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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Competitive people are clever and will exploit any unintended loophole. This appears to have happened in offshore racing as ...

The South Carolina Maritime Museum’s summer sailing camps have a lot to offer for kids as well as adults and parents. Paz Higgins has been participating in the sailing camp for six years. This is ...