Plockton Small Boat Sailing Club started their season on Saturday June 21 when the Plockton Hotel Stakes were held. Five ...

In total contrast to the previous Sunday, there was very little wind to greet the seven competitors for the Welland Paddle Trophy at Welland Yacht Club. With that in mind, a short course was set for ...

The ISO Class Association held their National Championships at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club on 7th and 8th June preceded by a training day on Friday 6th June.

U.S. Singlehanded Championship launched into a new era, literally, by featuring the WASZP, a high-speed, foiling dinghy for ...

Members of the St Edmundsbury Sailing & Canoeing Association enjoyed spectacular conditions for their 12th Antigua Sailing ...

To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off ...

Laser Sail for Future Alpha Centauri Mission Now Costs $25 Million, Not $200 Billion. June 3, 2025 by Brian Wang. Laser pushed sails—ultrathin need reflective structures that are square meters but ...

Doodling on a yellow legal pad in 1969, Bruce Kirby, who has died aged 92, designed one of the most beloved sailing boats in history, a low-slung fibreglass dinghy that became known as the Laser.

She won her first Laser regatta – the Leiter Cup – racing in the ICLA 4.7 on the Bay in July 2019. “That was a turning point for me into competitive Laser sailing,” Thompson said.

This post was updated April 14 at 2:45 p.m. Researchers from UCLA and the University of Pennsylvania designed a sail that could one day be used to travel to another star system.