Top Laser/ ILCA masters competitor from Canada, Andy Roy, tells Mike Madge about the pleasure of racing the singlehanded dinghy...

Olympic coach Vaughn Harrison talks about the benefits of doing your Laser/ILCA training in tropical climes at the International Sailing Academy in Mexico

Quantum Detroit’s Wally Cross spends a lot of time racing and leading coaching clinics on the J/111. In his previous article “Three Modes Upwind,” Wally shared the details of upwind sailing. Here, Wally outlines the three modes that J/111s and similar boats should develop for their downwind sailing. 

Erika focuses on her body position, body movement, feet placement, and sheeting in light, medium, and heavy wind...

Asymmetric downwind sailing requires a radical rethink in the way we look at the downwind leg, says 49er champion and America’s Cup helmsman Chris Draper. The opportunities in asymmetrics for gains and losses are massive with the increased separation. Chris talks through his approach to making gains on the downwind leg....

If you can hike it, Steve Cockerill has probably sailed it. And he’s probably won in it too. His cabinet is stuffed with victories from a long and illustrious career in singlehanded dinghies, and a few doublehanders too. Steve has analysed what it takes to make a small boat go fast, and there are quite a few things that will surprise you, but then make immediate sense once you hear Steve explain it all...

Improve your technique and racing prowess with the four-time World Championship medallist's top tips for hiking sailors...

It's an absolutely critical skill any boat. Whether or not you sail a Laser/ ILCA dinghy, this is still a great source of tips for holding your lane...

Almost 40 years ago two Canadians, Terry Neilson & Andy Roy, finished first and second at the Laser World Championships in Sardinia. Here the two Laser legends talk to Sailjuice’s Mike Madge about the good old days, as well as the challenge of Masters competition in the Laser 40 years later....

Great weather returned to Enoshima for Sunday, with sunshine and moderate winds for the sailors to really stretch their legs and put some physicality back into their racing after the light-wind stress of the past two days.

Taking the odd 720 penalty, or a 360 for hitting a mark, is one of those inevitable evils that we’ll have to face up to in our sailing lives. To minimise the anguish of the moment when it does happen, it’s worth thinking through ways of taking our penalties in the most efficient manner...