Put two or more sailors in a room and ask them for an opinion on any sailing-related topic, and before you know it youll have an argument. Ask a group of SAIL editors for a list of the most influential people in the sailing world and before you know it, you have a brawl.As SAIL magazine marks its 40th anniversary, we decided to highlight the 40 sailors whove had the
Any doubts about the strength of the U.S. womens sailing team were put to rest this past week with the squad winning gold in no less three events at US Sailings 2010 Rolex Miami OCR regatta. The U.S. mens team didnt fare so well, failing to take gold in a single event, although Andy Horton and James Lyne took silver in the Star class.In the Laser Radial class, Paige Railey won the
Justice Shirley Kornreich of the New York Supreme Court has told the two syndicates competing in the 33rd Americas Cup that she will not hear any further arguments between now and the time the competition is scheduled to begin in Februaryin effect giving the final go-ahead for some actual racing.In recent weeks, challenger BMW Oracle capped off years of legal wrangling by claiming that
MEXORC has always been a moving target, and for 2010 its being redesigned yet again. This is your looking-ahead checkup, because theres been a concern and maybe we can clear that up. But firstThe essential West-Coast-of-Mexico-biennial is now a featured component of the inaugural Regata Copa Mxico, intended to celebrate the countrys bicentennial and then build from there. Some pretty
For most sailors, just competing in the Olympic Games is a dream come true, but for Anna Tunnicliffe, 27, getting to the Games was only the start. The real dream was winning a gold medal, a lofty goal Anna set for herself at the tender age of 12 after immigrating to the U.S. from England with her parents. Annas gold in the Laser Radial class in the 2008 Olympic Games at Qingdao, China, was the
The sailors at US Sailings 2010 Rolex Miami OCR, the second of seven stops for this years International Sailing Federation World Cup, are hoping for better conditions today after all 13 classes had to stand down due to bad weather.Though the day seemed promising enough at first, the threat of thunderstorms on Biscayne Bay compelled organizers to put racing on hold for safety. In all, the
BMW Oracle has begun sailing in Valencia, Spain, as it continues to tune up for next months scheduled running of the 33rd Americas Cup regatta. The team has also unveiled a new name for its boat. Previously referred tonone too glamorouslyas BOR 90, the 90ft trimaran is now being called USA.Everyone was very excited to get out on the water,” said team CEO Russell
British Olympians Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson have bested a fleet of 73 to win the Star World Championship regatta, hosted this year by the Yacht Club of Rio de Janeiro (ICRJ). The Swiss team of Flavio Marazzi and Enrico De Maria, leaders in the ISAF world ranking, took second while Brazilians Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira came in third. With his victory, Percy joins a select group of
For those looking to capture the true tenor of the 33rd Americas Cup without having to wade through all those boring legal briefs, look no further than the work of Alinghis team cartoonist, Mark OBrien.A native of Dunedin, New Zealand, OBrien has been covering sailing for years, ever since he created a series on the 1989-90 Whitbread for the Auckland Star during the fleets
Ian Campbell of the University of Southamptons (UK) venerable Wolfson Test Unit takes data provided to him by SAIL and runs it through their velocity prediction programs and the WinDesign VPP developed in conjunction with Clay Olivers Yacht Research International. His detailed analysis, which begins on page 14 of SAILs February issue, suggests that
After a year off in 2020, the United States Boat Show in Annapolis is back. From the diminutive Areys Pond Cat 14 XFC to the
The saying “Nothing goes to windward like a 747,” is one of my favorites. I actually once took a 747 upwind, retracing my earlier downwind
If you missed the first installment, click here. The hull and deck of Shirley Rose had been repaired, but what kind of sailboat would she
The Mini Transat is a roughly 4000-mile course that comprises two legs— Les Sables D’Olonne, France to Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canaries,
In 1975, as a senior at Harvard, the question for Chicago-area sailor Mike Jacker became what to do next. The answer, as related in his
With a start planned for February 21 in Antigua, the famed 600-mile Caribbean race is back. The course circumnavigates 11 Caribbean islands starting from English
The fully crewed, round-the-world Ocean Race has experienced tremendous change over the years. From the 1993 transition to a one-design fleet to an ever-shifting route,
We’re currently outfitting and refitting our Swan 59, Icebear, for the upcoming, round-the-world Ocean Globe Race (OGR, oceangloberace.com) in 2023, a reenactment of the early
NOAA and Saildrone Inc. have teamed up to pilot five new saildrones in the Atlantic to gather data that will improve the understanding of hurricanes.
