Anticipation and Temptation
With the ORC World Championship marked on the calendar, Art Santry’s chartered 66-footer Temptation is looking for a summer of getting faster.
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With the ORC World Championship marked on the calendar, Art Santry’s chartered 66-footer Temptation is looking for a summer of getting faster.
This owner and his race team aim to take on the big-boat world championship with the smallest vessel in the fleet.
Regattas are often won not by the sailor with the most great finishes, but by the sailor with the fewest bad finishes.
Photos from 2013 September 26 – 29 Rolex Big Boat Series on the San Francisco Bay. Courtesy of Rolex / Daniel Forster.
If PHRF racing is the only game in your sailing town, consider whether your boat is right for your typical conditions. If not, we’ve got a few recommendations.
San Francisco’s IRC fleet has a newcomer in Tai Kuai, and an owner looking for some 40-foot company.
Eight championship events, including the IRC and HPR North Americans, will be held at the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week this June. Over 150 boats have signed up for the 25th anniversary of the biennial event. New fleets include classic boats, doublehanded boats, and Gunboats. As usual, the regatta will include an 18-mile around-the-island race. Click here to visit BIRW’s website [Click here to watch footage from the 24th edition.](http://www
Rule administrators of the world are working towards a transparent, single-authority system that can provide stability for owners and regatta organizers. Editor’s Letter from the March 2013 issue of Sailing World.
Handicapping our boats is a start, but wouldn’t it be better if we could handicap ourselves, too? What works for golf could work for sailing. Gaining Bearing from our November/December 2012 issue.
Jason Ker, master of IRC-winning designs, teams up with McConaghy Boats to deliver a no-excuses, semi-custom raceboat that’s dialed in for offshore sprints and buoy racing triumphs.
Tim Zimmermann’s Beneteau 36.7 _Moondust _was purchased with cruising in mind, but she might just get to the starting line this coming year.
The Around the Island Race officially kicked off this year’s edition of the New York Yacht Club Race Week. Thirty-four boats sailed around Conanicut Island. George David’s_ Rambler_ took line honors, while Jim Swartz’s TP52 _Vesper _won IRC Class 1 on corrected time. Photos: Rolex/Daniel Forster Click here to read more in our Finish Line forum.
With the ORC World Championship marked on the calendar, Art Santry’s chartered 66-footer Temptation is looking for a summer of getting faster.
This owner and his race team aim to take on the big-boat world championship with the smallest vessel in the fleet.
Regattas are often won not by the sailor with the most great finishes, but by the sailor with the fewest bad finishes.
Photos from 2013 September 26 – 29 Rolex Big Boat Series on the San Francisco Bay. Courtesy of Rolex / Daniel Forster.
If PHRF racing is the only game in your sailing town, consider whether your boat is right for your typical conditions. If not, we’ve got a few recommendations.
San Francisco’s IRC fleet has a newcomer in Tai Kuai, and an owner looking for some 40-foot company.
Eight championship events, including the IRC and HPR North Americans, will be held at the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week this June. Over 150 boats have signed up for the 25th anniversary of the biennial event. New fleets include classic boats, doublehanded boats, and Gunboats. As usual, the regatta will include an 18-mile around-the-island race. Click here to visit BIRW’s website [Click here to watch footage from the 24th edition.](http://www
Rule administrators of the world are working towards a transparent, single-authority system that can provide stability for owners and regatta organizers. Editor’s Letter from the March 2013 issue of Sailing World.
Handicapping our boats is a start, but wouldn’t it be better if we could handicap ourselves, too? What works for golf could work for sailing. Gaining Bearing from our November/December 2012 issue.
Jason Ker, master of IRC-winning designs, teams up with McConaghy Boats to deliver a no-excuses, semi-custom raceboat that’s dialed in for offshore sprints and buoy racing triumphs.
Tim Zimmermann’s Beneteau 36.7 _Moondust _was purchased with cruising in mind, but she might just get to the starting line this coming year.
The Around the Island Race officially kicked off this year’s edition of the New York Yacht Club Race Week. Thirty-four boats sailed around Conanicut Island. George David’s_ Rambler_ took line honors, while Jim Swartz’s TP52 _Vesper _won IRC Class 1 on corrected time. Photos: Rolex/Daniel Forster Click here to read more in our Finish Line forum.
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