As electric cars become mainstream it’s only natural for sailors and boatbuilders to eye solutions that work the same way on the water. To date, only 2 percent of boats worldwide are powered by electric or hybrid propulsion, but e-mobility is expected to grow by 50 percent over the next two …
Mia and I sold Arcturus, a 1966 Allied Seabreeze yawl, circa 2015, around the same time we bought our Swan 48, Isbjørn, and got our offshore passage business up and running. We had sailed Arcturus from Annapolis to Sweden via Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Ireland, then spent the following two …
One of the more seductive features of sailing, and of bluewater cruising in particular, is its intense sense of community. We are, I’ve always liked to think, a small tribe spread out over a very large territory. Our paths crisscross in seemingly miraculous ways wherever there is water enough to …
Though perhaps less well known to American audiences than the RORC’s races on this side of the Atlantic, The Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race is nevertheless an impressive and exciting event. The 1,805nm course took the front of the pack 16 days to complete, with the first ten boats …
It was only a matter of time before The New Zealand SailGP Team established its dominance and in Denmark they made their point.
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After days of battling in Sonars on Long Island Sound, the squad from Cal Yacht Club bests the fleet at the US Sailing Women’s Match Race Championship.
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A sporty dinghy that fits into two duffle bags? You bet. It’s the Tiwal 3R and it is built to race.
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Bitter End Yacht Club sponsors the first all-female youth team to compete in the Newport Bermuda Race.
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It was early March and freezing cold in Michigan. Snow lay in patches on the barren fields, and dark clouds hung just above the treetops. Ice skimmed the roadside puddles as we left Ann Arbor, bound for sunny Florida. I was driving a minivan and towing behind me a 16ft Wayfarer dinghy, owned by the …
When nearly 20 Friendship sloops set out for the starting line off Rockland, Maine, this past summer, they didn’t just start milling about in preparation for the gun. Instead, they gathered together beyond the breakwater so a Friendship Sloop Society member could scatter the ashes of her late …