America’s Cup: Time, Eggs, and Lemons

The America’s Cup is fueled by history, controversy, and clichés. For the later there are three classics. #1 – When it comes to the performance, the decisions for the winning design are made at the very beginning of the campaign, not at the end, and that time is...

Clipper Race: Focusing on the future

Now that all eleven Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race teams have rounded the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, concentration is firmly focused on the second half of the race, with the Dell Latitude Rugged Ocean Sprint South, two Scoring Gates and the finish line all...

No practice at 52 SUPER SERIES

Cape Town, South Africa (March 1, 2020) – High hopes and expectations of a breezy introduction to Cape Town for the 52 SUPER SERIES were left on hold today as the Official Practice Race, the prelude to the 2020 curtain raising 52 SUPER SERIES Cape Town had to be...

Tokyo 2020: The power of power

The USA selection system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is points based, with the results position from selected events added together to form a cumulative score. Low score earns the bid, and in the Women’s Two Person Dinghy event, three teams have a chance to win...

Caribbean 600 coming into focus

For the second year in a row, David and Peter Askew’s Volvo 70 Wizard (USA) has taken Monohull Line Honours in the RORC Caribbean 600. After the start on February 24, Wizard finished last night at 23:48:55, completing the course in an elapsed time of 02:12:28:55....