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Team Merlin Wins BVI Championship in Sunsail Bareboat Showdown
Marblehead’s Team Merlin won five of seven races in Sunsail-provided bareboats to take the 2026 BVI Championship, edging defending champion Never Alone by 3 points.
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Meet the Fleet: Six Teams Set to Battle for the BVI Championship
Six teams from Detroit, Annapolis, Chicago and beyond head to Tortola Oct. 31–Nov. 7 for the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series BVI Championship. Meet the fleet.
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Gary Jobson’s Rules for Coaching from the Back of the Boat
Gary Jobson on coaching sailors: lessons from a season with the Naval Academy offshore team, plus his ten tips for giving feedback that actually lands on the water.
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Racing Into the Crystal Ball
Gary Jobson was pretty spot on with his prognostications for the sport 25 years ago. He takes another crack on where he thinks the sport is headed.
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Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta Season Underway
College sailing big-boat squads put their keelboat skills on display in Chicago for the first of three fall Intercollegiate Offshore...
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US SailGP Victorious in Valencia For Second Season Win
The U.S. SailGP Team claimed their second event victory of the 2026 Season in Valencia– keeping their Grand Final fight alive...
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SailGP and Germany All Good for Flying Roos
Tom Slingsby beat Giles Scott, Diego Botín and Peter Burling in a Final decided by meters. Nearly 15,000 fans attended across...
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For the New Love of Classic Yacht Racing
Gary Jobson calls tactics aboard the 1938 yawl Black Watch through three days of classic yacht racing in Maine, ending at the...
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San Pedro OCR Crowns Winners at Future L.A. 2028 Olympic Venue 
The second week of the San Pedro OCR regatta concludes with victories in 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 classes, providing elite sailors...
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Siren Song Of A Catalina 22
Buying a 1986 vintage Catalina 22 was the easy part. But navigating the "good enough" repairs of a swing keel and rotted bulkheads...
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Best For Last, But Not the Last
With gratitude to the team behind the scenes of the 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series we look to the BVI and to 2027...
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Europeans Excel In Early Olympic Venue Test
Six days of racing at the home of the L.A. 2028 Olympics closed for the ILCA 6, ILCA 7, and 470 classes last week, with Great...
Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix Event 8 2026 Season
SailGP's Los Gallos Keep The Streak
The Spaniards of SailGP, victorious in Plymouth, England, are the team to beat as the season continues into its final stretch...
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Merlin’s Marblehead Mastery
Its many years as a cohesive crew put Charlie Garrard's J/105 Wizard to the top of the class in Marblehead, and earn them the...

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Olympic Hopefuls Get their LA Recon
Location is the watchword as Olympic dinghy sailors take on July Races in San Pedro OCR Series and prepare in the future in v...
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Powering the HyperSail
The engineers of the Ferrari HyperSail project detail how they intead to power the massive foiler.
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GL70s To Assemble for the Ambassador Cup
What makes the Ambassador Cup unique is that it was never originally intended to become a regatta.
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Los Gallos Win in Hectic Halifax Return
With the full fleet in attendance, SailGP tried a new split-fleet format with the Spaniards of Los Gallos finally denying the...
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Sail On Charlie Dalin
The greatest solo sailor of a generation finally succumbs to his cancer, but the Frenchman respected by all will forever be remembered...
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Glory in Their Olympic Stories
A night of storytelling by Olympic medalists of the past reveals a few common themes. Gary Jobson shares those that standout.
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Heaton's Emperia Wins Overall in Chicago
The 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in Chicago challenged teams as usual, with stiff early-season competition and conditions...
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Charlotte Rose Climbs to the Top at Hyeres
American ILCA 6 powerhouse Charlotte Rose sealed her top ranking in Hyeres, but LA looms large, as does her focus.
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Shades Made By Sailors For Sailors
A new sunglass brand made by sailors or sailors delivers durable frames, but the magic is in the lens.

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