With 2,000 miles of coastline, 270,000 islands and seemingly countless bays and inlets, Sweden is truly a sailor’s paradise. One of the top sailing destinations here is the archipelago just outside the country’s second largest city Gothenburg (locally known as Göteborg), on the west coast, near …
DetailsStrong winds and a brutal sea state made for record-breaking conditions for a least some of this year’s Newport-Bermuda Race fleet. However, these same conditions also tragically resulted in the loss of one of the sailors taking part—a reminder that for all of today’s technology, the sea remains an …
DetailsAlthough big, multi-million-dollar projects like the Large Hadron Collider and the human genome project with their legions of PHD’s tend to grab headlines, there’s still a part of play for the “citizen scientists” of the world. Amateur birders have long contributed to an understanding of avian …
DetailsNew charter skippers and old salts alike flock to the British Virgin Islands every year for sun, fun and stress-free sailing.
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DetailsJumping into an established program as a coach is a challenge, but results come when everyone’s onboard–especially the coach.
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DetailsFor years now, maxi-trimarans, both solo-sailed and fully crewed, have been racing the clock on their own around the world in an effort to set ever faster records for the world’s fastest circumnavigation under sail. Back in 2000-01 there was also a no-holds-barred round-the-word event dubbed …
DetailsWill it be grinders or cyclors in the next America’s Cup? Good question. And there is no right answer.
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DetailsWarrior Won locks the pro-division of the 2022 Newport Bermuda Race while Callisto pushes them to the end and earns the other top trophy for the race’s grand-prix showdown.
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DetailsDiscovering Amistad and Mystic Seaport Museum have partnered to organize their third annual Juneteenth festival, featuring concerts, speakers and a reflection on the lasting legacy of racial injustice in America. Declared a National Holiday in 2021, Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the …
DetailsLagoon 51In keeping with many of the more recently launched models created by French multihull builder Lagoon, the Lagoon 51 is all about comfort, “en plein air,” in particular, as the French might say. Topside, a whopping 80 percent of the boat’s flybridge is given over to lounging space in the …
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