Spinnaker sails are large, lightweight sails with huge surface area designed to grab as much energy as possible from the wind ...

In this series, we’ve already covered tacks and jibes. Now for a few words on spinnakers. Fortunately, for the most part, the key principles apply to both asymmetrical and symmetrical spinnakers. If ...

Trimmer Scott “Chuck” Norris is quick to give credit where it’s due. He made his name in the Melges 32 class aboard Jeff Ecklund’s Star, with Harry Melges trimming the main, calling tactics, and ...

Austria's double Olympic champion, Roman Hagara, has refused to rule out the possibility of pulling out from the Tornado class competition over the 'upwind spinnaker' sail specially developed for the ...

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