View fullsize SOULMATES shortly after the start of the 2020 Vineyard Race. Photoboat.com photo. As told by Gerard Girstl Over the years, my racing experience has largely been on fully crewed offshore boats where I’ve been fortunate to do a…
Mike McLaughlin and Will Beery are a pair of Connecticut sailors who sailed with each other for years. Importantly, as you chat with them, you quickly learn that in addition to being shipmates…they’re pals. Mike grew up sailing with his…
Cruising spinnakers designed to fly off a sprit are larger than ones tacked to the bow. With spinnakers, bigger means faster. This video shows two people sailing an Acorna 345 fast downwind with a cruising spinnaker flown off the factory…
View fullsize Darren and Amanda Seltzer set out to sail around the world just when the world started to lock down its borders due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Instead of sailing their Amel Sharki 39-foot ketch PANDA through the…