Could this be Chris Rashley's year? He's finished 2nd and 4th at the last two Moth World Champs and the 2016 Worlds takes place this week, starting 24 May. With Nathan Outteridge and Pete Burling absent, this could be a good year for Rashers to get on the top of the podium, although there's plenty of people in his way: Rob Greenhalgh, Josh McKnight, Scott Babbage and Paul Goodison to name a few....
SoftBank Team Japan have bragging rights as the first team to pull off the foiling tack. As Dean Barker and Chris Draper point out, this really is a 'gamechanger' for the 2017 America's Cup, and opens up the tactical opportunities with the possibility of the foiling AC cats tacking on the windshifts...
In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Nathan Outteridge, the Artemis Racing skipper reveals where he things the big gains are likely to be made in the 2017 America's Cup.... "I think the big design battles are going to be in foil design, picking the area required for the foils based on when you want to take off and when you want top speed...." More from Nathan inside...
Sailjuice.com has been catching up with a few of the big names competing in Marseille for the final leg of the Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour 2015. Here are some of the interviews we've done, with some insights into the world of high-speed foiling techniques...
As the 35-knot gust hit the boat at just the wrong time, skipper Morgan Larson found himself in a dilemma. “It was a little bit challenging to read the gusts because the big ones that looked big on the water weren't that big, and the ones that looked small were quite strong...." Larson talks through the moment and what he'd do differently next time...
Yachting World's Matt Sheahan interviews Paul Campbell-James, who does the wing trim on board Ben Ainslie's AC45F. These foilers are inherently unstable, making it a constant battle of foil and wing adjustment to keep the foiling catamaran on an even keel, so to speak! The meaty bit of the info starts about 1 min. into the video....