Racing News

HPR in the Big Boat Series

by Adam Cort, Posted September 18, 2012

The new High Performance Rule (HPR) took another big step forward this month when it was used to score its own division at the Rolex Big Boat Series on San Francisco Bay.

Rethinking Possible: Dead Upwind

by Kimball Livingston, Posted September 11, 2012

The key is to see the blades of a turbine as a sail being tacked along a constrained course, or to recognize that a windmill generates energy that can be put to many uses.

Weymouth 2012 Good for Other Teams

by Adam Cort, Posted August 13, 2012

While the U.S. experience at the 2012 Olympic regatta in Weymouth fell very much under the “agony of defeat” category, the experience was plenty thrilling for many of the other countries taking part.

2012: A Historic Olympic Defeat

by Adam Cort, Posted August 13, 2012

Never has a U.S. sailing team gone into an Olympics with higher hopes. Never have those hopes been dashed so completely as they were in Weymouth, England.

Dean Brenner Stands By Olympic Team

by Dean Brenner, Posted August 10, 2012

US Olympic sailing does not apologize for not medaling, but does plan to move toward a more successful 2016 with the help of our publisher, Josh Adams. We wish him, and the team, the best of luck in the next four years of training and hope to see some medals next time.

Full Report on Farallones Race Tragedy

by Sail Staff, Posted August 9, 2012

US Sailing has released a full report on the Farallones race accident, along with the following press release. See what one of our editors had to say on the topic at Sailfeed.com.

Olympic Windsurfing: Not Dead Yet?

by Adam Cort, Posted August 3, 2012

Don’t write off Olympic windsurfing just yet. A firestorm of opposition to the International Sailing Federation’s decision to dump the event in favor of kiteboarding at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro makes it highly likely that there will be another vote.

Record-Setting Seabird

by Adam Cort, Posted August 3, 2012

French sailor Alain Thébault is taking speed sailing to a whole new level, with an eye toward setting a new Pacific offshore sailing record aboard his hydrofoil l’Hydroptère DCNS—the same boat that set a world speed record of 51.36 knots over 500 meters back in 2009.

A New and Improved U.S. Team for the 2012 Olympics

by David Schmidt, Posted July 31, 2012

For full 2012 Olympics coverage, read on and make sure to click the links for more on the team, the competition, the venue and changes in the approach to U.S. Olympic sailing.

Olympics 2012: USA Faces Challenges

by Adam Cort, Posted July 31, 2012

The 2012 Olympic regatta is now underway with a total of 380 sailors from around the world—237 men and 143 women—competing for gold in 10 events. Racing started in the Finn, Star and women’s Elliott 6m match-racing classes on Sunday, with the Laser, Laser Radial and 49er classes joining in on Monday.