Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News The growth of the J/70 has been impressive. From attracting 38 teams for its coming ...

It looked and suddenly felt like a very bad place to be. The ocean swells made the ship’s stern lift high into the air five ...

Learn to manoeuvre at slow speed, using sails and body weight. • Practice holding the boat on station in semi-stalled mode; (between close hauled and head to wind) using rudder and sails; maintaining ...

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PATTERNS CAN TAKE on many iterations but there are some tried and true classics that belong on any board: stripes, checks and polka dots. Whether your wearers want to channel retro vibes or modern ...

The shifty wind patterns, combined with the moderate sea state and significant ... The young Tassie boys from The Hutchins School bagged an onshore win and a new jib in the game of cornhole - one of ...

The harbour was open to all vessels at the time, they said, "and SailGP organisers had been notified of all ferry sailing channels within the harbour". The ferry slowed down for several SailGP ...

A sailor from Cornwall has suffered a major blow in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race when the mainsail on his boat "exploded". Sam Goodchild, 35, from Falmouth, was in fifth place in his ...

The sinews of a thousand ropes sing as sails wake from their slumber. Billowing into a canvas canopy, they pierce the horizon with a silhouette from another age. On the bridge, Captain Bruno ...

(Photo: Pixabay) A United States Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) study has found that more than 250 companies used location, demographics, browser history and shopping patterns to target ...

I have to admit I felt nervous, especially when we were instructed to sit on the edge of the vessel to operate either the sail (jib) or the rudder, and we shimmied on our backsides to get from one ...

The day followed a similar pattern for the home-town favourites who, as they did on day one, struggled in the starting box and were left chasing the leaders. While they were able to save some ...