View fullsize Geoff Bishop’s King 40 CHECKMATE sailing wing-on-wing with her No. 4 genoa and reefed main. Photos by Lindsay Preece, Ironbark Photos. Racing is just starting up again in Australia. The season opener for Ocean Racing WA was a…
Rodin Luka’s Platu 25 BLACK SEA PIRATES. ODESSA, Ukraine, Sept 24-27. The Ukrainian National Championship for the Platu 25 one-design class drew 21 boats to the Odessa Racing Yacht Club on the Black Sea. Ten races were sailed. The first…
The L30 One-Design is the lead contender to be the boat used in the 2024 Olympics for mixed offshore doublehanded event. Kassian Jürgens photo: www.segel-fotos.com
View fullsize The owner of this brand new Berckemeyer Yachts 53 express cruiser wanted both: a deck saloon yacht as well as speed. Although hard to combine, his wish was granted: This boat’s towering rig with a square top main…
View fullsize SOULMATES shortly after the start of the 2020 Vineyard Race. Photoboat.com photo. As told by Gerard Girstl Over the years, my racing experience has largely been on fully crewed offshore boats where I’ve been fortunate to do a…