingdom, Bermuda, California, Texas and Florida to compete over four days of racing for some fleets, and three days for others. With 10 fleets racing on three lines, the J/70 fleet faced fierce competition, but it was two-time…
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