New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup, has announced an initial roster of 17 sailors who will train and compete with the team.
On the same Newport, Rhode Island waters where the legendary Ranger cleaned up 4-0 in 1937, the last time ever that the mighty J Class raced for the America’s Cup, the first J Class World Champions is Lionheart, the owner-driven, Dutch-flagged modern day Ranger descendent.
Nancy G. Kaull and Dr. Paul F. Jacobs are the co-authors of Voyages: Stories of ten Sunsail owner cruises. This excellent book is available at Amazon.com.
McLaughlin Boat Works in Chattanooga, TN is celebrating a quarter century of Optimist dinghy production with its 25th Anniversary PRO Racer Giveaway.
By Aurora “Rory” Meunier Mott Photos by the author and Erica Lush Who knew that a meeting over coffee would lead to a plane ticket to France? At the end of December 2024, I was invited to a breakfast meet and greet with my friend Ellie Menezes (with whom I’ve been sailing for about five years), Joe Cooper (my Prout Sailing coach) and shorthanded offshore racer Erica Lush. I’d heard of Erica and wanted to…
Editor’s note: In mid-March, four sailors from Connecticut and Rhode Island traveled to the Principality of Monaco to compete in the Tropheé Virginie Hériot, an all-women’s regatta hosted by the Yacht Club de Monaco and sailed in J/70s. The event celebrates Virginie Hériot (1890-1932), who was known as ‘Madame de la Mer.’ She is the first woman to win an Olympic Sailing gold medal, as part of a mostly male 8 Metre team at the 1928 Amsterdam…
Editor’s note: This month’s missive precedes another in our next edition entitled ‘Get Used to Being in Front.’ “These essays are two parts of the same idea,” explains Coach Coop, who shared this wisdom with The Prout School Sailing Team years ago and continues to do so before the start of each season. “It’s the same philosophy of sailing and by extension, at least in my view, life.” Why this essay? As you will read, and (continue…
If there is any discipline that has more ancient roots than voyaging over the seas, and whose ancient ways still work today, I’d like to know. Since time immemorial, even in an age of GPS and knowing where you are on the planet within feet, the ways of the ancient mariners still are useful today – especially when your GPS fails on a dark and rainy night… From the Shores of Ancient Babylon If you measured…
By Roger Vaughan Editor’s note: Cutting a wide swath through the male-dominated sports of auto and ocean racing in the 1960s and ‘70s, Patsy Kenedy Bolling acted like one of the boys and was accepted, making lifelong friends with drivers like Sir Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney as well as countless sailors, perhaps most notably one R. E. Turner III. In the words of author Roger Vaughan, she “would challenge you, beat you, drink you under the…
Marion Bermuda Race… Now’s the time and we’re here to help. Ocean racing is not easy, but a well-designed, well managed race can make it an experience of a lifetime. The Marion Bermuda Race touches all of the bases when looking for that bucket list adventure. So, what does it take to realize your dream? You are new to offshore racing but you are an experienced sailor who wants to make the leap from coastal…
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