Once, while coaching a team before the Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship, someone asked me about jib sail trim, so I hopped on board and sat to leeward to video their jib leech while ...

As the J/Boat team leader for Quantum Sails, I spend a lot of time racing with customers on current J/Boat models. Many of these boats have non-overlapping jibs with controls for sheeting the jib. The ...

I HELD ON TIGHT. My job was to hang onto the rope leading to the jib, holding just tight enough so the smaller sail could catch the wind. Seemed easy enough, until I started to lose sensation in my ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — “Good choice! You stole some wind,” the screen read on the race simulator at The Sailing Museum. “Woo-hoo!” hooted participant (and non-sailor) Paul Kelley of Marstons Mills, as he ...

It didn’t take long to learn what my biggest asset is to the sport of sailboat racing. “Larry, shift over to the other side … now sit up on the edge,” skipper Jamie Perkins said. “You weigh what, ...

James Henry took a swig of his beer as the sea mist brushed against his face in Corpus Christi Bay. With his feet hanging off the 50-foot Santa Cruz sailboat, Henry leaned over the rail and rested his ...