Inshore Racing

Teams Gear Up for Atlantic Cup

by Becca Oken, Posted May 10, 2013

Teams are gearing up for the May 11 afternoon start of the Atlantic Cup in Charleston.

A Running Start, á la Le Mans

by Adam Cort, Posted February 1, 2013

It was the late 1960s, and Gig Harbor Yacht Club Commodore Dick Carlson and Ed Hoppen, a Pacific Northwest boatbuilder known for building Thunderbirds, were sitting around Ed’s kitchen table one night chewing the fat...

Olympics 2016: Road to Rio

by Josh Adams, Posted December 6, 2012

With the Weymouth Olympic Regatta now more than three months behind us, and a deep-dive evaluation of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program complete, we’re focused on a strategy designed to return U.S. sailors to the podium.

Match Racing Grows in the U.S.

by Adam Cort, Posted November 14, 2012

With the increased emphasis on “extreme” racing featuring carbon-fiber cats, gigantic ocean-going multihulls and turbocharged skiffs, many might consider the idea of an inshore displacement monohull pro circuit to be a nonstarter.

U.S. Paralympic Sailors Take Silver

by Adam Cort, Posted November 8, 2012

U.S. Paralympic sailors Jen French and JP Creignou succeeded where the U.S. Olympic team fell short, winning silver in the SKUD-18 class at the 2012 Paralympic regatta in Weymouth, England.

America’s Dismal 2012 Olympic Regatta

by David Schmidt, Posted October 5, 2012

"We ran full-speed into something we weren’t expecting,” admitted Dean Brenner, the outgoing chairman of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program, about the team’s performance at the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, England.

The 33rd Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta

by Lindsey Silken, Posted September 6, 2012

The 33rd Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta took place over Labor Day weekend in Newport, Rhode Island. A favorite event in the community, sponsored by Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge, the regatta is limited to classic wooden yachts.

40th Opera House Cup Regatta Aboard Heroina

by Lindsey Silken, Posted August 28, 2012

In mid-August, the island of Nantucket becomes the beehive around which competitors and spectators of Nantucket Race Week and its finale, The Opera House Cup Regatta, buzz.

A Decade of Beach Starts

by Adam Cort, Posted August 17, 2012

The Great Texas Catamaran Race, or GT300, has now marked a full decade of thrills, spills and bumps and bruises. Carrying on the tradition established by such beach cat classics as the Worrell 1000, the GT300 is a 300-mile marathon run...

Bayview One Design Regatta

by Adam Cort, Posted August 15, 2012

A Gathering of the Classes: There’s a new one-design kid in town—the Bayview One Design Regatta, which hosted more than 200 boats off Detroit, Michigan, on Lake St. Clair in early June.