It’s the need for speed combined with the danger of living on the edge that is making hydrofoilers – sailboats with wing-like foils mounted under the hull – so popular in yacht design. The America’s Cup will be contended again …
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Experience and an upbeat spirit earned TortolaExpress the champion title at the 2014 Quantum Sails IC24 International Regatta. Ten boats, nearly double the number from last year, raced in this 10th annual event held out of Soper’s Hole, Tortola, BVI, in …
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The Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week has become the largest U.S. multi-class regatta, and it’s still growing. Watch for a new set of competitors as Charleston Race Week adds a new class for multihulls and a new sponsor, Quantum Sail …
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Even before the last holiday decoration is put away, sailors from around the world are tuning their boats, gathering their support team and making their travel plans for the first major regatta of 2014. Top competitors from over 10 countries …
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New sails are on nearly everyone’s list at the start of each Caribbean regatta season. So, what do you do with your old sails? Donate them to Nutmeg Designs, a sustainable home-furnishings and eco-accessories business based in Road Town, Tortola, …
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With months of preparation and many postponed departures the young St. Maarteners who are attempting to sail around the world have set sail. In February 2013 Kippy Gilders, Alex Nebe, Maria Merckens, Laura Bijnsdorp and I came up with the …
Read More »Doug Stewart from Quantum Sails looks at Genoa sizing as it relates to sheeting position and performance. Have you ever wondered why the clew (the corner the sheets tie to) of your Genoa is so far out of reach that …
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