FirstBeat Archives

End of the fully-crewed offshore race?

July 12th, 2026

Double-handed racing is booming but as technology replaces people, who will train the next generation of offshore sailors? Offshore coach

July 9th, 2026

The bowline, is it losing its grip? The knot is tied to the past, but is it now past its

June 22nd, 2026

Why true wind angle is the core offshore reference, and when apparent wind still matters and why. Report by Yacht

June 10th, 2026

How routing software turned offshore racing into a different game. Report by Yacht Racing Performance Coach Stuart Greenfield: It was

June 5th, 2026

Yacht Racing Performance Coach Stuart Greenfield provides the final part of a three part series about what’s happening to offshore

June 3rd, 2026

Yacht Racing Performance Coach Stuart Greenfield provides the second part of a three part series about what’s happening to offshore

June 1st, 2026

Yacht Racing Performance Coach Stuart Greenfield launches into the first part of a three part series about what’s happening to

May 20th, 2026

by Stuart Greenfield, Yacht Racing Performance Coach Offshore racing punishes crews who try to sail a stable inshore game in

May 13th, 2026

by Stuart Greenfield, Yacht Racing Performance Coach I have been involved in yacht racing, one way or another, since 1974,

April 28th, 2026

Before modern yacht design embraced non-overlapping headsails, a quiver of different sized sails was needed to cover the wind range.