Tack or Cross or Game of Chicken?
On opposite tacks, port must yield to starboard—yet a well-timed hail can flip the advantage.
On opposite tacks, port must yield to starboard—yet a well-timed hail can flip the advantage.
Here’s how, and how not, to play port-tack weather mark roulette to come out a winner, or least with better odds.
Stuck on the hip of leeward boat off the start? A reach-through escape might be your best next move. But don’t wait.
Waves don’t always line up with the wind. When this happens, your approach to each tack must differ.
Thirty years ago, Sailing World Senior Editor Ed Adams sought out to master the fast angles of sailing jib (or genoa) and main. Here’s a gem from the Archives still applicable today.
Ever wonder how the top teams recover from a bad start? One step at a time. We go onboard with team Casting Couch to learn how it’s done.
Part 2 of the Still 2 Crazy Melges 30 rebuild explores the new deck layout and upgraded running rigging systems.
With decades of experience working with teams big and small, a veteran sailmaker shares advice on putting the “team” in “teamwork.”
“Ticking the boxes” is a phrase often used by top sailing teams, and that’s for good reason. When it comes to winning races, there’s nothing too trivial for the to-do list.
We mic’ed up David Starck and his team to learn how they get around the course so fast.
The best sailors and the ones winning regattas shift gears more than you might imagine.
Put the bow down and get to the next shift, says Racing Editor Mike Ingham, exploring the benefits of footing, tactically and strategically.
On opposite tacks, port must yield to starboard—yet a well-timed hail can flip the advantage.
Here’s how, and how not, to play port-tack weather mark roulette to come out a winner, or least with better odds.
Stuck on the hip of leeward boat off the start? A reach-through escape might be your best next move. But don’t wait.
Waves don’t always line up with the wind. When this happens, your approach to each tack must differ.
Thirty years ago, Sailing World Senior Editor Ed Adams sought out to master the fast angles of sailing jib (or genoa) and main. Here’s a gem from the Archives still applicable today.
Ever wonder how the top teams recover from a bad start? One step at a time. We go onboard with team Casting Couch to learn how it’s done.
Part 2 of the Still 2 Crazy Melges 30 rebuild explores the new deck layout and upgraded running rigging systems.
With decades of experience working with teams big and small, a veteran sailmaker shares advice on putting the “team” in “teamwork.”
“Ticking the boxes” is a phrase often used by top sailing teams, and that’s for good reason. When it comes to winning races, there’s nothing too trivial for the to-do list.
We mic’ed up David Starck and his team to learn how they get around the course so fast.
The best sailors and the ones winning regattas shift gears more than you might imagine.
Put the bow down and get to the next shift, says Racing Editor Mike Ingham, exploring the benefits of footing, tactically and strategically.
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