Since the IMOCA60s were announced as being one of the two classes for the Ocean Race in 2022 there has been plenty of speculation about how a breed of boats designed to be sailed single handed would work when sailed by a full crew...
It was a belter of a leg. With a forecast for 30kts on the nose and wind against tide, the Gibraltar Strait provided a sharp focus for the leg from Cascais to Alicante.
Andy Rice catches up with two of the world's top 49er sailors. Joining us for an entertaining look back at some perfect skiff racing conditions are Ben Bildstein & Iago Marra...
Olympic coach and cat sailor extraordinaire, Hugh Styles, talks through the best way of taking your penalty turns in fast multihulls. Painful, but necessary medicine if you fall foul of a fellow competitor. “Most penalties seem to occur around the windward and leeward marks, and if you’re taking one half way up a beat, something must have gone badly wrong..."
It started off as a tour aboard a 70ft tri that had just set a blistering pace offshore, but when Matt met the owner of PowerPlay the story suddenly became more about him than his boat.
Volvo Ocean Race winner Rob Greenhalgh shares his secrets on how to put a winning keelboat campaign together... how he prepares and trains and what his priorities are ashore and on the racecourse. Download his Professional Sailing Campaign goalscape. It's a masterclass. Tailor it to your specific campaign, goals and budget and you are off!
Rio 2016 Olympic Champion Santiago Lange doesn't think he's as good as you know he is: "I always pay a price because I don't have very good eyes and not really a good memory..."
Multi-talented multihull sailor from Australia, Gavin Colby, talks to Mike Madge, sharing his insights into boatspeed in numerous catamarans including the Hobie 16 and Formula 18 classes.
Award-winning writer and blogger Carol Cronin asks Andy Rice about the Road To Gold project he put together in late 2020 with three-time 470 World Champion Hamish Willcox...
It was a belter of a leg. With a forecast for 30kts on the nose and wind against tide, the Gibraltar Strait provided a sharp focus for the leg from Cascais to Alicante.
Hobie and F18 Aussie supremo Gavin Colby talks Sailjuice's Mike Madge through the techniques for speed in a straight line and speed in the turns..
