Racing Most Commented

Bodacious Dream Wins First Leg of The Atlantic Cup

Becca Oken
May 15, 2013

Leg 1 of the Atlantic Cup came to a close an hour after midnight on May 15. The last of the Class 40s arrived in New York Harbor throughout the night on May 14, three days after leaving Charleston, South Carolina.

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Third Annual Atlantic Cup Fleet Making its Way to NYC

Becca Oken
May 13, 2013

The first leg of the third annual Atlantic Cup presented by 11^th Hour Racing kicked off from Charleston on May 11.

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Artemis Racing AC72 Capsize Review Underway

Becca Oken
May 13, 2013

After the tragic capsize of the Artemis Racing AC72 on May 9 that resulted in the death of team member Andrew “Bart” Simpson, the team, America’s Cup organizers and the San Francisco Police Department are working together to review the circumstances surrounding the incident.

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Canfield Adds His Name to Edward VII Gold Cup

by Maura Flaherty, Posted October 15, 2012

This past month, Taylor Canfield became the second U.S. Virgin Islander, after Peter Holmberg, to win the Argo Group World Cup in Bermuda.

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Record-Breaking L’Hydroptere

by Kimball Livingston, Posted October 10, 2012

How long does it take to get addicted to speed? Not long, aboard the foiling trimaran, l’Hydroptère DCNS. The big, French “water wing” holds the nautical-mile record at 50.17 knots and now has its sights set on a Los Angeles-Honolulu record.

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Cup Watch: Foiled Again

by Kimball Livingston, Posted October 10, 2012

You’re not going to win America’s Cup 34 without sexy foils to keep the leeward bow floating, or flying, high. This is an area of development just as important as wings for the next generation of Cup-hopeful catamarans.

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Josh Adams Recognized with 2012 SAIL Industry Leadership Award

by Sarah Johnston, Posted October 9, 2012

Josh Adams, US Sailing’s new Managing Director of U.S. Olympic Sailing and former publisher of SAIL Magazine, was awarded the SAIL Industry Leadership Award on October 4, 2012.

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America’s Dismal 2012 Olympic Regatta

by David Schmidt, Posted October 5, 2012

"We ran full-speed into something we weren’t expecting,” admitted Dean Brenner, the outgoing chairman of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program, about the team’s performance at the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, England.

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