When the asymmetrical spinnaker was first introduced decades ago, it quickly became apparent that boats with different “poles” sailing together had to play the game a bit differently. Because boats with traditional symmetrical spinnakers can run deeply downwind, and sprit…
View fullsize Left picture courtesy John A Lever and 420 picture courtesy Canadian Forces Sailing Association. Junior sailing programs overflow with kids, but after they graduate the sport loses many. I think the problem is that too many sailing programs…
View fullsize Telephoto camera lenses can play tricks with our eyes and make boats and marks appear closer to each other than they really are. Here is such a compressed photo of two boats rounding a windward mark in close…
View fullsize The Hanse 575 SEASIDE (GER 36) made it to the start of the leg from Panama to the Galapagos with her new Code Zero as shown above. “It flies well and brings good speed,” said Torsten Jonas. After…
View fullsize During the winter of 2018, UK Sailmakers Ireland, in conjunction with Pat Considine of UK Sailmakers Chicago, carried out a Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) test cycle to determine the effectiveness of jib inhauling to a sheeting angle of…