View fullsize UK Sailmakers’ Lazy Cradle is a combination of a sail cover and lazy jacks. It simplifies sailhandling; just lower the halyard letting the sail settle between the lazy jacks into the cover. Once the sail is completely lowered,…
In the right conditions, a spinnaker staysail will increase your speed up to three quarters of a knot, without changing your rating one bit. Staysails are free sail area. The spinnaker staysail, also called the Dazy Staysail, is a tall,…
Videographer Warner Nickerson got these terrific drone shots of a J/111 doing some testing with her Large Roach Headsail. A Large Roach Headsail (LRH), or “Tweener,” is defined as having a mid-girth between 50-75% of the foot length. There have…
By Adam LooryGeneral Manager of UK Sailmakers International In mid November, I got to enjoy the warm fall day with a late season daysail on New York’s Long Island Sound. While the code zero is a weapon on the race…
View fullsize View fullsize The goal of Switzerland-based Ocean Youth Sailing is to teach kids and young adults about the environment and sailing on the ocean. Their two-hulled floating classroom/dormitory was built by students who learned the arts of composite…