When sailing dead downwind in heavy air on a boat with a symmetrical spinnaker, control of the boat eventually will become a ...

In dinghies especially, it is tempting to add leeward heel upwind, or windward heel downwind. This not only gives you more feel but makes you feel like you are sailing in more wind because of the ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. A maritime events expert has sounded the warning, saying the global Sail Grand Prix series will have to farewell the Harbour City if the port is ...

After a short reach to Mark 2, the fleet settled into the downwind leg which was tricky to read given some of the pressure fluctuations across the course. Jenny, Steve and Mark Aldridge (Grafham) ...

In this race, Sayer is sailing aboard Alan Paris' J99 Learning to Fly from New ... With a steady easterly breeze of 5-10 knots, crews hoisted their asymmetrical or downwind sails and powered across ...

In the presence of a select group of industry journalists, invited to Cape Town for this special occasion, Southern Wind officially presented its new flagship, the SW123, the largest yacht built to ...

One such burst took place when Doyle Sails introduced its new Structured Luff Downwind sail at the Sorrento IMA Maxi European Championship in May. Hap Fauth’s former Maxi 72 Bella Mente won the event ...

And to prove the point we were lucky enough to be joined by Coté Poncell the Chilean Paris 2024 Olympian who demonstrated that downwind sailing in 8-10 knots is full on aerobic exercise. The coaches ...

The vessel has officially set sail from Hull, UK on a voyage to Canada via Bilbao, Spain, GT Wings said in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday. GT Wings claims the wind propulsion system can offer bunker fuel ...

Nevertheless, recalibrating sailing routes, port operations, and capacity will take us well into the year. Meanwhile, import tariffs and potential US actions to curb Chinese hegemony in shipbuilding ...

“We had a great day. We did 18 knots downwind in the last race. We’re the smallest boat in the fleet and we were overtaking bigger boats,” Ingram surmised. “When we started sailing the Super 30s two ...