Sail Racing

My sailing journey began in 1983 when I met my future husband, who then owned a 25-foot daysailer. We sailed locally on New Jersey’s Raritan Bay on weekends, with an occasional evening sail during the week. After a few years of daysailing we graduated to a 27-foot cruiser. We spent most weekends and our summer vacations cruising together. But then I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a

Today in Valencia, USA, the trimaran sailed by the Challenger, BMW ORACLE Racing Team, crossed the finish line 15 minutes and 28 seconds before the Defender Alinghi during Race One of the 33rd America’s Cup. After two days of postponement, today’s race kicked of a best-of-three match that will last throughout the weekend and possibly into next week. USA, represented by San

With only 3kts of wind, Alinghi and USA are on the line reading 23 and 17kts, respectively.For the best up-to-the minute coverage, check out the official America’s Cup live ticker. For all the inside details, a race breakdown, and final wrap up, check back for Kimball Livingston’s report from

The wind at dawn blew from the mountains across the plain and out to sea, bringing tears to unprotected eyes and cutting through parkas and fleece that yesterday felt warm enough for winter on the Spanish Mediterranean but now we know the falsehood of that. I walked from playa to darsena with the sun two fingers above the sea, lighting the Varadero Publico that houses Race

Define slow news day:”Paul Cayard walking around the media center with a EuroSport microphone interviewing journalists.”Define buzz:”Media Center staff walking through at noon with the surprise words, ‘We’re racing. We’re racing’.”Define letdown:”When three minutes later you see this screen.”So much for Wednesday. This time it was about too much seaway

The first race of the 33rd America’s Cup Match has been postponed yet again, this time until Friday. Today’s attempt to commence the best-of-three Deed of Gift Match between Defender Alinghi and Challenger BMW Oracle Racing was postponed due to rough sea conditions on the Mediterranean outside Valencia.“The waves were the biggest problem. I think they were about 1.3m average size in the

Racing has been abandoned yet again, this time due to the strength of the wind. We’ll have a further update from Kimball Livingston soon, but until then be sure to check out our CupWatch page’s streaming coverage, straight from

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My second Valencia assignment for SAIL Magazine is as different from the first as I expected. Winter versus summer. Compressed versus extended. Fractious rather than (much of the time) upbeat. Already, with just one race day lost, there are conversations around me about who will have to leave, and when, before a best-of-three match ends.Camp

You’ve probably heard that we have here at the America’s Cup the two fastest, most technologically advanced large yachts ever built. And you’ve probably heard that it takes but a breath of wind to drive them at speeds most people have never experienced under sail. Sadly, there was no such breath of wind on the Med today, or none sufficient for building a racecourse. We are left remembering why