The 2008 Olympic Champion Paul Goodison reveals the simple fact of downwind sailing in the Laser that escapes most sailors for most of their careers. Either you know this, or you don't. Crucial knowledge for anyone who wants to sail una-rig boats faster off the breeze. Not only will you sail faster, but you won't capsize as much either!
Watch two professional skippers vie to be first to the windward mark in this race from the Adriatic Sea. Follow this video, and you'll be armed with a battery of techniques to analyze your racing performance....
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!....
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...
