On top boats, the dialogue while racing will typically involve four key people: the tactician, helmsman, mainsail trimmer, and jib trimmer. Granted, not everyone has the luxury of sailing with a great ...
The Courant Institute's Christiana Mavroyiakoumou, above at Central Park's Conservatory Water, and the University of Michigan's Silas Alben studied how sails behave during a wide range of tacking ...
The 34th America's Cup is the first in its 162-year history to be held inshore close to waterfront spectators. A new electronic umpiring system will police the race course in the confined waters of ...