growing the sport Archives

Planning for the Future

October 16th, 2016

This year, the US J/22 Class Association awarded its first annual scholarship boat to Patrick Shanahan of the Brown University

October 13th, 2016

Sailing is expensive and exclusionary. Access is limited and difficult. How do you even get started? Blah, blah, blah. Australia’s

October 10th, 2016

Andy Schwenk, owner of Northwest Rigging, provided this entertaining narrative in the September issue of 48° North, the very popular

October 5th, 2016

by Jim Taylor, Jim Taylor Yacht Designs It is my experience that sailing succeeds when the social aspects of the

October 4th, 2016

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Whenever someone is looking to get involved in racing but is unsure of what boat to

September 18th, 2016

by Joe Cooper, WindCheck magazine When I started coaching the high school sailing team at The Prout School in Wakefield,

September 13th, 2016

Whenever local one design or handicap racing fleets flourish, it’s generally due to the work of the people who most

September 12th, 2016

TP52 class manager Rob Weiland looks beyond his class rules and comments in the October issue of Seahorse magazine how

September 6th, 2016

Ian Walker, whose pockets are filled with two Olympic silver medals and a Volvo Ocean Race win as skipper of

September 1st, 2016

When the J/70 class was launched in 2012, it was discussed whether the rules should include limitations on professional sailors.