Congratulations to Nico Cortlever who won the Maxi Class 2 at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta sailing is X-612 NIX powered by nine-year-old UK sails. NIX scored three firsts and a second in a class of 60-footers. NIX’s UK Spectra/Carbon…
View fullsize We’ve all been there, a tug, tanker, ferry or some ship trying to cross our “proper course” while we’re racing. The overwhelming perception is that sailing vessels have right of way over power vessels. As seen in this…
Ocean Racers’ Pogo 12.5 HERMES racing at the St. Marten Heineken Cup. Laurens Morel The Pogo 12.5 HERMES is a performance sailboat used for teaching offshore racing and ocean passagemaking. Ocean Racers is an international sailing team that provides a…
View fullsize UK Sailmakers-powered boats won both IRC classes 1 and 2 and finished first overall in IRC in the 170-mile Bunbury and Return Ocean Race on Australia’s southwest coast. The race starts in the Indian Ocean off Fremantle, Western…
View fullsize Andrew Berdon pushing his Marten 49 SUMMER STORM through the Caribbean’s azure waters to second place in IRC 1 in the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600. Congratulations to the crew of the Marten 49 SUMMER STORM for finishing second…