Switching to Multihulls: When Two Become One
The speed-and-thrill divide between mono and multi has narrowed, making for an easier leap from one to the other.
The speed-and-thrill divide between mono and multi has narrowed, making for an easier leap from one to the other.
Strategy: There’s a lot going on in the final minutes of the pre-start, and a keen eye to what’s happening up the course and with your own sails can help you recognize, and react to, a last-minute shift.
Let your adrenaline pump as you count down to the next tiny Armageddon—as long as you’re prepared you should stay upright.
Spanish photographer Jesús Renedo captured March’s Photo of the Month out of his home base in Palma where Olympic hopefuls were training in big breeze and waves for the ISAF Sailing World Cup.
Trying to squeeze inside a right-of-way boat that’s botched their mark rounding can be tricky. A new mark-room rule makes it even riskier.
The oft-heard question for the skipper is “Can we cross?” With a hand-bearing compass and some quick math, you can provide a confident answer.
Winner’s Debrief: For Helmut and Evan Jahn’s Flash Gordon team, a decade of hard work resulted in a win at the 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championships.
If you have a good routine, you can always be prepared for the worst-case scenario at regattas. Well, almost always.
At the upper levels of team racing, many sail according to the same “playbook.” In the end it all comes down to which team can execute the play the quickest. Here are some moves to help you execute and get your team across the finish line in a winning combination.
We catch up with Tim Wright, the photographer behind February’s Photo of the Month. The intrepid liveaboard photographer took this shot—which our associate art director best described as “gnarly”—of the Class 40 Voiles 44 during the RORC Caribbean 600.
The tactical brainpower behind Mauricio Santa Cruz’s four-time J/24 world championship winning Bruschetta shares his big-fleet management tips.
North Sails’ Chuck Allen shares tips on how to get the right angles when capturing your onboard sail-trim photos.
The speed-and-thrill divide between mono and multi has narrowed, making for an easier leap from one to the other.
Strategy: There’s a lot going on in the final minutes of the pre-start, and a keen eye to what’s happening up the course and with your own sails can help you recognize, and react to, a last-minute shift.
Let your adrenaline pump as you count down to the next tiny Armageddon—as long as you’re prepared you should stay upright.
Spanish photographer Jesús Renedo captured March’s Photo of the Month out of his home base in Palma where Olympic hopefuls were training in big breeze and waves for the ISAF Sailing World Cup.
Trying to squeeze inside a right-of-way boat that’s botched their mark rounding can be tricky. A new mark-room rule makes it even riskier.
The oft-heard question for the skipper is “Can we cross?” With a hand-bearing compass and some quick math, you can provide a confident answer.
Winner’s Debrief: For Helmut and Evan Jahn’s Flash Gordon team, a decade of hard work resulted in a win at the 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championships.
If you have a good routine, you can always be prepared for the worst-case scenario at regattas. Well, almost always.
At the upper levels of team racing, many sail according to the same “playbook.” In the end it all comes down to which team can execute the play the quickest. Here are some moves to help you execute and get your team across the finish line in a winning combination.
We catch up with Tim Wright, the photographer behind February’s Photo of the Month. The intrepid liveaboard photographer took this shot—which our associate art director best described as “gnarly”—of the Class 40 Voiles 44 during the RORC Caribbean 600.
The tactical brainpower behind Mauricio Santa Cruz’s four-time J/24 world championship winning Bruschetta shares his big-fleet management tips.
North Sails’ Chuck Allen shares tips on how to get the right angles when capturing your onboard sail-trim photos.
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