They enjoy the connection and comradery they feel with other boaters and truly love sharing their trips on the water with family and friends. Įrik and Melanie Kyle started Scuttlebutt because of their love of the boating community. For more information on Scuttlebutt, please visit.
#SCUTTLEBUTT NEWS FOR ANDROID#
The new Scuttlebutt app is available as a free download from Google Play for Android devices and the Apple App Store for iPhone.
The app includes a map function with wind and precipitation overlays and can tap into live weather buoy information, including wave heights, wind gusts, humidity, and water temperature. Mariners can post their content, images, and video to share their love of boating with other like-minded mariners. Putting all the information a boater needs in the palm of their hands, Scuttlebutt eliminates the need for multiple, independent, and sometimes redundant mobile tools while incorporating the sharing capabilities of other popular social media platforms. The easy-to-install and use Scuttlebutt app allows boaters to find new friends and connect with other like-minded fishing, power, and sail boaters. We will continue to evolve the program to meet the dynamic communication desires of our boating community.” Currently we have over 6,500 subscribers and are growing. “We are consistently working with our partners to enhance the functionality of the platform and give members of our community the tools in one place to have the best on-the-water experience possible. “From day one, our goal for Scuttlebutt was to provide a valuable resource for boaters to connect all of their online boating communications,” said Erik Kyle, creator, Scuttlebutt. Scuttlebutt users can take advantage of free offers like a free Boat Fix telematics device to remotely monitor their vessel, 10% off a boat history report from Boat History Report, free online magazine subscriptions, and a limited number of free BoatUS memberships just for being part of the Scuttlebutt community. Marine businesses can post on their own content channels by creating a business page. In addition, Scuttlebutt now offers “Social Groups,” which can be either public or private, to allow users to channel their feed.
#SCUTTLEBUTT NEWS SOFTWARE#
New and current users of Scuttlebutt have the ability to enjoy new feeds to assist with trip planning from NOAA chart data route plotting software from Savvy Navvy and Points of Interest from Waterway Guide showcasing marinas, yacht clubs, bridges, and anchorage information. These tools will allow Scuttlebutt boaters to have a one-stop application that serves all their boating experience needs, from social sharing to trip planning to continuing education.
#SCUTTLEBUTT NEWS FULL#
“As a One-Design sailor myself, it’s very humbling to be in a crowd full of competitors who have won a major national, continental or world championship in the past year.Toledo, OH – Scuttlebutt®, the first, free social media platform designed specifically for the boating community, has expanded its functionality to give boaters access to more tools. “It never ceases to amaze me the continued popularity and importance of the championship of champions event to the sport of sailing in North America,” said Shannon Bush, US Sailing’s Championship of Champions Committee Chair.
Proctor had only three finishes outside the top 10.Ĭompetitors and volunteers alike complimented the unique nature of the regatta, which invites winners of one design National, North American, and World Championships to compete against each other in a selected one design fleet.
Lightning Master North American Champion Ched Proctor (Southport, CT) and crew Stephanie Swann (Fairfield, CT) sailed a consistent event, taking third place. The pair won three of the four last races in an attempt to close the gap with Keck. To all the competitors, I enjoyed meeting each and every one of you – thank you!”īill Draheim and Mary Anne Hopper (Royse City, TX), representing the MC Scow Class, came in a close second after a banner final day. “The whole idea of this event is so cool, to have people from other one design classes that are all champions competing against each other is a great idea. “I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to hold on to the lead – it was so close, but I managed,” said Keck. With 20 class champions completing on Barnegat Bay, Keck gained his invitation at the C Scow Nationals, the fifth time he’s held that title. Peter Keck (Delafield, WI) won the 2022 US Sailing Championship of Champions held in MC Scows on October 7-9 at Brick, NJ.
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