On October 17, Brad Van Liew will return to the sport of solo sail racing after an eight-year break as the only American in a fleet of five boats sailing the VELUX 5 Oceans race around the world. While over 500 people have been shot into space, Van Liew is one of less than 180 that have sailed around the globe solo. Of those who have a circumnavigation under their belt, only 73 skippers have
Ross Stein, who races Corsair 24 #357, Origami, out of San Francisco Bay, sends this report from Italys big, crazy, beautiful Barcolana race, or Coppa dAutunno. With turnouts in the thousands for a course only 19 miles long, theres not much that compares. The race is sailed in the Gulf of Trieste, with one of four marks laid in the waters of neighboring
Its been a year since Nicholas Hayes published Saving Sailing: The story of choices, families, time commitments and how we can create a better future. Since the book came out, Hayes has spoken with sailors across the country about his ideas. We recently caught up with him to find out what hes learned during his travels.Have you found out anything new about sailing in the
For the first time in history of the series, Emirates Team New Zealand, under leadership of skipper Dean Barker, has won back-to-back Audi MedCup Circuit Championships. On September 25, the New Zealand team finished the season 48.5 points ahead of the U.S. team Quantum Racing, which came in second.Emirates Team New Zealand began its second championship
The 2010 Heineken High Performance Dinghy Open (HPDO) regatta will take place October 9-10 at the American Yacht Club in Rye, New York. Since its creation in 2004, the two-day regatta regularly attracts some of the best performance sailors from North America and Europe.Approximately 120 boats are expected to race this year, up 20 from the 2009. Dinghy classes invited to participate
It was a sight to gladden the heart of an Americas Cup traditionalistnearly a dozen 12-Meters sailing together in Newport, Rhode Island, as part of the 2010 Americas Cup 12-Meter Era Reunion, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the New York Yacht Club.The event took place September 17-19, and was preceded by the 12-Meter North American championship, which took place on Rhode Island Sound.
Orcas! Two-oclock! The call from the on-deck watch filters into the thin, relative warmth of the cabin on JAM, John McPhails J/160. I look through the cold, spitting rain at the seas tumultuous surface. It takes a few moments to spot the orcas distinctive white spots amid a sea of whitecaps. Then three majestic mammals appear, obviously interested in the parade of raceboats
On Memorial Day weekend in 1972, four sailing buddies came up with a great idea. Lets sail from Hyannis to Nantucket, spend the long weekend there, then sail backand lets race.It was so much fun they decided to do it again, inviting other friends to join in. By 1978, there were more than 75 boats on the starting line, and the newly established race committee added a lay-day in
I am pretty sure the Johnstone brothers never imagined creating anything so very successful as the J/Boats, Inc., that we know today. But imagining success on some levelthat would come naturally to Rod, the designer and to Bob, the marketer. Long before J/Boats became the Johnstone family business, sailing was a family passion. Then came a case of left brain meeting right brain andDont
I am pretty sure the Johnstone brothers never imagined creating anything so very successful as the J/Boats, Inc., that we know today. But imagining success on some levelthat would come naturally to Rod, the designer and to Bob, the marketer. Long before J/Boats became the Johnstone family business, sailing was a family passion. Then came a case of left brain meeting right brain andDont
An ex-Vendée Globe racer is an unusual choice as a world cruiser, so why was it ours? Although we already both owned a pair of
With an increasing number of truly massive yachts on the docks at boat shows these days, it would be easy to assume that the boatbuilding
In Episode 14 of the Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series, learn how to take the moon sight and new ways to correct it, as well
For quite some time, I had contemplated an expansion of the house battery bank aboard our 1987 Sabre 38MKI, Orion. There were several potential issues
As sailors up north are just starting to defrost and think about getting their boats launched, the Caribbean spring season is in full swing, with
Episode 13 in the Celestial Navigation discusses three methods to pre-calculate the positions of the stars and planets, as well as some best practices for
Daniela Moroz and Harry Melges IV received U.S. Sailing’s highest competitive racing honor for their respective 2021 seasons, demonstrating excellence on the water and representing
It’s official. Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are ditching their fans in Auckland for the port city of
Though equally seaworthy, cats like this Lagoon 380 need to be handled differently than a comparable monohull Since you’re reading this in a multihull magazine,
Dame Ellen MacArthur was born July 8, 1976 in Derbyshire, England. She grew up sailing with her aunt on the eastern coast of England. At
