Every so often I get on a boat that has rig-tune “issues” and sometimes the more we try to tune the rig straight, the worse it gets. When this happens I find it useful to step back and focus on five ...

For the 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race, which began at its home port in Alicante, Spain, on Oct. 11, 2014, and ended June 27, 2015, in Gothenburg, Sweden, all seven competing 65-class sailboats were built ...

A few years ago, I was helping a friend find a good boat for beer can racing on Lake Erie. His criteria were simple—a relatively big cockpit, easy to sail but challenging to set up well, and priced so ...