Marit Bouwmeester has defended her title at the Delta Lloyd Regatta, winning the Medal Race and taking the gold by a comfortable margin. Ireland’s Annalise Murphy capsized, but held on for silver, with Belgium’s Evi van Acker taking bronze....
Megan Pascoe is the ISAF-ranked World No.1 sailor in the 2.4mR singlehanded keelboat. So why is the British Paralympic sailor to be found competing in a SKUD doublehander with helmsman Will Street at Delta Lloyd Regatta?
Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders have been setting the pace in the breeze this week at Delta Lloyd Regatta. The young Kiwis seem to have the measure of the wind and the waves of the IJselmeer better than most.
Matt Wearn is one of the fastest Laser sailors in the world in 2015, not least at Delta Lloyd Regatta in the short, sharp chop of Medemblik in Holland. The extraordinary photo of Matt with the tiller extension up around his ear looks all wrong (although full marks for commitment to hiking!). But of course a photo doesn't mean much without context. So we asked Matt what he was up to, and why it seems to work...
Former 505 World Champion Howie Hamlin talks through a neat rigging trick that has stopped him breaking masts because he can 'set and forget' with this system...
GUNBOAT G4-01 Timbalero III finds the limit while racing on the final day of Les Voiles de St. Barth. Still early days for bringing foiling to the masses, but accidents like these are all part of the uneven learning curve of progress....
In part 2 of our video walk-thru of this amazingly innovative Merlin Rocket, Richard Parslow explains some of the kit that isn't immediately obvious, but could have a big effect on the boat's performance. The Wheel ForTune, for example....
In part 2 of Stevie Morrison's tips on boat tune, the Fireball and 49er World Champion looks at the question of whether a boat speed problem might be down to the boat or - heaven forbid - y-y-y-YOU!....
Jon Turner has designed and built some of the fastest Merlin Rockets, not to mention International 14s and many other dinghies besides. Here his crew Richard Parslow (himself a Fireball World Champion amongst many titles) walks us through some of the latest innovations on this beautiful Merlin Rocket. Even if you don't sail one of these boats, there are some great ideas here....