Author: Adam Loory

Racing

My First Doublehanded Race

By Adam Loory

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  Of course, my first doublehanded race of 2020 had to be sailed in 18-26 knots – trial by fire. It was a 20-mile race where the course was a 10-mile dead run followed by a 10-mile square beat. My 40-footer is usually raced by a crew of 10 or 11 people, but to respect the need for social distancing and in the absence of any other racing on the calendar, I created a five-weekend series of…

Racing

Teaching Old Sailors New Tricks – A fun new take on handicap racing

By Adam Loory

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By Adam Loory, General Manager, UK Sailmakers International Those of us at UK Sailmakers, as is the case with most sailmaking companies, have been working with sailors and sailing organizations to grow our sport through the development of new forms of racing that are both fun and accessible. Many people have told me they don’t race more because getting crew is such a problem. Reflecting that statistic, the number of boats competing in doublehanded distance races has…

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