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The Finn won the design contest in 1947 for a new singlehanded boat for the 1952 Olympics. It has the distinction of being The Olympic singlehanded class ever since.

Officially named the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, the facility was created to enable the museum to maintain and restore its collection of historic watercraft, a task that would be prohibitively expensive to carry out at commercial yard rates.

John Kantor, or ‘JK’ as nearly everyone but his mother refers to him, has sailed as long as he can remember.

Longtime shorthanded sailor Joe Harris of South Hamilton, MA has set his sights on breaking the Non-stop Solo Around the World Record for 40-foot monohulls.

The Newport Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has announced two new efforts to recognize the younger members of the fleet, as has been done in the Marion Bermuda and other races.

My plan was to go back when my kids were out of school, but I thought it was time to review the options for today’s Long Island Sound winter sailing.

A remarkable list of sailing’s most accomplished received high honors during Thursday night’s US Sailing Awards Dinner Presented by Rolex at the Hilton San Diego Resort. US Sailing recognized these esteemed award winners for their extraordinary achievements in support of sailing.

BMC’s latest initiative is true to form – the Center is creating a representation of an historic gunboat schooner called Porcupine from a semi-finished fiberglass hull it received as a donation in September, 2014.

In 2016, the Mystic River Mudheads mark a milestone in their existence and, as the song goes…“40 years racing and still going strong…no one thought we’d be drinking this long!”

The 10kW electric motor aboard the author’s Beneteau First 30 “Showtime” is smaller, lighter, and much more efficient than the original diesel auxiliary.