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North Sails hosts Pro Sailor Summit in Minden, Nevada

February 2nd, 2015

Twenty-five of sailing’s key opinion leaders descended into Minden, Nevada for the first North Sails Pro Sailor Summit. The event

December 21st, 2014

While sailing south of Africa on an around-the-world voyage, Matteo Miceli was suddenly alerted to a massive iceberg in his

November 18th, 2014

The Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) is a unique entity in the world of sailing. It’s not a yacht club,

June 21st, 2014

Stephanie Kwolek, the DuPont Co. scientist whose research on polymers in the 1960s led to the creation of Kevlar, the

May 7th, 2014

The America’s Cup Mobile App has won an Emmy Award in the Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Event Coverage category.

May 7th, 2014

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt I am torn whether this announcement by SPOT LLC is good news, or whether it should

April 28th, 2014

Being in trouble at sea without a phone signal might no longer be an issue thanks to an Irish-designed case

February 27th, 2014

The Velocitek Shift is a magnetic based compass that excels in offering you an intuitive, easy way to visually see

February 23rd, 2014

The 19-foot Flying Scot was designed in 1957 by Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass who had already designed the Thistle and

January 7th, 2014

By Richard Hazelton, editor, 48° North In 1970, Alvin Toffler wrote a book called “Future Shock,” defining it as, “…the