Innehållsförteckning för Spring 2019 från Sailing World

■ If you met Mike Buckley and Taylor Canfield a year ago, it would’ve likely been on the docks, them in neoprene and holding helmets, or at the bar in jeans, hanging loose in untucked shirts and flat-brimmed hats. You would’ve met a couple of pro sailors, living the dream, getting paid to sail cool boats, and winning regattas. And when you met them, you would never imagine they’d soon be launching a multi-million-dollar America’s Cup campaign. In foiling 75-footers that have never been proven. In Auckland, in three years. These hip, young sailors? Indeed, they are, and a Cup campaign is a colossal and expensive undertaking, but it’s Buckley’s big dream. Sophisticated and recently married, he’s now putting his business acumen to good use. In forming Stars & Stripes…

College sailing is a wet sport, but that doesn’t mean your gear should be wet too. Right? New for the season is the 35-liter Race Team Backpack, the ultimate dry bag/backpack combination. Built with rugged and waterproof PVC tarpaulin with welded seams, this bag is watertight and will withstand the rigors of all-season competition. With its roll-top opening, it’s easy to load and unload your sailing gear, while the large zippered front pocket allows you easily store and access smaller items. The front-panel bungee storage system will house a pair of sailing shoes. With a padded, breathable pack panel, this backpack offers a comfortable fit, with a new stylish design to keep your sailing wardrobe fresh. Available in graphite and tango, $99.95.…

It’s been more than three decades since I last set foot on a J/35, but walking down the docks at the County Marina in Cheboygan, Michigan, I’m feeling, as Yogi Berra once famously said, “déjà vu all over again.” Among the marina’s slips are 13 survivors of the one-design sportboat invasion: Battle-worn J/35s and their owners gathered 15 miles south-east of Mackinac Island for the class’s North American Championship. Yes, a number of the boats have bits of modern gear: carbon tillers and spinnaker poles, new instrumentation, laminate sails and modern lines. It all seems cosmetic. With boats, especially, age is impossible to mask. The copious hardware mounted about the deck, the beefy rod rigging, the unmistakable profile — the J/35 is, without a doubt, a product of the 1980s.…

1 HOIST Hoist the sail with minimum halyard tension then sheet the sail appropriately for the point of sail. Now tension halyard just enough to remove any horizontal wrinkles emanating from the luff. You can leave just a hint of wrinkles in light apparent wind velocity. In more wind, more tension is needed—and vice versa. Use the cunningham to make minor adjustments while sailing. 2 POWER The deeper the curvature in the sail shape, the more power and heel it creates. Sail depth is controlled by outhaul in the lower third of the mainsail and by inducing mastbend in the upper two-thirds, usually with the backstay. Less outhaul and mastbend adds depth and power. Increase them to flatten the sail and depower. Upwind, you generally want a flatter sail than…

IDEAL 18 Ideal 18 is the safe, fun, and comfortable two-person keelboat. Find out why new fleets are forming throughout North America. Become an Ideal sailor. IDEAL 18 CLASS ASSOCIATION 40 Marina Drive, Rochester, NY 14617(800) IDEAL18 • Fax (585) 266-4722shumwaymarine.com LOA 17’ 10” Draft 3’ 3” Disp 1,240 lb Ballast 700 lb SA 168 sq/ft THE DAY SAILER Designed in 1957 by George O’Day and Uffa Fox, the Day Sailer combines the ease of sailing with the challenges of racing. A strong, family-oriented class continues to thrive, with over 40 fleets nationwide. Come join us and sail the Day Sailer. Builder: Cape Cod Shipbuilding, Wareham, MA. DAY SAILER ASSOCIATION Mary Niederberger, DSA Secretary3840 Arrowhead Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA95762 daysailersecretary@gmail.com daysailer.org LOA 16’ 9” Beam 6’ 3” Draft up/dn 9”/3’…

■ Professional sailor and full-time sailing coach Elizabeth Kratzig has a reputation for going all in on everything she does. Her drive is what got her to the top of the International 470 and Women’s Match Race disciplines, but over the past few years, she’s been applying that same determination to implement sustainable practices across the sport. As the Green Team Chair of the 2018 Youth Sailing World Championships, Kratzig and a team of volunteers at Corpus Christi YC and Texas Sailing Association set into motion an ambitious plan to attain Sailors for the Sea Platinum Clean Regatta Certification. The effort earned them World Sailing’s 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award, as well as US Sailing’s President’s Award. “The leadership and vision that Elizabeth showed leading up to and during the…

WHETHER he likes it or not, Bruce Kirby’s legacy will be defined by one achievement — designing the world’s most-popular sailing dinghy. This one little boat is, of course, the Laser, and its story is the stuff of legend, having flourished from a rudimentary sketch in 1969 to an Olympic one-design class with hull numbers well into six figures. Every success story eventually has its final chapter, however, and for Kirby and the Laser, the conclusion is uncertain. Lawsuits over the little craft with which he’s most identified have consumed his golden years. The topic of the protracted legal battle involving the Laser’s custodian, LaserPerformance Europe, is a toxic one in the Kirby household in Rowayton, Connecticut. Kirby, who turned 90 in January, and his wife Margo prefer not to speak…

■ From the Cory Sertl’s perspective at the president’s helm of US Sailing, and as a member of the World Sailing Council, she sees similar challenges across the American sailing landscape as she does elsewhere in the world: participation is stagnant in many regions. At home, the United States won only one medal in the past two summer Olympic Games, and there’s considerable confusion on what is the best handicap-rating rule. Sertl has the high-level racing experience and longtime board service to draw upon as she takes on these and other challenges, but she faces stiff headwinds on her first beat. Sertl, 59, has transitioned over the years from an Olympian and champion sailor to a leader at the highest levels of the sport. She was selected Rolex Yachtswoman of…

■ One of the many great things about sailing is the ability to prepare in advance. The more you put into it, the more success you will have. Weather forecasting is one area that is increasingly being used by top sailors who once exclusively relied upon professional weather services. As the quality of available data and online resources has improved, along with sailors’ access to it, using the right information in the right way can be an important part of racing success. And it’s a fun part of getting ready for a regatta. The importance of weather preparation varies greatly, however. For an ocean race or long passage, accurate forecasting — and using it correctly — can be the largest contributing factor for winning. On a Thursday night beer-can race,…

Buccaneer 18 NA Championships Oct. 22 - 26, 2019 • Peoria, AZ2018 NA Champions: Hunter Riddle & Terry Warren of Western Carolina Sailing Club, Anderson SC Bullseye National Championship Aug. 23 - 25, 2019 • Saunderstown, RI2018 National Champions: Chris & Kathryn Collings of Beverly Yacht Club, Marion, MA Colgate 26 - Offshore Sailing School Performance Race Week Apr. 28 - May 4, 2019Captiva, FL Comet International Championship Aug. 23 - 25, 2019 • Oxford, MD2018 International Champions: Rudy Bailey & Olivia Eagles of West End Sailboat Club Day Sailer North American Championship Jun. 17 - 21, 2019 • Galveston Bay, TX2018 NA Champions: Mike & Erik McCaffrey of Quannapowitt Yacht Club DN Ice Yacht Racing Association NA Championship Feb. 16 - 23, 2019Best ice in North America or Central…

PRESENTED BY At the annual college sailing winter meeting, John Vandemoer, head coach for Stanford University, and Tyler Colvin, assistant coach at Old Dominion University, presented on drone use and policy. “It’s a pretty open policy and it essentially gives some guidelines of use,” Vandemoer says. “For example, there is a maximum of two drones allowed on a race-course at a time. You have to ask the regatta host whether you can fly a drone at their venue and it’s up to the host to decide and the policy also gives the host some guidelines to help make that decision. “We are trying not to put too many restrictions on the use of drones so that we don’t paint ourselves into a corner because it’s all really new,” he explains.…

■ What comes next for an 18-year-old three-time world champion and Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year? How about schooling in basics she might have missed along the way to those three world titles in kitefoil racing. Daniela Moroz came out of the blocks as a phenomenon. Now, with kiting set for Olympic competition in 2024, she has work to do. “There will be girls coming into kiting from dinghies and skiffs,” she says. “I lack that background. I need to work on strategy. I need to work on tactics. And I want to start sailing on a college team next year and get in a lot of races.” And that, frankly, is a unique take on the relationship between Olympic competition and college sailing in America. For Moroz, who grew…