No matter where you go in the world its never like this when they switch the weather on. So it goes with distance events as well. The 2010 edition of the Singlehanded Transpac has been slow going much of the time, with difficult seas and opposing sets kicked up by distant storms. A thirteen-day crossing is certainly not the best-possible time for a
Maureen McKinnon-Tucker was twenty years old when she first learned to sail. When she met her husband Dan Tucker, a J24 racer, the two developed a tight team both on and off the water. But all of this changed for McKinnon-Tucker on a day in 1992 when she was sidelined while her husband’s team went out to race in Rockland, Maine. Pushing her bicycle down to a ferry landing, McKinnon-Tucker slipped
Like many international sailing events, this springs Antigua Sailing Week found itself having to cope with the eruption of Icelands Eyjafjallajkull volcano, the bareboat fleet in particular taking a serious hit.The Icelandic volcano probably lost us 15 to 20 boats, said regatta director Neil Forrester. Flights out of Europe were closed just at a time when a lot of charter guests were
There was a fine welcome when I arrived at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club for the first time. When the 75-footer Titan XV pulled in Monday morning, the sun was shining, the bar was open and a few sailors were quietly sipping their first dark n stormy. I thought, This could not get any better. This is paradise.Then came Tuesday morning. As boats began to flow into the basin like
For more on the class, please click here.his month, one of the worlds leading high-performance catamaran classes is holding its world championship regatta in Erquy, France, marking the events 10th anniversary. A fleet of 150 boats is expected to take part, with 10 slots reserved for boats from the United States.The
We were preparing to pass Ambrose Light, the traditional starting point for record attempts from New York City. The wind was gusting over 25 knots, and we had reefed the mainsail and were flying a mid-sized jib. Bearing away to cross the starting line, our boatspeed shot up to 20 knotsand pretty much stayed there for the next four days. Ive done plenty of sailing over the yearsmultihull
The Newport Bermuda Race fleet made their upwind starts in 16 classes over a period of more than two and a half hours on Friday afternoon. There now are 183 boats, after Avatar didnt start. In addition, Blue sailed back to the shipyard to get her broken centerboard cable fixed; shes expected to start again after the repair. (text continued below video)
The 184-boat Newport Bermuda fleet is on its way under sunny skies and light westerlies. To follow the fleet in real-time as it makes its way across the Gulf Stream and the rest of the 600-plus-mile course, click here.For a look at some of the fleet at the start, check out the
Forecaster are predicting fair winds during the early stages of the 47th Newport Bermuda Race, which starts today off Newport, Rhode Island.The 184-boat international fleet is the third largest in the races 104-year history, with nearly 2,000 sailors making the 635-mile passage across the Gulf Stream to the finish off St. Davids Head, Bermuda.The race should take two to three days
Walking toward his ride for the solo Transpac, Ronnie Simpson slowed us down to point out that the mast of his 30-footer is taller than the mast of the 35-footer next door. I like this guy. He made one fast passage through youthEnlisted in the Marines. Got blown up by an RPG in a firefight outside Fallujah at age 19. Medi-vacd out in a coma. Slowly, eventually, recovered (enough).
Q: In one of your recent Ask Sail responses, you wrote about loose-footed mainsails. I have an S2 7.9 that has a rope-footed main.
My wife, Carla, and I had no intention of going to the Berry Islands. I had never even heard of them. We were at anchor
The Bath Freight Shed is a long, low building that smells like wood shavings and is lit by twinkling strings of lights in the rafters.
Hélène de Pourtalès was the first woman to win an Olympic medal, sailing in the 1900 Olympics in the 1-2 Ton class. She was one
In Episode 9 of the Celestial Navigation series from the The Nav Station, put everything together as instructor Andy Howe covers a full problem from
Saying it stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as they fight against the ongoing Russian invasion of their country, US Sailing has joined
Let’s talk about performance sailing. Specifically, women’s involvement on the big boats. The idea of inclusive sailing at the highest level is not a recent
The RORC Caribbean 600 is wrapping up as the final finishers make their way towards Antigua after five days of racing. The 600 nm course
Episode eight of The Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series talks about how to set up a universal plotting sheet, as well as how to plot
