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ON-THE-WATER HOME COMING

View fullsize Jacksonville University leading a tight pack of J/109s in the 2019 Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta. Stephen R. Cloutier photo All of us at UK Sailmakers work to help grow the sport of sailing and sailboat racing. Here is a…

J/105 ONE-DESIGN DOMINANCE

Ken Horn’s J/105 FINAL FINAL dominated the 10-boat J/105 class at J-Fest Southwest sailed Oct. 26-28 out of Lake Wood Yacht Club on Galveston Bay. Horn’s team crushed the fleet by 10 points over the second place boat by scoring…

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM

Congrats to Joachim Isler and Drew Taylor for winning IRC Class 1 in the 673-mile Hong Kong to Vietnam Race, an epic downwind ride from Hong Kong to the Asian paradise of Nha Trang, Vietnam. AMBUSH won IRC Class 1…

BETTER ROLLER FURLING MAINSAILS

Cruising sailors with roller furling booms or roller furling masts who want their furling systems to be more reliable and easier to handle should replace their worn-out mainsails with a UK Sailmakers X-Drive sail. Compared to Dacron sails, X-Drive sails…