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Sail Racing

Charleston Race Week Bigger than Ever

InfraRed’s Bryan Huntley and crew from Sandusky, OH, will be one team out of an expected 290-boat fleet to race in Charleston later this month.

All-female Team SCA Joins Volvo Ocean Race

The first all-female team to compete in the Volvo Ocean Race since 2001-02 has named its first five members. From singlehanded offshore sailing to match racing, these five members bring a wide range of skills to the team.

BVI 2013: In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion

The 2013 BVI Spring Regatta kicked off in tourist-brochure conditions and ended in an action-packed day of winds gusting to 30-plus knots and blinding rainsqualls. It wasn’t the kind of day you’d want to take the family out in, but it was perfect for hardcore sailboat racing.

U.S. Team on a Roll

After coming up empty at the 2012 Olympics, US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider did well at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, taking five gold medals, three silver and three bronze.

Changes for 2013 Marion-Bermuda Race

Organizers of the biennial Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race have enacted a number of changes for 2013 in an effort to broaden its appeal, at the same time maintaining the Corinthian spirit that has been a hallmark of the event since its founding in 1977.

Team InfraRed Wins 2013 BAB Contest

Bryan Huntley of Sandusky, Ohio, and the crew of the Kelly 28 InfraRed have won SAIL’s 2013 Best Around the Buoys (BAB) contest.

Haste Makes Waste?

To say that 2012 ended on a rough note for veteran French solo sailor Marc Guillemot would be the understatement of the year.

Wild Oats XI Dominates Sydney-Hobart

After being edged out by the 100-foot maxi Investec Loyal for line honors in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart, owner Bob Oatley and the crew of Wild Oats XI were not about to let that happen again in 2012.

McKee Joins U.S. Olympic Effort

The U.S. Olympic sailing team has appointed two-time Olympic medalist Charlie McKee as its new high performance director.

A New Bacardi Cup

Now in its fourth year, Bacardi Miami Sailing Week is fast becoming one of the premier sportboat regattas of the winter southern circuit.

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A Chance to Sail, One Kid at a Time

Attracting non-sailors to sailing can be difficult; more challenging still is making the sport available to youngsters who lack the means or opportunity to get

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Weather Window: Forecast Models

At Marine Weather Center, a client recently asked why the computer model forecast had predicted small seas on the windward side of Saint Martin, when

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A Near Miss While Mooring

Last week, I almost crashed Falken into the dock. We were returning from the third trial sail in the English Channel since completing our Farr

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The Race to Alaska

Riddle me this, sailor: What do you get when there’s a gale warning out of the west and a 13-year-ebb tide rushing out of the

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