Race Time In Chicago

The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series kicks off the racing season in Chicago one big opener sure to please.

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Tulane Victorious At Home

Tulane delivers on its home waters to win College Sailing’s Dinghy National Championship.

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Just Launched Mid-sized Cruisers

With so many manufacturers dreaming up bigger production boats, more and more mid-sized cruisers fall on the smaller end of their lines. However, “smaller” does not mean less, and the tricks for optimizing larger models have helped with squeezing more enjoyment into less LOA. As seen in these three …

Charter: Lake Tahoe

A sail on Lake Tahoe has been on my bucket list since the day I first laid eyes on it, and come hell or high water, I decided I was going to someday charter a boat there. North America’s largest and deepest alpine lake, Tahoe sits at 6,225ft above sea level and straddles the state boundaries of …

Australians Ace First Event of SailGP Season 3

Australia SailGP Team were far from perfect in the early races, but in the final, when it counted, they were nearly flawless to start Season 3 with a win.

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Escape from New York Part 1

I was never supposed to take my boat through New York City. After getting sucked backward through the Cape Cod Canal on my way south from Maine, when the speed of the current exceeded the maximum speed of my little electric auxiliary, I wanted nothing to do with Hell Gate and its even faster …

A Watermaker Upgrade

As a classic-boat sailor, I’ve long held that simpler is the better. I still think this is true: a simpler boat is cheaper, she has less gadgets to break down and there’s a certain satisfaction in knowing you’re able to handle a bit of discomfort. Thus, for a long time, I sailed boats most cruising …

Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Annapolis 2022 Gallery

Select images from the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series weekend event in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Sailing Speed Records

Although the 1903 defender of the America’s Cup, Reliance, was deemed a “racing freak”—the boat pushed design rules to their limit and couldn’t be beaten, at least in very specific conditions—designer Nat Herreshoff was nonetheless onto something. A century later, purpose-built boats have become a …