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Building a powerful sail inventory for distance racing is about understanding how Code Zero and other sails allow you to get optimum angles when you need to
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Building a powerful sail inventory for distance racing is about understanding how Code Zero and other sails allow you to get optimum angles when you need to
Niklas Zennström’s Rán is a model of exhaustive race preparation, which not only applies to the boat, but to the feeding of the crew. Boat captain Brendan Darrer explains how they run a tight ship. “Winner’s Debrief” from our May 2012 issue.
Ryan O’Grady gets ready to depart on another great ocean race up the East Coast.
The rules that apply for a long-distance offshore race are strikingly different than those for a short ’round-the buoys affair. “Rules” from our May 2012 issue.
Ocean racing tragedies during the Farallones Race and the Newport-Ensenada Race test our understanding of risk and reward.
The Coast Guard suspends permits for offshore races following April 14’s Full Crew Farallones Race tragedy.
New regulations were supposed to make the Open 60 monohulls safer and faster. But not everyone agrees that this has happened.
Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race was noteworthy primarily for the damage done to boats throughout the fleet, with five of six boats sustaining significant damage and two of six dropping out of the leg. Is the Volvo Open 70 rule to blame?
The members of the first class inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame each reveal that a little hardship on the way to the top might just be a good thing. “Jobson Report” from our April 2012 issue.
A longer-than-expected leg means more pain and suffering for the competitors, and more exciting racing viewing for the spectators.
As the Volvo Ocean Race fleet recuperates in Sanya, China, we ponder whether Puma Ocean Racing can make a comeback, whether Telefonica will falter, and whether Team Sanya will even finish.
Yvan Bourgnon and Sebastien Roubine have conquered sailing’s equivalent of Everest: rounding Cape Horn in a beach cat.
Building a powerful sail inventory for distance racing is about understanding how Code Zero and other sails allow you to get optimum angles when you need to
Niklas Zennström’s Rán is a model of exhaustive race preparation, which not only applies to the boat, but to the feeding of the crew. Boat captain Brendan Darrer explains how they run a tight ship. “Winner’s Debrief” from our May 2012 issue.
Ryan O’Grady gets ready to depart on another great ocean race up the East Coast.
The rules that apply for a long-distance offshore race are strikingly different than those for a short ’round-the buoys affair. “Rules” from our May 2012 issue.
Ocean racing tragedies during the Farallones Race and the Newport-Ensenada Race test our understanding of risk and reward.
The Coast Guard suspends permits for offshore races following April 14’s Full Crew Farallones Race tragedy.
New regulations were supposed to make the Open 60 monohulls safer and faster. But not everyone agrees that this has happened.
Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race was noteworthy primarily for the damage done to boats throughout the fleet, with five of six boats sustaining significant damage and two of six dropping out of the leg. Is the Volvo Open 70 rule to blame?
The members of the first class inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame each reveal that a little hardship on the way to the top might just be a good thing. “Jobson Report” from our April 2012 issue.
A longer-than-expected leg means more pain and suffering for the competitors, and more exciting racing viewing for the spectators.
As the Volvo Ocean Race fleet recuperates in Sanya, China, we ponder whether Puma Ocean Racing can make a comeback, whether Telefonica will falter, and whether Team Sanya will even finish.
Yvan Bourgnon and Sebastien Roubine have conquered sailing’s equivalent of Everest: rounding Cape Horn in a beach cat.
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