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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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Eight Bells: Jonathan Payne

American Sailing has announced the passing of CEO Jonathan Payne. Payne is remembered as a champion for the sport who worked tirelessly to support and

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