By Kimball Livingston Early this month, Ernesto Bertarelli made a whistlestop USA tour—as whistlestops go via private jet—and I spent enough time with the America’s Cup defender, over a two-day period, to chat about matters other than the controversies dragging us toward the courts of New York. The legal battle looms large in every Cup aficionado’s mind, but Mr. Bertarelli is going
176 entrants 9 days of racing Two coasts 12 of 13 Olympic classesTHE EAST COAST TRIALSNewport/Middletown, R.I. Sunday, October 14, 2007 After a 16-race series off Aquidneck Island, in shifty winds that ranged from light and fluky to sustained 18 knots and surfable seas, winners in five classes have been named to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic
For most of us, racing a 21-foot boat a thousand miles would be the adventure of a lifetime. For entrants in the Transat 6.50, it merely means that leg one is over, and you’re now looking at the next 3,240 miles of Atlantic separating the Portuguese island of Madeira from the finish line at Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. The second start is Saturday, and American Clay Burkhalter has a good
After three years of prepping for a dream, American Clay Burkhalter counted the time remaining to the start of Mini Transat 2007. “A state of disbelief” is how he described the feeling as the clock wound down to Sunday.And, after many years of living the dream, the designer of Burkhalter’s Mini, Rod Johnstone, could look back and believe that he’s moved the ball in the world of
By Lyn Hines Hyres, France The Artemis crew was applauded by their competitors as they tied to the dock after the final race in Hyres, which was also the wrapup of the 2007 MedCup season. A cooler full of “greenies” held the favorites even after the champagne had been opened and sent flying. The final day never saw more than 10 knots of wind, but
By Morgan LarsonAs I recline my chairback on United #888,outbound for SFO and home, I look back over twelve days in Qingdao. After eleven days of sailing (sort of) in 3-6 knots, all I can think about now is the rush of the medal race and how exhilarating it was for Pete Spaulding and me to race a 49er around the track with nine other elite teams in 20 knots of wind against
If you have landed here, that’s fine. But this story was originally intended as an entry at the SAIL blog. If you would rather read it there you can click here.By Kimball LivingstonAugust 5, 2007Hearing Vincenzo Onorato come out against the Alinghi protocol for America’s Cup 33Onorato is Mr. Mascalzone LatinoI
On a lake in Michigan, succeeding generations of sailors have loved their home-grown classics. Gina Attee takes us along as the Walloon Yacht Club celebrates 100 years on the lake and 74 years of their thriving “17s”Story by Gina Attee Images courtesy of the members of Walloon Lake Yacht ClubAlthough powerboat racing dominated the first two
July 29, 2007By Kimball LivingstonAir. It’s not just for breathing, anymore.With the America’s Cup descending from superlative to squabble and my deck shoes only days removed from the streets of Valencia, I seriously needed an energy infusion, and I seriously got it by showing up for some kite racing on San Francisco Bay. Do you feel the need for big air?The
SAIL’s editor in Spain received the following announcement on the morning of July 12. Are we ready for some rough and tumble, AC style? San Francisco’s Golden Gate Yacht Club Challenges for 33rd America’s Cup The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) of San Francisco today presented a formal challenge for the 33rd America’s Cup to the Socit Nautique Genve (SNG), defending
From splicing lines to emergency escapes, the right knife is an essential piece of safety equipment in any sailor’s kit. So how do you go
Highlights from the AC36 World Series and Christmas Race Initial thoughts on the state of the 36th America’s Cup in the wake of the World Series
The recently held Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image-of-the-Century contest featured a number of cutting-edge raceboat photos among its many entries. What really caught our attention, though,
Day two of the America’s Cup World Series brought more outstanding racing with two matches between the Americans and the Italians and two between the
I used Sikkens Cetol on the bare wood on my Catalina 30, Morning Dew IV. The can was compromised over the spring, and I put the balance in a 16oz clean glass mayo jar. Last spring when I went to use it, a skin had formed over the top of the liquid, so I just cut the skin off. It is 1/8in thick. In the future, is it still OK to use?
The scores are in for the first day of racing in Auckland’s America’s Cup World Series: American Magic leads with two victories, followed by one
At 9 pm ET tonight, the brand new AC75’s will go head-to-head for the first time in the pre-America’s Cup Prada America’s Cup World Series
Granted, to call the new Excess 11 catamaran “small” is nuts. At 37ft long and nearly 22ft wide, she’s anything but petite. Nonetheless, as the
After last week’s dramatic rescue, Kevin Escoffier returned to dry land yesterday in good spirits. “I have no regrets about my race… The boat was
Famed bluewater cruiser Jimmy Cornell has been forced to abandon his latest circumnavigation due to power-generation problems aboard his carbon-neutral catamaran. “In my long life
