Time and time again we see claims that sailors prefer the bermudan sloop because of conservatism. However, we also know what classes are the most...
We had our Hobie 20 written off after the mast was broken in a capsize. We've replaced it with a Formula 18 and now have the Hobie 20 hull, beams,...
I just noticed that in the world's biggest cat race, line honours went to a Formula 18, followed by a Tornado and then the first foilers....
EDIT - I was going to take out the reference to the Quants in the thread title but the edit function doesn't seem to work. I was just looking...
Over in another thread, it was suggested that we look at the trends in new sales of dinghies to assess the future of design. Well, here's the...
Okay, defining "growing" is problematic. But it's interesting to see a class that is going from 0 boats at national titles to 14 and getting some...
Well, that's what Fox reckons anyway. After all the attempts to make Olympic sailing more accessible and exciting to viewers, it was interesting...
I just came across a letter in the Mystic Seaport Museum's collection of Francis Herreshoff letters where he writes of a boat built around NY...
To avoid the Sydney-Hobart thread being diverted, I thought I'd make a new thread for this as requested. In the S-H thread, I said that "about...
