By Kimball Livingston Malin Burnham is a man I trust, and not only because he wears his Top Siders without socks, proper-like. If he’s willing to talk about changes at the America’s Cup (Cup in Dubai?) or about the good reasons for retaining the America’s Cup Class, or the prospects for and meaning of a US win in America’s Cup 32, I’m ready to listen. No
You don’t have to be sitting in the back room to know that the challengers are at odds with event management over how to “fix” the series to compensate for weather delays that have thoroughly destroyed the schedule. In a Saturday night meeting of 10 of the 11 America’s Cup challengers—+39 was absent, whatever that means—some of the rescheduling decisions of event management were
By Kimball Livingston, in ValenciaIt was Ken MacAlpine day in Valencia, with the chief measurer of the AC class taking questions that grew out of the “deflecting keel” buzz. There’s a lot of smoke, but not much heat.The speculation has been that Alinghi (and/or others not excluding BMW Oracle) might be trying to use any of various means to control what I’ll call keel
By Kimball Livingston You heard me. In a match race there is no obligation to take a penalty if you foul. But you’re doubledog obligated to perform your penance if the umpires nail you. Hit a mark unseen? Keep going, mate. And this is not about cheating. It’s a function of having umpires on the course. In a meeting that included jury chairman
Hide and Seek: Spies come in from the coldAfter the 31st Americas Cup in 2003, when Alinghi snatched the trophy from Team New Zealand, the talk was all about spying, leaking, and under-the-table deals. The scene in Valencia, Spain, where the 32nd Americas Cup is being held, is happily different. The protocol set out between Alinghi, as defender, and BMW Oracle, as challenger
Time to EVOLVE?: Pressing for an Americas Cup circuitIf the sailors have their way, we could see a very different Americas Cup in the future. First we have to get through Americas Cup 32, this year in Valencia. And then?During the Allianz Cup, a World Match Racing Tour event sailed in October on San Francisco Bay, Americas Americas Cup challenger, Larry
The Pressure Rises: Development time runs outLife is changing for the play-ers in the 2007 Americas Cup. The leading teams look to February as the month to wrap up final training in Dubai (Switzerlands defender, Alinghi, and Swedens Victory Challenge) or Auckland (Emirates Team New Zealand and Americas BMW Oracle). Then the sailors get one final break before
Hushed: Americas Cup secrecyUnless masts start breaking in Valencia, Spain, things should be getting back to normal around Hall Spars. Things have been anything but normal for most of this year, however, with Hall building masts for several different Americas Cup teams and maintaining a strict code of secrecy for each client. The normally welcoming Hall
By Kimball LivingstonIf the sailors have their way, we could see a very different America’s Cup in the future. First we have to get through America’s Cup 32, next year in Valencia. And then?During the Allianz Cup, a World Match Racing Tour event sailed in October on San Francisco Bay, America’s only America’s Cup challenger, Larry Ellison, sat behind a
There are currently 154 collegiate sailing teams competing across the country. Each team belongs to one of seven regional districts. The majority of schools have fleets of either Flying Juniors (FJs) or 420s, but a few programs, including Tufts, Bowdoin, and Harvard, sail a fleet of Larks. Many schools also have a few Lasers so that sailors can train for singlehanded championships throughout the
Q: I have an early ‘70s Catalina 27. The keel bolts look pretty good. My question is, why not glass over the keel to bond
Sailing Into Oblivion by Jerome Rand $15.99, available through Amazon As refreshing and inspiring as Jerome Rand’s 2017-18 solo-circumnavigation may have been, his account of the
Back in early 1970, Bernie Goldhirsh and the recently founded “Institute for the Advancement of Sailing,” publisher of an annual sailboat and gear guide, launched
On Thursday, October 22 at 6 pm ET, Navigare Yachting presents a webinar on what to expect from Abaco post-Dorian. The event will feature the
Hot on the heels of the UK’s Britannia and the United States’ Patriot, Italy’s new AC75 Luna Rossa, formerly known as Boat 2, was christened
October 16 proved an exciting day for America’s Cup fans with the christening of both the UK’s Britannia and America’s Patriot. Britannia will be helmed
Sunset Harbour Yacht Club offers a unique equity club membership program where owners and shareholders share a piece of the prime waterfront real estate in Miami Beach.
Doublehanded sailing is one of the fastest growing sectors of the sport, and a new non-profit aims to keep the momentum up. Offshore Doubles was founded
In a refreshing break from Covid-necessitated regatta adjustments, Marblehead to Halifax race organizers has announced some structural updates prompted solely by the desire to make
For the past month, the WASZP GPS Challenge has allowed sailors from 15 different countries to race against each other in the ultimate community social
