On the afternoon on Friday, August 2, Ian Barrows and Hans Henken became a part of sailing history by winning the bronze in the Men’s Skiff class for Team USA in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games—and the ...

SAN PEDRO, CA – On Sunday, nearly 200 Olympians and Olympic hopefuls from 34 countries took to the water at San Pedro OCR for six days of sailing in the L.A. Harbor. Among the contenders are 35 ...

Hypersail reimagines traditional winch systems by introducing an innovative solution: Winch by Wire. With it, the power generated by the crew’s muscular strength does not directly drive traditional ...

It’s a cool fall day with a brisk sea breeze bending the seagrass on the low-lying peninsula that is the northernmost tip of Rhode Island’s Aquidneck Island. A lonely figure, clad in waders, moseys ...

The story began on a cold, windy Detroit River day when conditions were severe enough that most sailors questioned whether they should even leave the dock. Instead of joining the scheduled racing on ...

On a hot and muggy late June morning, the bay doors at Zim Sailing’s facilities in Bristol, Rhode Island, are wide open. Large industrial floor fans whirring at full speed push the sharp aroma of ...

On Wednesday the world will see a side of Anna Tunnicliffe it hasn’t seen before. Well, technically, the side (her right) has been seen plenty of times, but only a few have seen it like this, namely, ...

Melges is on a roll. From its humble shop in Zenda, Wisconsin, to its Watersports Center in Florida, they reignited the adult dinghy racing scene with their Melges 15, of which more than 1,200 and ...

Ted Turner is one of the most famous champion sailors in yachting history. He’s also noted for creating the Cable News Network, his role as a passionate environmentalist, and for being one of the ...

Numerous recent questions from readers indicate they’re having difficulty figuring out how new Rule 18 and the revised definition of overlap work at leeward marks. The word “overlap” is used in the ...

I’ve overstood the windward mark by a few boatlengths, and as I bear away, the windward runner blade lifts a foot or so off the ice, then slams down hard. Still, the little DN iceboat slings me ...