Take a Green Lesson From the Opti Class
The Optimist class has hit upon a few ways we can make every regatta more environmentally friendly.
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The Optimist class has hit upon a few ways we can make every regatta more environmentally friendly.
To Greg McCormick, racing means gearing up for a weekend on the ice.
“Not often does it come down to the last gybe as to whether or not you win a championship,” says Bora Gulari, whose New England Ropes team narrowly defeated Nathan Wilmot and Conor Clarke’s Embar team at this 38-boat affair on Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.Photos © 2011
Dave Perry, Taylor Canfield, and a field of top-flight match racers are squaring off near Chicago’s Navy Pier. Photos by Michael Lovett
The George O’Connell Fall Bay Regatta lets racers stretch the sailing season in the Lake Erie Islands.
Among the sailors competing at this 36-boat event on Lake Ontario is 15-year-old skipper Anna Huebschmann, who participated in the Next Step to Rolex clinic prior to the big show. Follow the regatta in our Finish Line forum.
In stormy conditions off Chicago’s Navy Pier, San Diego’s Bill Hardesty defeated New Zealand’s Laurie Jury in the finals. Photos by Isao Toyama/ Chicago Match Race Center. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.
At Bay Week in the Lake Erie Islands, the spinnakers are rainbow colored and Steve Perry wails late into the night.
This helmet-cam footage from aboard the J/109 Realt Na is pretty spooky. Follow the race in our Finish Line forum.
Nights like last are both the cause of, and cure for, my end-of-summer dread.
The four-day 420 clinic attracted some of the best youth sailors in the country.
Cleveland Race Week’s One-Design Weekend included racing for Tartan Tens and six other classes; the regatta’s second weekend hosts races for juniors, women, and handicap divisions. Photos by Michael Lovett For more about the event, click here.
The Optimist class has hit upon a few ways we can make every regatta more environmentally friendly.
To Greg McCormick, racing means gearing up for a weekend on the ice.
“Not often does it come down to the last gybe as to whether or not you win a championship,” says Bora Gulari, whose New England Ropes team narrowly defeated Nathan Wilmot and Conor Clarke’s Embar team at this 38-boat affair on Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.Photos © 2011
Dave Perry, Taylor Canfield, and a field of top-flight match racers are squaring off near Chicago’s Navy Pier. Photos by Michael Lovett
The George O’Connell Fall Bay Regatta lets racers stretch the sailing season in the Lake Erie Islands.
Among the sailors competing at this 36-boat event on Lake Ontario is 15-year-old skipper Anna Huebschmann, who participated in the Next Step to Rolex clinic prior to the big show. Follow the regatta in our Finish Line forum.
In stormy conditions off Chicago’s Navy Pier, San Diego’s Bill Hardesty defeated New Zealand’s Laurie Jury in the finals. Photos by Isao Toyama/ Chicago Match Race Center. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.
At Bay Week in the Lake Erie Islands, the spinnakers are rainbow colored and Steve Perry wails late into the night.
This helmet-cam footage from aboard the J/109 Realt Na is pretty spooky. Follow the race in our Finish Line forum.
Nights like last are both the cause of, and cure for, my end-of-summer dread.
The four-day 420 clinic attracted some of the best youth sailors in the country.
Cleveland Race Week’s One-Design Weekend included racing for Tartan Tens and six other classes; the regatta’s second weekend hosts races for juniors, women, and handicap divisions. Photos by Michael Lovett For more about the event, click here.
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