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UK SAILMAKERS SAILS DOMINATE IN TEXAS

View fullsize Kevin Dirksmeyer photo Congratulations to Doug Weakly and Ken Horn for winning big at last weekend’s Surfings’ Safari Regatta at Corpus Christi Yacht Club. Weakly dominated the 13-boat J/22 fleet by nine points after six races. Weakly sailed…

RULE 18.3 EXPLAINED

Most protests between sailboats on the racecourse come from situations where boats are going around marks, which is Rule 18. Rule 18.3 (mark room when a boat tacks in the zone) was written to reduce congestion at the windward mark.…

THE MEXICAN — KIWI STYLE

View fullsize On April 9, UK Sailmakers on our website posted an instructional How-To article about how to execute a Mexican spinnaker takedown. Click HERE. As an aside at the end of that article, we recounted the popular lore that…