INEOS Britannia’s new-generation AC75 undergoes systems commissioning on April 20. AC Recon Alinghi Red Bull Racing, Emirates Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, and now INEOS Britannia, have revealed their AC75 weaponry for the coming 37th America’s Cup, leaving the French of Orient Express Racing Team and American Magic to show their wares in due time. But all eyes this past weekend were on the British base in Barcelona as the team broke dawn with an unceremonious rollout of what is referred to by the team as “RB3.” And, like the other AC75s that have emerged over the past few weeks ..read more

As the two boats reach the mark zone, Green has room and Black has a difficult choice. It’s a 1.5-boatlength loss to slow down and round behind, and a similar loss to round outside. Both ­losses are significant, but there are no other options. Because the losses are about equal, it is Black’s strategy that dictates the final call. If Black wants to go right, then outside is the way to go. If Black wants the left, it needs to slow and round behind. Kim Downing Illustrations It seems as if, when boats get near each other, they both lose something. Let’s look at the classic upwind port-starboard ..read more

The fleets of the National Offshore One Design Regatta in 2007 showcased the big-boat classes of the time. With big boats came big crews and big parties. Sailing World/Tony Bessinger The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series returns to Detroit’s Bayview Yacht Club after a 12-year hiatus, partnering again with the premier Great Lakes sailing club and its annual marque multi-class regatta from May 30 to Sunday June 2, 2024. “For three decades, Midwest sailors have held this weekend on their calendars for competitive racing on Lake St. Clair,” says Bayview YC Commodore, Mike Helm. “This year ..read more

Our satisfaction isn’t really defined by where or what we race. Our rituals, our local fleets and our shared experiences are what keep us coming back. Illustration by Jen Edney When I was recently prompted about what I love about our sport, my first thought was to write about a few of the cooler sailing destinations I’ve experienced over the years: Bermuda, Hawaii, Antigua and Mexico come to mind. But I’ve also enjoyed my share of grassroots regattas, small inland regattas at places such as Indian Lake, Ohio; Lake Massapoag in Massachusetts; and Branched Oak Lake in Nebraska. This sport can b ..read more

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team’s new AC75 is revealed in mid-April in Cagliari. AC Recon “A masterpiece of technology, design and aesthetics,” is how Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli described the AC75 with which the Italian America’s Cup Challenger will enter the forthcoming Louis Vuitton Challenger Series. Given its reflective metallic silver finish, the Italians once again enter the game with their traditional flair, reminiscent of the silver catamaran of San Francisco in 2013. Designed in house by Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s design team and built at the Persico Marine shipyard, the team’s 40-strong ..read more

Christian Beck’s LawConnect hunts its prey on Tasmania’s Derwent River. Kurt Arrigo/ Rolex We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you live coverage from the finish of the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. We now take you to Hobart, Tasmania, where two of the race’s 100-foot supermaxis are ghosting toward the finish line, with underdogs LawConnect closing in on pre-race favorite, AndooComanche. That’s about what is heard on television stations across Australia when, after nearly 628 nautical miles, the “Great Race” is coming down to an even greater finish. After 42 hours of hard s ..read more

True to Emirates Team New Zealand’s to ethos of shunning fanfare, on the early afternoon of April 12, the team pulled their latest AC75 from its shed and got straight to work setting the rig, launching it and sailing it well into dusk. Just a typical workday for the America’s Cup defenders, but with the revelation of an atypical 75-footer that will soon be bound for Barcelona to join the fleet for the 37th America’s Cup and the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta in August. While painted in the similar scheme of its previous AC75, Te Rehutai, the outward design differences of Boat 3, are “very ..read more

The author and his son, Paul, enjoy their time together sailing the waterways of North Carolina on the family’s Wayfarer dinghy. Lori George While in pre-flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, I had a classmate with sailing expertise that he’d gained at the US Naval Academy. He was always happy to share his passion for sailing with our cadet class, whether leading a hands-on lesson in a Penguin dinghy or aboard a Luders 44 wooden yawl. It didn’t take me long to be as hooked as a sailor as I was an aviator. Upon returning to Michigan after serving in the Navy for many years, I found m ..read more

Alinghi Red Bull Racing, Challenger for the 37th America’s Cup and La Fura Dels Baus, Catalan urban theatre troupe, seen at the unveiling of BoatOne in Barcelona, Spain on 5th of April 2024. Olaf Pignataro/Alinghi Red Bull Racing / Red Bull Alinghi Red Bull Racing, Swiss challenger for the 37th America’s Cup, marked another milestone in its campaign in early April with the theatrical nighttime reveal of its first AC75, dubbed BoatOne. True to the team’s style, the unveiling was an affair worthy of the high-stakes days to come when the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Series gets underway in Augus ..read more

Allan Terhune is all smiles after a fulfilling year in the MC Scow, Lightning and 6-Metre classes. Hannah Lee Noll Allan Terhune Jr., of Annapolis, Maryland, finally found himself among the illustrious short-listers of the 2023 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year award. As a sailmaker 15 years and counting, Terhune has won plenty of regattas as both skipper and crew, but 2023 was especially good, putting up big wins in the MC Scow Class, securing his first 6-Metre World Championship title as ­tactician, and then wrapping up the year with a gold medal in the Lightning Class at the Pan American Games i ..read more