Finding Your Groove In Building Pressure

Distance sailboat racing is a growing part of the sport. Offering new and different challenges, distance races around the world have attracted sailors with various degrees of offshore experience...

What do we look for in headstay sag to optimize jib trim for a variety of light-air conditions? One Design expert Tim Healy explains.

1. The boat at top has a tighter headstay, which gives the jib a finer entry, less power and less drag.
2. The boat below has a sagged headstay, which gives the jib more depth and power...

The Fastnet is one of sailing’s most iconic and challenging races. This year’s edition attracted the biggest fleet to date as 388 yachts set sail on what would prove a record-breaking event as the battle for line honours went right down to the wire....

Since its glitzy launch last autumn next to London’s Tower Bridge, SailGP has burst on to the scene at an adrenalin-rushing pace. Even for us lifelong sailors gazing slack-jawed at the action from the Cowes shore, the sight of Tom Slingsby steering Team Australia across the finish line at just over 50 knots was breathtaking. Andy Rice interviewed a number of the key players after a big day out on the Solent for the foiling F50 catamarans...

Andy Rice spoke to David Askew (right) just after he and his brother, Peter, won the Rolex Fastnet Race with their VO70 Wizard. It's the latest in a growing list of major offshore victories, which must make the Askews about the most successful offshore racers of the moment...

The GC32 World Championships sees the fastest, flying cats foiling for honours in Lagos, Portugal. The Worlds attracted the best sailing talent from Olympic royalty to America’s Cup winners. Sir Ben Ainslie leads INEOS Rebels UK, while Team New Zealand’s Glenn Ashby is a late addition to the squad of defending champions Team Tilt....

In July 2018, just two days after her 25th birthday Nikki Henderson became the youngest skipper ever to complete an around the world race when she finished second in the 2017/18 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. According to Nikki, good leadership is not about barking orders, it’s about fostering an atmosphere of shared responsibility and finding out what really motivates the individuals on your team....