It’s looking like a windy Brass Monkey is in store for this Saturday’s event at Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club. The third event of the GJW Direct Sailjuice Winter Series hit its entry limit a couple of weeks ago, so 100 boats are set for a breezy battle around one of Great Britain’s most beautiful sailing venues.
Setting up your own DN ice yacht can be technically very challenging. So what gear do you need and how do you use it? Winner of more DN ice yachting world championships than anyone else, Karol Jablonski gives this beginner's guide to high-speed ice racing...
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Karol Jablonski is best known to the sailing world as one of the world's great match racers and an America's Cup skipper in 2007. However in the ice yachting world he's even more of a legend, winning the DN Ice Yachting World Championships multiple times. So who better to ask about how to get involved in ice yacht racing?
Karol Jablonski talks about combining a career in professional sailing and amateur - but still very serious - DN ice yachting. Whether he's going 4 knots or 74 knots, the Polish athlete has proven incredibly successful, winning world championships in both disciplines...
Alex Agosta caught up with Robert Stanjek, 2014 Star World Champion and 10th at the Star Sailors League (SSL) Finals 2014 in Bermuda. Interesting to note Stanjek's observations on how much physicality the Finn sailors like Giles Scott brought to the downwind sailing.