Giulia Conti, a four-time Olympian and winning skipper of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup, admits she was uncomfortable with the speed of the AC40—at first. “But then it becomes a habit ...

There is ice on the foredeck as the blue-wrapped J/7 with the No 1. on its mainsail glides to a smooth stop alongside the dock at Sail Newport (Rhode Island). Once secured to the cleats, the crew ...

Once upon a time, the Martin 242 Class lived in its own bubble and had everything it needed: a builder of keels (MG Marine in Los Angeles), rudders, masts, booms, and spinnaker poles; multiple ...

With registration and race planning now at full speed for the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series St. Petersburg anticipation is building for another outstanding gathering of racing sailors ...

The first-ever Women’s America’s Cup was a groundbreaking exercise in access and experience. The door is now open, but whether it remains so is unknown. New Zealand’s Black Foils bagged ...

Come along on a journey to the Caribbean for the Helly Hansen NOOD Championship hosted by Sunsail. You won’t want to miss it! The classic opening Islands Race, a difficult loop around Cooper and ...

Introduced in 1991 as the first modern day keelboat with bow-sprit and asymmetric spinnaker, the J/105 today is the most successful one-design keelboat class over 30′ in the USA with over 680 ...

Annapolis Yacht Club hosted the Speaker Series with Sailing World’s Dave Reed and Charlie Enright for a fun and freewheeling conversation about the fulfillment of ocean racing, technology at the ...

The mechatronics required to move the A75’s foils deliver precision handling and speed, and while they may look basic in form, their execution is anything but standard. The physics of a foiling ...

Sailing World Editor, Dave Reed, Zooms in with the magazine’s racing editors and special guests for a quick look around the sport. For this week’s episode Peter Isler joins us from onboard the ...

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The wind cooperated and sun beamed bright on five performance-sailing craft that impressed Sailing World’s team of judges and earned their respective awards. From a diverse field of new ...