America’s Cup: To win you must finish

by | Aug 26, 2020 | Daily News, Features

The introduction of the AC75 for the 36th America’s Cup accomplished three things: the return to monohulls, the pursuit of high performance, and the guarantee there’d only be a few teams which would submit entry. A new class of boat always comes with apprehension, but...

Major hurricane to hit U.S. gulf coast

by | Aug 26, 2020 | Daily News, Features

When forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, released its annual August update to the Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook, it detailed how the 2020 season had been off to a rapid pace with the potential to be one of...

COVID-19 canceling fall boat shows

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Daily News, Features

Annapolis, MD (August 20, 2020) – After the Annapolis Boat Shows worked hard creating safety protocols and meeting with health officials for its October 2020 shows at City Dock Annapolis, SpinSheet reports how the city announced today the shows would not take place in...

What if Tokyo 2020 was in 2020?

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Daily News, Features

Chelsea Carlson, meteorologist for the US Olympic Sailing Team, offers a view of what the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would have been like if they had not been postponed a year from their original dates of July 24 to August 9: The Tokyo Olympics were arguably one of the...

Paris 2024: All in for new offshore event

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Daily News, Features

While the event program for the Paris 2024 Olympics is not yet confirmed, teams are already preparing for what they anticipate to be the new Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore competition. From a report by North Sails, we share an excerpt about one of the efforts from...