When the Volvo Ocean Race calls on Boston Harbor in May, every weekend sailor in the region will have a chance to sniff the air around a grand prix circus. So how did Boston “steal” the US stopover? We turned to the instigator, Bill Lynn of Marblehead, Massachusetts, an unassuming ace Etchells sailor and co-operator of Atlantis Weather Gear. He also has a background in
When the Volvo Ocean Race calls on Boston Harbor in May, every weekend sailor in the region will have a chance to sniff the air around a grand prix circus. So how did Boston “steal” the US stopover? We turned to the instigator, Bill Lynn of Marblehead, Massachusetts, an unassuming ace Etchells sailor and co-operator of Atlantis Weather Gear. He also has a background in
The Court of Appeals, New York states highest court, has found that the Spanish yacht club, Club Nautico Espanol de Vela, cannot be the challenger of record for the next Americas Cup match even though it had been given that distinction by Ernesto Bertarellis team who sailed for the Societe Nautique de Geneve yacht club of Switzerland, after it had won the last Americas Cup match held off
On the island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles, wind is the most important ingredient for spending a day on the worlds biggest landsailing track along the islands northeast coast. The brightly colored sails of Blokarts poke at a blue sky as their tires spin madly over the hard. Sailing them is a blast. White dust whirs around the tubular cart with its skinny sail as you settle into a
Plenty of sailors dream of sailing around the world, but far fewer actually cast off and venture forth. Crystal Corthell, 18, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, is a young woman who enjoys snowmobiling, visiting with family, and dreaming big. Her sailing experiences to date have been limited to trips on Canadas Ghost Lake, Nevadas Lake Meade, and San Diego Bay aboard her familys
On June 6, 2008, the Cynthia Woods, a Cape Fear 38 owned by Texas A&M University-Galveston, was racing to Veracruz, Mexico, when her keel fell off and she capsized. Tragically, Roger Stone, the teams safety officer, drowned after helping two students to safety.In late December, the Coast Guards Marine Safety Unit (MSU) in Galveston, Texas, with guidance from the U.S. Coast
Over the past two years an intense battle has been waged between Thomas Coville aboard his 120-foot G-class trimaran, SodebO, and Francis Joyon aboard his equally massive tri, IDEC 2. While the two Frenchmen likely share laughs ashore, when theyre racing offshore they are at each others throats, with one skipper battling to best the other in setting unbelievably fast
US Sailing recently announced the names of the 2009 US Sailing Team Alphagrapics (USSTAG). This selection was based on the results of the 2009 Rolex Miami OCR. Were excited about the new team because weve never had this many Olympic and Paralympics sailors return this early in the quad, which is a sign were delivering more support to the sailors, said Olympic Sailing Chairman Dean Brenner
Rich Wilson, 58, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, became the second American to have completed the Vende Globe, an unassisted, non-stop, around the world race thats fought out in wildly powerful IMOCA 60 monohulls when he crossed the finishing line in ninth place aboard his trusty stead, Great American III on March 9, 2009. While Wilson finished weeks behind the overall winner, Michel
In Grand Prix circles, few jobs titles exert more pressure on their bearers than that of tactician. In 2007, Terry Hutchinson, then-tactician for Team New Zealand, felt just how heavy of a burden that title can be when his team lost a final America’s Cup battle to Alinghi by a mere 1 second.Flash forward to 2008 and Mr. Hutchinson was back in force, first winning Key West Race Week about
View this post on Instagram A post shared by US Sailing Team (@ussailingteam) The Opening Ceremony for the Tokyo Games is finally here. From July
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When you talk to Beetle Cat sailors, it’s immediately apparent you’re talking about more than just a 12-foot catboat. “It began with my great-grandmother, who
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Groupe Beneteau, builder of Lagoon Catamarans, debuted its new Excess multihull line at the Dusseldorf boat show in Germany in 2018. At the time they
