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LANDFALL TO HOST NEAR COASTALSAFETY@SEA SEMINAR AT MYSTIC SEAPORT
US Sailing Certified Curriculum Offered Saturday, February 8th
December 13, 2013 - Stamford, CT – Landfall, the nation’s leading marine outfitter and safety expert, announced today t...
Sensational St. Martin
Officially, there are two sides to St. Martin/St. Maarten – French and Dutch – but in ...
Take Care of Your Sails and They’ll Take Care of You
Every year, I invariably have the same discussion with a few customers about the value of ...
Easy Upgrades for Safer Shorthanded Sailing
As regular readers of my monthly column will know, the vast majority of yacht sailing is d...
The Moosehead Luncheon
On Sunday, November 3, members of race committees from around Long Island Sound convened a...
Alpha 42 on Track for a Spring Launch
This Cat Combines Looks and Performance with Comfort and Ease of Handling . Construction of the first Alpha 42 is underway at Alpha Yachts in Patchogue, NY. This high perfor...
Blue Jacket Yachts
The Blue Jacket 40 is the first brand new American-built performance cruiser – from the keel up – to hit the market in over 30 years. This modern interpretation of a ...
Beneteau Sense 46
Live the Magic of the Sea
The Beneteau Sense 46 follows in the footsteps of the original Sense 50. An intelligently designed, comfortable boat, providing functionality sec...
Easy Upgrades for Safer Shorthanded Sailing Part II: The Mainsail
Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a series by Joe “Coop” Cooper, our Contributing Editor and the author of the monthly “Coop’s Corner” column, ...
Tame Your Main with The Dutchman, Boom Brake and SailCase
The Dutchman Flaking System was born out of my frustration with lazy jacks, which catch the mainsail as it’s raised and lowered, cause chafe, and make it harder to prop...
Selecting the Right Marine Canvas
As with most other custom and consumable goods that you buy, you should consider what you are trying to achieve when determining your boat’s canvas needs. Are you looki...
The Land of Opportunity
It happens, even to the best of racers. You find yourself at the tail end of the fleet. Who knows how you got there – a third row start, a miserable first beat, a big s...
Race the Cape 2014 is July 18 - 24
Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island is a sailors’ destination. Race the Cape is a sailor’s dream, and planning for Race the Cape 2014 is underway. This unique event co...
A Regatta Like No Other: Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week
It’s the dead of winter; a tough time to envision being on the water. But the upcoming sailing season isn’t that far away, and one of the best ways to get a jump on i...
Time well spent
We all want to be on the water as much as possible, and when we’re not, many of us gather to talk about being on the water…One of the best ways I know for keeping my ...
LANDFALL TO HOST NEAR COASTALSAFETY@SEA SEMINAR AT MYSTIC SEAPORT
US Sailing Certified Curriculum Offered Saturday, February 8th
December 13, 2013 - Stamford, CT – Landfa...
Letters - December 2013
Charting a New Course: A Response to NOAA Discontinuing Lithograph Charts
A lot is being written about the “crisis” over NOAA ceasing lithograph nautical chart product...
Bequia Youth Sailors Ready to Compete in the USA …and they need your help!
A group of enthusiastic young sailors on the tiny Caribbean island of Bequia are anxious to test their skills in regattas in the United States, but significant financial ...
AYC Junior Big Boat Team Conquers the Buzzards
In perhaps the most stunning victory in the 79-year history of Stamford Yacht Club’s Vineyard Race, eight members of the American Yacht Club Junior Big Boat Team accomp...
JSA Junior Race Week
For the tenth time, Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, CT hosted the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound (JSA) Junior Race Week for Lasers, Laser Radials and...
Sea Struck
Published by Tilbury House
366 pages hardcover
$30
Book Review - Taking the Helm - One of America’s Top Sailors Tells Her Story
By Dawn Riley with Cynthia GossPublished by DR Ventures
289 pages
$17.95 (paperback) $6.99 (e-book)
Book Review - Saling a Serious Ocean
Anyone contemplating their first offshore passage, particularly with a small crew, should buy and study this latest book by renowned sailor and nautical writer John Krets...
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On the cover: Rick Bannerot shot this dramatic photo of Paul-Jon Patin and crew Felicity Ryan on their way to victory in the 2013 JY15 North American Championship. The regatta was hosted by Stamford Yacht Club on the last weekend in October, and we have a report on page 54.
