March 2014

An International 420 skipper from Darien, CT, Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick is one of America’s finest youth sailors. Megan was recently named (for the second consecutive year) to the US Sailing Development Team (USSDT), the Olympic pathway team supported by the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program and US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee. She’s also among the best writers ever published in WindCheck. Her excellent articles, including “Sailing, Surfing, Empanadas and Car-Diving: Opti Racing in Argentina” and “Wind and Warmth: A Winter…

In February, several Northeast individuals, organizations and events were recognized at US Sailing’s inaugural Leadership Forum in San Diego, CA for their achievements in training, community sailing, and one-design racing.

Volvo Ocean Race News American sailors who cheered for PUMA Ocean Racing in the previous editions of the Volvo Ocean Race have a new “home team” to support, as well as an all-female squad with one of the best sailors in the U.S. The 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, a 38,739-nautical mile race around the world, kicks off with an In-Port Race in Alicante, Spain on October 4, 2014. The first leg, from Alicante to Cape Town, South Africa,…

O’Pen BIC sailors from the Northeast are invited to compete in the 2014 O’Pen BIC North American Championship,

WindCheck contributor Amy Villalba spoke with the award-winning author about the new volume and the definition of seamanship.

My advice is to look for a manufacturer that specializes in building cushions for boats.

Two events in Florida each January provide keen amateur racers with an opportunity to compete against the world’s best professionals. Quantum Key West and the Rolex 24 at Daytona are quite dissimilar, of course, but not just because one is North America’s premier winter regatta and the other is a 24-hour sports car race. If you want to drive your Ferrari 458 Italia in the Rolex 24, the operative phrase is “bring money.” And if you can’t…

There are four adjustments for headsails: a) halyard tension b) sheet tension c) sheet lead position and d) backstay tension.

Don’t wait for your ship to come in. Swim out and meet the bloody thing!

Match racing is one of the highest intensity disciplines in the sport of sailing.