Regattas

Guy Wilding has been out for a paddle in his 18-foot kayak every day for months, since moving to Honolulu from Sydney, Australia. July 20 seemed like any other day under the blue skies of the tradewinds until, as luck would have it, his paddle broke and he was dumped into the drink. This wasn’t good, but Wilding swam to the kayak and grabbed on. He tried to get in – to “rescue,” in kayak-speak –

The 89-strong fleet in this year’s Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race enjoyed near-perfect conditions, with three boats beating a race record that had stood for 22 years.First to finish was Jim Grundy’s 75-foot Bella Pita, designed by Bill Tripp, which completed the 363-mile course in 30 hours, 46 minutes and 52 seconds. Will Apold’s 78-foot Swan, Valkyrie, from Halifax,

The Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race is underway! Hundreds of spectators turned out to watch the start on Sunday, July 11th, celebrating the 103rd running of the 360-mile race.Although the first boats are set to finish today, there is always action to follow. Be sure to check out the

Following a six day, 22 hour, eight minute and two second journey, Rambler 100 took line honors Sunday in the Transatlantic Race 2011. However, skipper George David and his crew have been denied an overall victory by PUMA’s Mar Mostro, skippered by Ken Read, which crossed the finish line at The Lizard, Cornwall, U.K. earlier today. Race officials have already determined that

The Extreme Sailing Series attracted over 55,000 spectators to Fan Pier in Boston, Massachusetts, over the holiday weekend. The 40-foot cats put on a first-class show in the harbor, and we jumped on board Team Artemis Racing for an up-close look at what makes these cats purr—and sometimes

For just the second time in its 115-year-old history, the upcoming Canada’s Cup, set for September 1-4, will take place on Lake Michigan. Organizers are hoping that moving the event earlier in the season and hosting it in a new venue will help increase public interest. In 2007, servers for the regatta’s host media company crashed due to high traffic during the event—a sign of how

In Boston Harbor, all eyes were on American skipper Terry Hutchinson this past holiday weekend as his Team Artemis Racing entered the final day of Extreme Racing with an 8-point lead. From July 30 through July 4, Artemis competed in a top-notch fleet of 11 Extreme 40 catamarans racing in Boston for Act 4 of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series.Over the course of the weekend,

On July 3, the last in a rolling series of starts for the Transatlantic Race 2011 took place off Newport, Rhode Island. The start featured the six yachts fastest boats in the 30-boat fleet: Rambler 100, Beau Geste, PUMA racing’s mar mostro, Vanquish, Sojana and ICAP Leopard.

With just three days of sailing already behind them, the first six yachts of this year’s Transatlantic Race are already in the thick of it—racing toward Lizard Point before the second fleet, which left Newport earlier today, has the chance to catch their sterns.This year’s Transatlantic Race, organized by four of the world’s leading yacht clubs (Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club,

Originally published March 2009The last time Ragtime tied up at my local marina, I wandered down to the dock, admired the varnish, and grinned at the dinky cabin. But most of all I admired the audacity of those long, skinny, hard-chined lines drawn by New Zealander John Spencer a few years before the boat, as Infidel, was denied entry to the 1967