#RacingTopTip – Bear-Away Set or Jibe Set
You’re on starboard layline to the weather mark and planning your downwind leg. You’re leading a pack of eight boats to the mark and are weighing whether to do a bear-away set or a jibe set. What...
View ArticleVariable winds at Cowes Week
Cowes, UK (August 10, 2016) – Today saw patchy sun, with a north-westerly airflow that produced a 8-12 knots of wind for most of the morning at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. However by midday...
View ArticleRio Olympics Day 3 – Overall Results for Finn, 470, Nacra17, Laser & Radial
Results for the Nacra 17 and the two 470 classes who joined the Finn, Laser and Radial events on Guanabara Bay for day 3 of the Rio Olympic sailing events For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK...
View ArticleBreeze lottery at Rio Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August 10, 2016) – It was a game of two halves on day three of the Olympic Sailing Competition, with the inshore courses forcing the sailors to make the best of a light-wind...
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Skipper Jay Grizzell outfitted his 1989 Olson 34 “Shoe String” with a Trogear AS-40 Bowsprit? as part of his preparations for the 108th Chicago to Mackinac (The Mac) race. Here is Jay’s story from...
View ArticleFinn focus at Rio 2016 – Big day out on the high seas in Rio
It was a big day in Rio on the second day of racing for Finns at the Olympic Sailing Competition. For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleWomen ‘Capture the Power’
Women teach women how to sail at Island Yacht Clubs annual Northern California Womens Sailing Seminar, the slogan of which is ‘Capture the Power’. Top-notch women sailors f… For the rest of the story...
View ArticleVIDEO: Continued Complexity in Rio
With the slow passing of a cold front over Guanabara Bay the third day of racing continued the theme of unpredictability, but Team USA adjusted well to the changing conditions and had a solid day on...
View Article147 men and 59 women ready for Laser Radial and Standard U-21 Worlds
It is now time for the Laser women with the medium sized Radial sail and the men with the Laser Standard… For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleMopping Up After Javier
If you’re planning to sail to the sunny latitudes of Mexico this fall, you’ll be relieved to know that Tropical Storm Javier did relatively little damage to Cabo San Lucas when it passed through...
View ArticleDark Horse, Fair Maiden
Racing With their unique approaches and backgrounds, Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee prove why opposites attract. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleOlympic Morning Launch, Day 4 – From Mono to Multihull
Racing Swiss Radial sailor Nathalie Brugger was ready to quit sailing. Then, she discovered the Nacra 17. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleMarine Resources job updates
Marine Resources specialises in providing expert recruitment services to the leisure marine industry worldwide… For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View Articlethe retarded games
Sailing is retarded to those who don’t understand it. And even when they do, it’s still retarded… Because the Olympics is the world’s greatest viewing buffet, I went back for seconds this morning and...
View ArticleVIDEO: What is Youth Champs?
Before the podium, before the Olympic Games, before Youth World Championships, sailors in the United States must first test themselves at the U.S. Youth Sailing Championship. Find out what makes this...
View ArticleLaser UK Championships at WPNSA
Two days left to run at the Laser classes UK National Championships at WPNSA, where Jack Wetherall leads the Standard For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleRio Olympics Day 4 – Racing for the Nacra17, 470, Finn and RS:X
Day 4 of the Sailing at the Rio Olympics and the two RS:X fleets return to the water and join the Nacra 17, the two 470 and the Finn. The Laser and Radial take a rest day… For the rest of the story...
View ArticleRio Olympics – Thompson’s silver Laser lining at midway point
The Lasers now have a rest day tomorrow and Thompson admits it was important he made his move on the medal positions For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticlePreview of Race Day 4 in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August 11, 2016) – The RS:X Windsurfers return to competition after a rest day, and according to the forecast it should be a different style of racing from the light and shifty...
View ArticleFirefly Nationals – Day 4 was Gore Challenge Cup day
Ben Lumby and Liz Evans won the Sir Ralph Gore Challenge Cup at the Firefly Nationals on Wednesday For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
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