Soft Opening For Chicago’s Big Regatta
The breeze was light and the racing was tight on the kickoff of the 2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Chicago.
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The breeze was light and the racing was tight on the kickoff of the 2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Chicago.
Select images from the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series weekend event in Chicago, Illinois.
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What wads American Magic been up to before shipping off to Barcelona? We asked skipper Terry Hutchinson at our Speaker Series at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis.
Could there possibly be a better block? We check in Harken engineer Matt Schmidt and Harken test pilot Ravi Parent to hear what makes the Harken Zircon Block range an efficient thing of beauty.
The big regatta to kick off the Chicago summer racing season gets underway this week with a few new twists to the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series lineup.
With the hard and fast double points of The Ocean Race’s transatlantic Leg 5 going to 11th Hour Racing, the final stages lie ahead.
Young professional boat captain Cole Brauer is taking calculated steps toward an shorthanded ocean racing campaign.
Embracing popular fleets at each location, the Regatta Series features many different boat types: dinghies, multihulls, and keelboats that race under established handicap systems.
The Class 40 is the most popular ocean-racing class for doublehanded teams and also an experimental hive for the latest bluewater performance designs.
In saling, and especially offshore sailing, there’s always the element of risk versus reward to layer onto one’s strategic and tactical decisions. Mark Chisnell explores one notable case and its outcome.
Kaneohe Yacht Club and its sailing coach have found a different way to keep the stoke in the kids to keep them in the sport.
American and international sailing Hall of Famer passes away at 93 as the greatest and most respected sailor of a generation.
One of the longest serving and most influential college sailing’s coaches has hung up his whistle, but thousands of sailors today carry forth his influence.
More yacht and sailing clubs are now offering adult team racing programs and its working to get more younger members back to the house.
For these Olympic hopefuls the path to the podium got a few more obstacles, but they press onward.
Late spring days offer some of the best sailing on Lake Michigan. Sailors with the most success will pay attention to the thermal shifts and look for the benefits of those lake breezes. Quantum Chicago’s Todd Basch breaks it down for the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Chicago.
Skipper Tom Slingsby and his squad do it again in San Fran, nailing the season title with precision sailing when it counts.
It was a high-stress finale for the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis. But these winners kept their cool.
The wind was light, the current strong and big changes on the scoreboard resulted. Here’s how the second day of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Annapolis played out.
A sketchy wind forecast turned to a brilliant day of racing on the first day of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis. And there was some current, too. Plenty of it. Here’s how it all went down on Day 1.
When the tactician has his or head in the game it’s essential to have someone “paint the picture” of what’s happening up the course and nearby.
Take the header to the pressure? When it’s light, you betcha, says Mike Ingham in his latest Sailboat Racing Tip.
With Olympic Test Event berths on the line, the US Sailing Team squad put up a notable performance in Hyeres.
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