How is possible a startup Canadian team gets to the three-boat SailGP finalie in its first go? Skipper Phil Robertson knows.
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DetailsSo, you like to charter in the Caribbean with its warm waters, swaying palm trees, steady trade winds and strong rum drinks. What’s not to love? It can be easy, though, to get stuck in a rut when chartering year after year in the same place. Sure, the British Virgin Islands are always a go-to with …
DetailsFinal Results The best teams in sailboat racing excel across a range of conditions, and for competitors at the 2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Chicago, that’s exactly what was required over three days of challenging Lake Michigan conditions, where the breeze eventually blew from all points and all strengths. For the final day, […]
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DetailsEarlier this week, 11th Hour Racing Team’s new IMOCA 60 Mālama finally arrived at an American dock for the first time, signifying the start of some exciting summer programming for America’s ocean racing home team. On Monday, the team will kick off a week full of oceanic programming at Fort Adams …
DetailsSelect images from the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series weekend event in Chicago, Illinois.
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DetailsRhode Island’s Narragansett Bay is a sailor’s paradise, not only because of its vast expanse of sheltered water, coves and seaside towns, but because of the many nearby destinations it offers as well. The last time a group of friends and I chartered out of Narragansett Bay, we used it as a base for …
DetailsMy first job ever on a boat was picking weevils out of bags of sugar in preparation for a 1,200-mile delivery from the South Pacific island of Tonga to Opua, New Zealand, aboard a 43ft catamaran. Up to that point in my life, the sum total of all my sailing experience had been a single daysail. …
DetailsThe Zhik Motion Top is more than your standard lightweight hoodie: there’s proper face protection and a fabric feel that makes it all-day wear.
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DetailsOlympic 49erFX sailors face some of the toughest racing conditions, and these do indeed make them stronger.
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DetailsPart of the remodeling of the chart table area on my 45ft schooner Britannia involved making a new section of floorboarding or, to use its proper nautical term, cabin sole. The floor beneath was just rough plywood, unlike the remainder of the boat, which was beautiful teak with white-wood strips. …
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