An event is being organized by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club (RVYC), the Yacht Racing Association of Thailand (YRAT) in conjunction with the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) with strong ...

The US Optimist Dinghy World Championship team arrived in Pensacola on Tuesday for pre-World Championship training. With support of Pensacola Yacht Club, the group began training for the International ...

On Friday afternoon, Oracle Team USA donated a second batch of 15 Optimist dinghies to a Bermuda sailing club. The boats have been completely refurbished to ‘better than new’ condition by the Oracle ...

SALEM — The wind picked up around Salem harbor just off the coast of Winter Island by mid-afternoon Wednesday. It was actually the ideal day weather-wise for the junior sailors after having to scurry ...

In conjunction with the Southeast Dinghy Championships, North Sails hosted the inaugural North U Leading Edge Optimist Clinic at Key Biscayne Yacht Club to get sailors ready to take on the winter ...

The Bermuda Optimist Dinghy Association is among the many mourning the death of founding member and coach Paul Doughty. Doughty, who died on Tuesday following a bout of illness, helped to create the ...

In both sailing and aviation, trainer aircraft and dinghies are the discrete players working behind the scenes. While everyone is focused on superyachts and other large vessels, the dinghies used by ...

[Updated with video] The America’s Cup Endeavour community sailing initiative, along with its partners, has today gifted the use of five of 15 Optimist dinghies, to local sailors. The boats were ...

There's a sign on Vishnu Saravanan's wall, beside an Indian flag and a collection of medals and trophies. "Olympic medal yes we will", it says. On his second outing at the Games, it could be the ...

Sailing fanatic Tom Herbert-Evans has performed many crazy stunts in the past.But his next one perhaps tops them all.The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) Sailing Academy Director plans to go where no ...

If Tall Ships Chicago gets you in the mood for boat watching, the Optimist Dinghy National Championship Regatta, hosted by Chicago Yacht Club Aug. 4-8, will offer in numbers what it lacks in size. As ...