Why Racing Makes You a Better Sailor
A spinnaker run into Opua and a winter series in Gibraltar proved local regattas are the fastest route into any sailing community.
A spinnaker run into Opua and a winter series in Gibraltar proved local regattas are the fastest route into any sailing community.
Average over peak speed and 40-minute naps: what clean sailing looks like across 4,466 solo miles from Cadiz to the Bahamas.
The ARC founder’s High Latitude Challenge links the Antarctic Peninsula to the Northwest Passage in a 24,250-mile rolling event.
From foul-weather gear off Virginia to barefoot in Antigua, a meridian passage makes distance something you can actually touch.
From a headstay failure near Newport to a tangled halyard at dusk, offshore racing delivers its education without apology.
After 40 years tracking global yacht movements, Cornell names the six factors that decide whether a world voyage succeeds.
The ARC Europe fleet has begun arriving in Faial after an 1,800-nautical-mile passage from Bermuda marked by light air, three gales and at least one mid-ocean fuel transfer.
Lin Pardey has logged 240,000 miles on Seraffyn and Taleisin, but it took a Queensland marina to remind her what waiting does.
John Kretschmer has repowered, relaminated and rebuilt his Kaufman 47 Quetzal across 200,000 miles. Aristotle has his answer.
Mark Richards grew up racing dinghies on Pittwater and still anchors there on a 70-year old trawler he lovingly converted into a comfy coastal cruiser.
From SSB radio in 1986 to Starlink on a Lagoon 52F, the ARC fleet now reflects every shade of the cruising tech debate.
From Virginia to Antigua on an Allures 45.9, Jill Gallin traded impostor syndrome for sea legs 750 miles offshore.
A spinnaker run into Opua and a winter series in Gibraltar proved local regattas are the fastest route into any sailing community.
Average over peak speed and 40-minute naps: what clean sailing looks like across 4,466 solo miles from Cadiz to the Bahamas.
The ARC founder’s High Latitude Challenge links the Antarctic Peninsula to the Northwest Passage in a 24,250-mile rolling event.
From foul-weather gear off Virginia to barefoot in Antigua, a meridian passage makes distance something you can actually touch.
From a headstay failure near Newport to a tangled halyard at dusk, offshore racing delivers its education without apology.
After 40 years tracking global yacht movements, Cornell names the six factors that decide whether a world voyage succeeds.
The ARC Europe fleet has begun arriving in Faial after an 1,800-nautical-mile passage from Bermuda marked by light air, three gales and at least one mid-ocean fuel transfer.
Lin Pardey has logged 240,000 miles on Seraffyn and Taleisin, but it took a Queensland marina to remind her what waiting does.
John Kretschmer has repowered, relaminated and rebuilt his Kaufman 47 Quetzal across 200,000 miles. Aristotle has his answer.
Mark Richards grew up racing dinghies on Pittwater and still anchors there on a 70-year old trawler he lovingly converted into a comfy coastal cruiser.
From SSB radio in 1986 to Starlink on a Lagoon 52F, the ARC fleet now reflects every shade of the cruising tech debate.
From Virginia to Antigua on an Allures 45.9, Jill Gallin traded impostor syndrome for sea legs 750 miles offshore.
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