
How World Sailing’s Classification Database Defines Professional Sailors and Amateurs
The State of Classification

The State of Classification

The boats are (essentially) the same, the sails identical, and the boatspeed differences at the front of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet are now close

Ripping around and through the Caribbean islands at 30 knots sounds like fun and it is.

From set up to flying, to storing, follow these basic steps of sail inventory care

Ed Schneider is a lifer in Taycheedah, Wisconsin. His playground is Lake Winnebago, and not only during the summer when the lake is nice and

Pulling at the Purse Strings

The SuperFoiler makes for great entertainment, and if you think the racing is crazy fast and close now, just wait for season 2.

The 300-mile challenge is much more than a race, it’s an escape

Tacking in the zone, keeping clear, and penalty turns remain the most basic of rules regularly broken.

Sailing at its most extreme tests the limits of everyone and everything.

A sprint to start the Havana race becomes a sprint to the island itself.

With or without Paralympic status, being on the water is the point.

The State of Classification

The boats are (essentially) the same, the sails identical, and the boatspeed differences at the front of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet are now close

Ripping around and through the Caribbean islands at 30 knots sounds like fun and it is.

From set up to flying, to storing, follow these basic steps of sail inventory care

Ed Schneider is a lifer in Taycheedah, Wisconsin. His playground is Lake Winnebago, and not only during the summer when the lake is nice and

Pulling at the Purse Strings

The SuperFoiler makes for great entertainment, and if you think the racing is crazy fast and close now, just wait for season 2.

The 300-mile challenge is much more than a race, it’s an escape

Tacking in the zone, keeping clear, and penalty turns remain the most basic of rules regularly broken.

Sailing at its most extreme tests the limits of everyone and everything.

A sprint to start the Havana race becomes a sprint to the island itself.

With or without Paralympic status, being on the water is the point.
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