March 8th, 2013
TESTING, TESTING, TESTING The 44th edition of the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre for Olympic classes (Mar 30-Apr 6), the first European event of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, has been chosen by ISAF to test the racing format to be used at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The format follows the successes and failures from
March 8th, 2013
STEPPING UP YOUR GAME WITH FITNESS There are about a million different factors that go into making awesome, unbeatable sailors. These factors include both controllable and somewhat uncontrollable variables. For instance, while the next guy on the starting line might have a magical hole and an incredible God-given talent for keeping his position on the
March 8th, 2013
WHAT’S NEW FOR THE ORR RULE IN 2013 The Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) was first used in the 2006 race season, and is now the prominent rule for distance racing throughout North America. Events such as the Newport Beach to Cabo San Lucas Race, Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, and the Marion to Bermuda
March 8th, 2013
FOIL FOCUSED Behind the scenes at Oracle Team USA, Joseph Ozanne crunches numbers using mind-numbing equations all in the name of a faster time around the racecourse for his team’s AC72. Ozanne is the team’s wing design leader and is also responsible for the performance prediction functions. Much of his work in the current campaign
March 8th, 2013
“IT WAS MAGIC. I DON’T KNOW WHY” By Kimball Livingston, Blue Planet Times – Once upon a time ocean racing was going gangbusters. Every new boat seemed important, and the new boats kept on coming. In the 1970s, the racing yacht Imp was born in a sketch on a napkin at the bar at The
March 5th, 2013
Two-time Kiteboarding Course Racing World Champion Johnny Heineken was honored last week at St. Francis Yacht Club as the US
February 27th, 2013
As teams ramped up for the 33rd St Maarten Heineken Regatta on Mar 1-3, they were entertained this past Tuesday
February 27th, 2013
At an emotional ceremony Tuesday at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, Johnny Heineken (Larkspur, Calif.) and Jennifer
February 21st, 2013
When Charlie McKee, 50, took the job as the High Performance Director of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider,
February 20th, 2013
When the ISAF Sailing World Cup came to Miami (Jan 28-Feb 2), it was the beginning of a journey for
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