Trimmer Scott “Chuck” Norris is quick to give credit where it’s due. He made his name in the Melges 32 class aboard Jeff Ecklund’s Star, with Harry Melges trimming the main, calling tactics, and ...

The true grade of any spinnaker douse on an asymmetrical sportboat can’t be recorded until that boat has rounded the ensuing top mark. Did the spinnaker hoist easily and fill correctly the second time ...

“This race is won or lost at night.” That had been the advice to new participants like us a few weeks earlier at a skippers’ meeting in preparation for the 56th annual Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race.

AC72 - A 72-foot-long boat raced by a crew of 11 in the Louis Vuitton Cup and America's Cup finals. AC72s are all independently designed and built by the teams to a fixed design rule that has various ...

Commercial sales of the Spinnaker drag sail may start as soon as 2023. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A "drag sail" concept ...

Chetwoods Associates, an architectural group from Great Britain, has come up with a new environmental design that promises to capture wind power in an odd but innovative manner: By using a huge ...