Racing
Spinnaker Handling in Heavy Air: When to Keep Flying and When to Drop
The right time to take the kite down is two minutes before you think you should. The wrong time is three minutes after.
Racing
What the New RORC Transatlantic Record Tells Us About Modern Multihulls
A new course record on the RORC Transatlantic isn't just about big numbers. It's about what stability margins look like when the boats keep getting faster.
Racing
Antigua Sailing Week 2026: A Different Ocean on Day 2
The breeze went north and the swell stacked up. Crews who stopped checking GRIBs and started looking out the windows had the better day.
Racing
Pacific Northwest Offshore at 50, and Why California Offshore Race Week Is Worth Your Spring
The PNW Offshore Race turns 50 this year, and California Offshore Race Week's back-to-back format is the best three-week schedule in West Coast offshore. Here's how to crew up.
Racing
The Ocean Race Atlantic 2026: NY to Barcelona, Two-Stop, and the IMOCAs Are the Story
A short-format Atlantic crossing in IMOCA 60s is the bridge between the Vendée and the next round-the-world. Here's the route, the boats, and why this race actually matters.
Racing
Slingsby's Roos Are Running Away With SailGP — Bermuda Is Where Anyone Can Stop Them
After winning Rio, the BONDS Flying Roos sit on 35 points after four events. Bermuda's narrow Great Sound has flipped the script before — here's what to watch May 9–10.
Racing
Ocean Race Atlantic 2026: DMG MORI Adds Lunven and Davies as the Boat Build Hits the Water
The Ocean Race Atlantic - the first point-to-point race in The Ocean Race's 50-year history - starts September 1 in New York and finishes in Lorient.
Racing
SailGP Heading to Bermuda: Australia in Front, the Field's Margins Tightening
The 2026 SailGP season has reset its leaderboard twice in the last two months, and the Rio result tightened the field rather than spread it. Tom Slingsby'
Racing
Charleston Race Week 2026: Cape 31s and J/80s Take the First ORC Sportboat North Americans
Charleston Race Week wrapped April 19, and the inaugural ORC Sportboat North American Championship is in the books. Two boats came out of Patriots Point with new champion
Weather & Routing
High-Latitude Routing: What the Vendée Arctique Fleet Will Teach You
The Vendée Arctique routing problem scales straight down to anyone planning an Iceland or Greenland passage this summer.
Racing
RORC Transatlantic 2026: What to Get Right Before the Lanzarote Start
Three thousand miles is a different problem than the ARC. Here’s the prep work that separates finishers from retirements.
Racing
Antigua Sailing Week 2026: What’s Working at the Halfway Mark
Halfway through the 57th Antigua Sailing Week, the four-day destination format is delivering on its rebrand promise — longer legs, real tactical breeze, and standings still wide open.