Chris Alexander's stunning victory at the VX One North American Championship marks a historic moment for the class.

The first twilight race of the year is a special time. After thinking about sailing and racing all winter long, we finally get to go ­evening racing again. My wife, Libby, has a J/70 that she races on ...

Bob Kirby of Long Grove, IL, takes home the grand prize in Firecrown’s Ultimate Boating Giveaway: a half-million-dollar center console.

there’s a magic that stirs when like-minded people come together to embrace a common passion—whatever, wherever and whenever that might be. For the disciples of team racing, the wherever is a small ...

Sails are packed away and results tabled for the more than 155 Australian and international boats contesting the 40th anniversary Hamilton Island Race Week, presented by AMEX. The final morning ...

The final day of the 2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series at Marblehead Race Week presented eager sailors with challenging conditions as morning rain showers gave way to lumpy seas and ...

Online travel experts have it wrong when it comes to Marblehead. Predictable lists of “Things to Do” are the same old tourism flap: Saunter through historic homes and winding one-way streets, pop into ...

With the BirdyFish Race resting its dolly on the sands of SkyBeach Resort, we watch as Tampa Bay glasses-off. With our Boat of the Year testing session on weather pause, we head to a beachside thatch ...

What makes a legend? Start with one sheet of plywood. At the launch in 1963, there was, of course, no legend. The humble plywood that formed the hard-chine hull of Infidel, later to be known as ...

The Storm 18, which its creators categorized as a daysailer when entering this new US-built small craft into Sailing World’s 2026 Boat of the Year competition, is so much more. The design brief is for ...

The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s now-classic Caribbean 600, which starts and finishes in Antigua after snaking through nearly a dozen islands, once again provided perfect conditions. On start day in ...

A light northeasterly breeze on the second day of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in Chicago was good enough for the race committee to send the regatta’s eager distance race teams in ORC and ...