It was the Class 40 Gryphon Solo 2, skippered by Joe Harris and Patrick O’Connor, that came out on top in the first stage of the 2014 Atlantic Cup when it crossed the finish line in New York Harbor early Wednesday morning.
Designed by Bill Short in 1959, the rugged 12-foot Pelican is ideal for the high wind and chop found on San Francisco Bay, where the boat once numbered in the dozens.
The four-boat Atlantic Cup fleet is proving every bit as competitive as expected, with the boats remaining in visual contact for much of the first 24 hours after leaving Charleston, South Carolina, bound for New York City.
Maxi-yacht construction in the United States has been pretty anemic since the Great Recession. But with the economy on the mend and the S&P 500’s record-crushing 29.6 percent uptick in 2013, there now appear to be some “green shoots” out there
The Atlantic Cup returns to the Eastern Seaboard this month, with seven Class 40 monohulls set to compete. As in years past the regatta will begin with a doublehanded offshore race from Charleston, South Carolina, to…
Ted Hood’s legacy endures through his nephew Chris Hood who has been designing and building boats for over 20 years, including the award-winning daysailer, the C.W. Hood 32. Chris’s company, C.W. Hood Yachts, is based in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Tired of winning brag flags and pickle dishes? How about a new boat?
It was Friday, February 28, when I collected my regular Wild Hogs Viper 640 crew, Buttons Padin and Chris Foley, and left Washington D.C., heading south down I-95 en route to Bacardi Miami Sailing Week.
Remember learning that the basic motions of a boat are roll, pitch and yaw? Now add “heave,” the nautical engineering term for the lift of a hydrofoil, or “foil,” as we seem destined to call them.
There are many who feel their dinghy sailing days are behind them when they reach their 20s. But don’t tell that to Aussie octogenarian Arnold Metcalf.
Enjoy the luxury of space, escape the everyday, and connect with nature. With its innovative layout, this catamaran offers durable solutions to preserve the environment
The Excess 14 is the pure incarnation of the Excess DNA. It is the result of a dedicated design work and an industrial execution, unique
Since 1998, Horizon has offered stress free Caribbean yacht ownership with personalised, professional advice and service delivered from shipyard to dockside by experienced sailing experts.
It’s 4 a.m., and we’re taking on water. I’m kneeling beside the nav desk, gasping into a bucket. Thirty-knot gusts have us on our ear.
To kick off the company’s 60th Anniversary Year, SAIL magazine caught up with Vice President, Director of Sales & Marketing, Beth Oliver, to learn that
After a full day ashore hiking, exploring, and stopping off at a beach bar, I watch the sunset on the anchorage. I’ve always loved how
It’s fall, and in my neck of the woods (the East Coast and, specifically, the Chesapeake Bay), that brings several rites of seasonal passage. After
After selling more than 200 Hanse 460s in just a few years, Hanse is rolling out the big sister to this popular mid-sized model—the 510.
It had been five years and nearly 35,000 nautical miles of hard sailing—including three years in Antarctica and Chile—when we finally turned north for the
