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Multihull Sailing News

Cup Action in New York, Chicago

Americans will get a look at the six teams who’ll be sailing for the America’s Cup in 2017 when the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World

The Transat is Back

Back in the late 1950s a small group of British sailors got together and came up with the crazy idea of racing each other across

An Alternative Engine Maintenance Plan

I was a mechanic in my previous life. Not a lab-coat wearing “technician,” but a two fisted, knuckle bustin’ mechanic with a hundred-dollar-a-week triple-chrome-plated Snap-On

Mainsail Furling on a Multihull

The defining feature of most modern multihulls is a large, robustly built mainsail, typically with full battens and a dramatic roach. The sails are cut

Re-building a Wrecked Trimaran

The first time I laid eyes on Phoenix, my 1976 Mark II Telstar trimaran, she was being smashed against a concrete harbor wall near my

Tips on Hauling Out a Catamaran

I’ve been fortunate to have owned numerous sailing vessels during my more than 50 years on this planet, and the time spent on them has

Tony Smith: Multihull Pioneer

Tony Smith (above) was a British multihull pioneer back in the 1970s, when the yachting establishment regarded cats and tris as a crazy fringe element

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The Annapolis Sailboat Show

America’s largest all-sailing boat show starts today. The SAIL team is looking forward to a busy weekend full of new boats and old friends. 

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Henri-Lloyd Returns

Big Weather Gear has announced that they will be bringing Henri-Lloyd gear back to the U.S., starting with their flag-ship store in Newport. The full

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The Future of Teak

As the sailing world’s favorite wood becomes increasingly difficult to source, potential alternatives abound. The question is: whattrade offs Need to be made? 

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