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NINE BULLETS AT CHARLESTON RACE WEEK

View fullsize Ken Horne’s J/105 FINAL FINAL scored nine firsts at Charleston Race Week in 2021. His Charleston Race Week scoreline was a picket fence: nine firsts. Texas J/105 sailor Ken Horne finished the regatta “a leg ahead” of the…

FLYING INTO THE NEW SEASON

View fullsize Andrew and Linda Weiss’s Fast 40+ CHRISTOPHER DRAGON hit speeds up to 24 knots flying out of Newport Harbor last summer in the 2020 Ida Lewis Distance Race. Her main is the latest generation Titanium construction. photoboat.com image.

DOUSING SOCK DRAMATIC STORY

View fullsize Modern furling systems have come a long way in handling spinnakers and Code Zeros. But the humble dousing sock is still a very reliable and cost-effective way for shorthanded sailors to set and douse spinnakers. Five-time winner of…

THE POWER OF SEEING

BSG Development’s Sailcom program offers the power of seeing new sail flying on a boat before the first inch of is material cut. The program models proposed sails in crystal clear 3D graphics that can be rotated in 360°. This…