“One thing that I love about distance racing is the 10-minute victories,” says Jaime Mack, a few hours into the 2025 Round the County Race. This annual two-day event organized by the Orcas Island YC ...

Last November, in southwest Africa, a landmark moment occurred in the history of sailing when Paul Larsen pegged the outright world sailing speed record. In recent years the record was eclipsed in ...

The New York YC’s American Magic was 0-2 with its America’s Cup challenges, and given its early eliminations from AC36 and AC37, the money burn rate was high and the return on investment low. It’s all ...

As complex as the AC75s will be when launched for racing at the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Challenger Series, New York YC’s American Magic trimmer Lucas Calabrese says that getting the team’s 75 ...

Do people actually still wall calendars? Oh yes, they do, says photographer Sharon Green who has been adding sailing sizzle to our walls for decades. In our fast-scrolling digital world today, there’s ...

The Rolex New York YC Invitational Cup is a biennial regatta hosted by the New York YC in its fleet of equally matched IC37s. Teams of high-level amateur sailors representing their host clubs spanned ...

The denser the fiberglass ceiling, the more force is needed to demolish it. In the case of the biennial Transpacific Yacht Race (established 1906), this force had been gathering for 72 years before ...

for most sailors, running aground and abandoning their vessel to the rocks, waves, and wind might be reason enough to pause ambitious plans to race singlehanded across the Atlantic aboard a ...

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 ...

Sailboat racing’s future is inextricably linked to the flow of new sailors who walk through the doors of community sailing centers and yacht clubs. These establishments do the yeoman’s work to attract ...

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 ...

My web browser knows perfectly well what I’ve been up to, and the algorithm is now screaming “Catalina 22” into my feed. This means that I’ve done something stupid and bought a boat. A project boat, ...