Ocean Racing

The Vendée Globe: Still the Ultimate

by Rich Wilson, Posted November 8, 2012

Why does the Vendée Globe remain, in the eyes of many, the gold standard of global ocean races? Simply put, because of the purity of its challenge.

Around the World in 2015, SF2SF

by Kimball Livingston, Posted October 16, 2012

San Francisco Bay sailors are accustomed to having the big professional round-the-world races pass them by some 93 degrees of latitude to the south. A diversion to the Golden Gate makes no sense.

Record-Breaking L’Hydroptere

by Kimball Livingston, Posted October 10, 2012

How long does it take to get addicted to speed? Not long, aboard the foiling trimaran, l’Hydroptère DCNS. The big, French “water wing” holds the nautical-mile record at 50.17 knots and now has its sights set on a Los Angeles-Honolulu record.

MOD70 Racing is a Sensory Smorgasboard

by Adam Cort, Posted September 12, 2012

Forget about the speed, what about the noise? It was the pre-start of a 150-mile race from Newport, Rhode Island, to New York City, and I was one of four sailors manning the dual coffee grinders aboard the Multi One Design (MOD) 70 Race for Water.

The Once and Future Volvo

by Brian Hancock, Posted September 6, 2012

Another Volvo Ocean Race has been written into the history books, and to the surprise of many, the event went out with a bang, not a whimper.

Class 40s and The Atlantic Cup Soar on Grand Prix Dreams

by Chris Museler, Posted August 13, 2012

It was the start of Leg 2 of the second annual Atlantic Cup, a mixed-format regatta raced in high-speed water-ballasted Class 40 sloops, and we were bound for Newport, Rhode Island.

Trials and Tribulations of Team Sanya

by Lisa Gabrielson, Posted July 11, 2012

Team Sanya had a run of bad luck in the Volvo Ocean Race. Really bad luck. Sanya Lan, skippered by Australian Mike Sanderson, is a VOR veteran, yet in this race it seemed like she spent nearly as much time out of the water being fixed as she did in it.