Forbes

Single-Handed, Nonstop, Around-The-World Sailing Grabs The Spotlight At The New York Vendée Transatlantic Race

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bill Springer would rather be on a superyacht. And he often is. And now that the New York Vendée Transatlantic Race is just about ...
The Tufts Daily

Rodopman finishes sixth at single-handed national championship

The 36 best men and women in college single-handed sailing ventured out to Galveston, TX, for the 2016 LaserPerformance Singlehanded Nationals this weekend hosted by Texas A&M. Among the 36 sailors ...
The Hoya

Freshman Single-Handedly Wins For Georgetown

What’s the sound of one hand sailing? Freshman laser sailor extraordinaire Charlie Buckingham winning. Buckingham won the MAISA single-handed championship this weekend at the Naval Academy in ...
The Economist

A history of solitary sailing asks why people seek out its danger

Joshua Slocum, an indefatigable trader, entrepreneur and sailor, born in 1844 on a farm in Nova Scotia, had a patchy record as a ship’s captain. Mutinies had a way of breaking out among his crews—he ...