
Sail Trim: Rigging Adjustable Sheet Leads
I’ve always been less than enthusiastic about changing my genoa sheet leads on different points of sail. I know I should move the lead forward

I’ve always been less than enthusiastic about changing my genoa sheet leads on different points of sail. I know I should move the lead forward
I’d always dreamed of using a spinnaker to propel our Tartan 31, Solace, along on a light-air summer’s day, but the thought of wrestling with an unruly kite (prior to running it over, of course!) was never appealing. Then one day I read about the benefits of rope-luff sails and their ease of handling in the January 2012 issue of SAIL magazine and decided, “I can do this!”

Good skippers manage the boat; great skippers manage the tension.

A spritely little cat that holds its own in a blow.

Analog alarms offer important feedback about how the boat is doing.

A friendly club boat with serious potential.

The lure of early-season boating is a beast with two heads.

A new four part docuseries details the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild campaign to defend the Route du Rhum title, available now on Youtube.

Eight Bells: Charlie Dalin

A fleet-footed foiler that everyone will want to take for a spin.

Where you’ve seen his work: Onboard photography and video during four editions of The Ocean Race Ross grew up in New Jersey and says he

The Laser was a little worse for wear. It was an old one, a little too heavy with chips and gouges that left the fiberglass