VIDEO RULES QUESTION
This video was shot by Sailing World at the 2015 NOOD Regatta and shows an incident at a windward mark involving two Beneteau First 40.7s. One boat is yelling, “No Room! Don’t go in there!” and the other boat is…
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Damian Emery’s J/105 ECLIPSE in the windy around the island distance race during Block Island Race Week
View fullsize Damian Emery’s J/105 ECLIPSE in the windy around the island distance race during Block Island Race Week Shown above is Damian Emery’s J/105 ECLIPSE in the windy Around the Island distance race during Block Island Race Week. Emery…
UK POWERS FIRST ZERO EMISSIONS YACHT
Arcona Yachts of Sweden, Oceanvolt Electric Engines of Finland, and UK Sailmakers have teamed up to create the first zero emissions cruising sailboat: the Arcona 380Z, where the “Z” stands for zero emissions. Their combined efforts won Best-In-Show at the…
UNI-TITANIUM UPDATE
Another impressive result came recently at the 2014 ORC World Championship, where Heinz-Peter Schmidt’s GP 42 NEO SILVA team earned a Bronze medal in the hard fought Class A. Schmidt and his crew had high praise for their Uni-TITANIUM sails…
SUCCESSFUL CREW OVERBOARD RECOVERIES REQUIRE PRACTICE, PRACTICE, AND PRACTICE
Lessons learned by Adam Loory, General Manager, UK Sailmakers International For more than 10 years I have been teaching sailors about how to rescue a man overboard. It was not until this spring, however, that I was actually on a…