How is that some of us sail and race all our lives, yet the results barely change throughout our racing careers? While others can breeze into the sport and learn the ropes so quickly? In just five years, Tom Kneen has gone from absolute beginner in offshore racing to potential Fastnet winner. We spoke to the owner of JPK 11.80 Sunrise to find out what makes Tom tick....
While keen offshore racer and owner of JPK 11.80 Sunrise Tom Kneen is prepared to spend what it takes to be competitive, he can still remember what it’s like to spend against a tight budget. Asked what his priority sails would be with a tighter Fastnet budget, he says you absolutely need a J2. But then there's the.... and the....
In Olympic circles nobody talks about having a bad day, writes Ben Remocker. The cliched quote most often heard in post racing interviews is about lessons learned. Unless the lesson can be explained, don’t believe it, despite how often the phrase is repeated...
This month on the World Sailing Show thebrand new SailGP tour heads to the BigApple. Lake Geneva throws up a storm of arace and Tokyo is calling in Marseille. The world’s toughest keelboat racing circuit, the 2019 52 Super Series tour, kicks off in Menorca.
IN BRIEF Learning to fly a foiling monohull that will travel at multihull speeds yet with no keel is to master a balancing act that has never been tried in sailing. But as the 36th America’s Cup draws closer, teams need to learn how to fly on two foils in preparation for the launch of their 75ft Cup boats...
North Sails Tim Healy shares some tips on maximizing crew technique in flat water marginal planing conditions, when you're not quite sure which mode to sail in. Head up for pace? Or soak for shorter distance?
The first edition of FINNFARE in 2019 has been published with the amazing photo of Giles Scott bursting through a wave on the final reach during the medal race in Palma, brilliantly caught by Junichi Hirai of Bulkhead Magazine. There's a deep analysis of hiking styles and did you know that, 'when you are sailing close to the boat in front of you, you are enjoying a current of 2 knots with you?' Neither did we!
IN BRIEF It has taken two years to create and has required absolute secrecy throughout. As Thomas Coville’s new 32m trimaran was rolled out into the open we got to see why his team had been so tight-lipped about their new beast of a boat...
Stu Bithell is looking to win a 49er Olympic medal to go with the 470 silver he won at London 2012, and he's also spending time on Slough Industrial Estate, learning how to sail at 45 knots....
Things have been mighty quiet with the America's Cup since Bermuda 2017. It's almost exactly the halfway point between the last Cup and the next edition in Auckland 2021, so where are things up to? With the teams staying mostly tight lipped about progress, Andy Rice turns to Jack Griffin, self-professed geek about all things related to the Cup. Who are the latest challengers to join the circus, and do they stand a a cat-in-hell's chance of taking on the big boys, what Jack refers to as the 'Super Teams'?
IN BRIEF We’re all about speed this month. From Tom Slingsby’s guided tour of his teams’ F50, to the drama that proceeded another record-breaking run around the Caribbean 600.
