Sail Magazine

by Adam Cort

Adam Cort is SAIL’s executive editor. He lives and sails in the Boston area.

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...

Safety in a Small Package: MOM 600

by Adam Cort, Posted August 16, 2012

They say good things come in small packages: take, for example, the Switlik MOM 600. Though it’s about the size of a throw cushion and weighs just 15lb, the MOM 600 automatically inflates when deployed to become a miniature survival raft.

Forespar Tri-Reacher

by Adam Cort, Posted August 15, 2012

The Forespar Tri-Reacher is a three-piece telescoping whisker pole ideally suited for poling out gennakers and other headsails, allowing for deeper sailing angles.

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.

Sailing Powder: Not Just for Racers

by Adam Cort, Posted August 13, 2012

How to put this delicately? Although the warm summer sun can feel great on your face, all that heat can wreak havoc on your nether regions. Enter Ice Bear Sailing Powder...

Weymouth 2012 Good for Other Teams

by Adam Cort, Posted August 13, 2012

While the U.S. experience at the 2012 Olympic regatta in Weymouth fell very much under the “agony of defeat” category, the experience was plenty thrilling for many of the other countries taking part.

2012: A Historic Olympic Defeat

by Adam Cort, Posted August 13, 2012

Never has a U.S. sailing team gone into an Olympics with higher hopes. Never have those hopes been dashed so completely as they were in Weymouth, England.

West Marine Trysail Jacket and Bibs

by Adam Cort, Posted August 13, 2012

For years West Marine has been offering its own line of branded foul-weather gear, and its Trysail jacket and bibs serve as an excellent example of what to look for in bluewater cruising gear.

MLX Double-Braid Cordage

by Adam Cort, Posted August 10, 2012

MLX double-braid cordage features a blended high-modulus Innegra-S and Dyneema core for strength and a polyester cover for durability. The result is a lightweight affordable rope with high strength and low stretch.

Serious Floating Shades

by Adam Cort, Posted August 9, 2012

Stuff going over the side is one of the hazards of sailing, but these new “Floater” polarized photochromic shades from Australia’s Barz Optics will stay on the water’s surface, even in rough conditions.