June 2015

After arriving home late from a coaching session in Connecticut that evening, I sat down to do some more detailed research on the Brunel crew from their website. One detail caught my eye: they have a woman as Team Sailing Coach. Not even the ladies on SCA have a woman coach. “I’d better talk with her,” I thought.

Reader letter to WindCheck June 2015

OK, not everyone in a life jacket survives. Roughly only 14 out of 16. Conversely, for every 16 boaters that go into the water without a life jacket, only one comes out. The other 15 died. Life jackets save lives. This column is about that.

But, believe it or not, a great way to learn more about sailboat racing is to actually step out of your sailboat and join the race committee team.

Confident Captain has again partnered with Safe/Sea to offer the powerboat camp.

Captain John Zomermaand has joined the sales team at Prestige Yacht Sales.

In addition to creating parity and reducing costs, the Volvo Ocean 65, designed by Farr Yacht Design in Annapolis, MD, has proven to be as rugged as it is fast.

After parting ways with her husband, leaving a well-paid job and selling her possessions, she chose the iconoclastic pursuit of long distance solo ocean rowing to find meaning in her life.

Overall victories and podium finishes were up for grabs throughout most of the fleet at the outset of the final day of Sperry Charleston Race Week 2015, sailed April 16 – 19 in Charleston, SC.

The 20th running of the Marion-Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race is this month, and among the competitors is the event’s Marketing Chair and Trustee, Ray Cullum of Marion, Massachusetts.