Sailing Magazine - Splashes https://sailingmagazine.net/articles.sec-130-1-splashes.html Fri, 19 Apr 24 00:00:00 -0400 en hourly 1 Voyage for the sea https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2537-voyage-for-the-sea.html For 2,800 nautical miles, the sailors aboard the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūle’a have spread a message of unity and restoration to thousands along the North American Pacific Coast. Hōkūl...]]> Partnership on the seas https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2536-partnership-on-the-seas.html When the Denis Sullivan, a 137-foot replica of a 19th century three-masted Great Lakes schooner, left its Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home in 2022, the board of Discovery World museum, which owned it, made ...]]> Gone in a firestorm https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2511-gone-in-a-firestorm.html A wildfire fueled by 60 mph winds swept down the hillsides of Maui August 8 and turned the seaside town of Lahaina into rubble and ash in a few short hours. The fire killed more than 115 people, ...]]> Power it up https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2477-power-it-up.html The SailGP professional racing circuit’s 11 stops span the globe, with teams racing on the edge aboard foiling 50-foot catamarans. The final event lands in San Francisco in May. The United States Sa...]]> A pilot's homecoming https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2449-a-pilots-homecoming.html The fleet leaves Tenants Harbor.Hinckley boats have plied the waters off Southwest Harbor, Maine, for almost a century. The Pilot 35 was one of the popular early designs, first crafted in wood and lat...]]> Hot Soup for All https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2417-hot-soup-for-all.html This year’s Swiftsure Race was, quite literally, a breath of fresh air. After two years of pandemic cancellations, racers were ready for the return of the Pacific Northwest’s premier distance race...]]> Royal regatta https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2405-royal-regatta.html To a Bahamian, a sloop is a type of traditional workboat that morphed into a speedster raced for thrills and prize money. When Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, stopped in Nassau dur...]]> Novice sailor makes a remarkable rescue https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2361-novice-sailor-makes-a-remarkable-rescue.html Koz Khosravani finished basic sailing classes just a week before he made a miraculous rescue in Santa Monica Bay, saving woman who'd been in the water for nearly 12 hours....]]> Star power https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2363-star-power.html The fleet of restored wooden Stars head across Michigan’s Gull Lake.Walter Cooper photoA passion for saving classic Star boats from the junk heap turned into a regatta drawing sailors from arou...]]> Recluta sails again https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2364-recluta-sails-again.html German Frers Jr. has designed hundreds of beautiful boats, from production Swans and Hallberg-Rassys to famous maxi racers and superyachts, but it was an unusual design of his father’s and the intri...]]> Perseverance pays off big - Sailors overcame hurdles J/70 on their way to great racing at the j?70 world championship https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2360-perseverance-pays-off-big.html The J/70 World Championship fleet sails off Marina de Rey, California.Sharon Green photoWhen California Yacht Club tried, and tried again, to host the J/70 World Championship regatta, members of the M...]]> In search of hard water https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2303-in-search-of-hard-water.html Iceboaters are used to rapidly changing conditions, be it close racing around a weather mark or switching regatta sites at the last minute because there’s a better piece of ice a few hours away. Whe...]]> Mayday - In the dark of the night in the far south Atlantic, Jean Le Cam, right, rescued fellow solo skipper, Kevin Escoffier, left, after his boat broke in two and sank in the Vendée Globe Race https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2279-mayday.html "I need assistance. I am sinking. This is not a joke. MAYDAY.”That was the last message Kevin Escoffier was able to send from his foiling IMOCA 60 PRB before it sank in the  South Atlant...]]> Catalina Yachts Announces Loss of CEO Frank W. Butler https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2278-catalina-yachts-announces-loss-of-ceo-frank-w-butler.html It is with great sadness that we announce that Frank Willis Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Catalina Yachts, passed away November 15, 2020 in Westlake Village, CA, due to unexpected c...]]> ‘The Godfather of Rigging’ - Brion Toss 1951-2020 https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2233-%25E2%2580%2598the-godfather-of-rigging%25E2%2580%2599.html The news arrived from his family as softly as mist on a cool Northwest morning. “Last night as Venus departed from its intimate planetary visit, our beloved Brion Toss, surrounded by his loving fami...]]> Sailing inside the bubble https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2219-sailing-inside-the-bubble.html Dawn Riley, center, made the decision to quarantine the staff during the coronavirus pandemic.In early March, when news of the coronavirus pandemic became increasingly alarming, Dawn Riley didn’t wa...]]> Shifting gears https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2220-shifting-gears.html Harken employees switch gears to make masks for Milwaukee-area healthcare workers.The sailing industry has been through tough times before, the recession and fuel shortage in the 1970s and most recent...]]> Wowie Figawi - Light air vexes the fleet on its way to Nantucket https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2121-wowie-figawi.html We hoped the gale warning forecast was wrong as we set out for the 48th annual Figawi Race from Hyannis to Nantucket on Cape Cod in May. It wasn’t. But my friend Josh Antrim was committed to sailing...]]> From plastic to classic https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2118-from-plastic-to-classic.html The 105-foot classic ketch Whitehawk is set to race the Great Lakes Mackinac races.What do you do when you no longer have your Volvo 70 Il Mostro to race the Mackinac races on? If you’re Peter Thort...]]> Pioneer in sailmaking https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2110-pioneer-in-sailmaking.html Lowell North won five Star world championships. Lowell North sailed his first regatta at age 14, when he and his father came in last in every race in a Star that came with cotton sails. Young Nor...]]> Star Power https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2033-star-power.html Paul Cayard steers while his son Danny gets ready for a jibe.Walter Cooper photo Mother Nature was at her fickle best, but that didn’t stop Star sailors from putting their beautifully restored ...]]> Lego my boat kit https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2034-lego-my-boat-kit.html  Fans of Lego building bricks and sailing, you might want to help out German sailor Matthias Rosenwald get his design to store shelves. The Lego Ideas website is where Lego builders post their cr...]]> Restoring Marilee https://sailingmagazine.net/article-1992-restoring-marilee.html In October 2015, the Nathanael Herreshoff-designed New York 40 Marilee was brought to the custom boatyard French and Webb in Belfast, Maine, for what was supposed to be a minor rebuild. It was discove...]]> Sailing where eagles soar https://sailingmagazine.net/article-1920-sailing-where-eagles-soar.html
...]]> Magic wands and record breakers https://sailingmagazine.net/article-1915-magic-wands-and-record-breakers.html Since its first running over a century ago, the Transpacific Yacht Race has bewitched sailors of all backgrounds and ages, to challenge the 2,216-mile course from California to Hawaii. This year’s edition was no exception—a magical experience, for more reasons than you could shake a wand at. There were racers young and old, on yachts large and s...]]> MOB Miracle https://sailingmagazine.net/article-1896-mob-miracle.html Mark Wheeler knew that staying calm was key. That’s easier said than done when you’re in 65-degree Lake Michigan with a storm on the horizon, building seas and you’ve just watched the boat you fell off of sail away at 18 knots....]]> The Cup heads home https://sailingmagazine.net/article-1902-the-cup-heads-home.html More than 80,000 people packed downtown Auckland, New Zealand, in July to celebrate the triumphant return of the America’s Cup after a 17-year absence. Thunderstorms didn’t dampen spirits as Emirates Team New Zealand paraded down Queen’s Street, the Auld Mug held high, and onto a boat for a tour of the jam-packed Waitemata Harbour. ...]]> Sailing on dry land https://sailingmagazine.net/article-1873-sailing-on-dry-land.html

There is a widely held belief among sailors that the secret to getting more people into the sport is to get them on the water. Rob James, owner of Kingdom Yachts Sailing Club, an American Sailing Association school in Atlanta, Georgia, thinks the key is to get them in a boat, but not necessarily one that’s on the water.

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Stupid sport” is repeated numerous times throughout the iceboating season, including in my house as the ice reports come in. There is a lot of sitting around, sharpening runners, discussing the weather and waiting for the call to come in. From the DN, the most popular iceboat, with worldwide cult status, to the Nite, a slightly...

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Sometimes the best education happens when you’re too busy having fun to notice that you’re learning something. 

That was the hope behind the American Sailing Association’s Sailing Challenge app, ...

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