riding the barrel and getting pitted on a Cabrinha SUP

Created by Patrick Rynne. The Ultimate Sailing Showdown between Brad Funk (Moth), Damien Leroy (Kite), Kent Marinkovic (Kite), Garry Menk (Kite), Alex Bishop (49er), and Valen Smith (49er).

Time lapse video showing how tracer dye spreads throughout a surf zone in Australia.

We built a composite wing and modified a 2.4 meter class sailboat to be completely robotic. The wing is trimmed autonomously based on data from the anemometer, and the boat is steered by a pilot at a computer on land. The person sitting on the deck is there in case something breaks.

A pretty tricky Port Starboard situation between optimists on the first beat of a 4 on 4 team race.

Here I break down how to attack a boat that is behind you on the downwind leg of a team race.

A downwind windward leeward situation between the Williford brothers.

Optimist team racing both here in the United States and the rest of the world should switch to 3 on 3 racing. The current 4 on 4 approach is bad for the kids, the event organizers, the umpires, and the spectators. Switch to 3 on 3, and everybody will be better off.

Here we have a brother-battle with one boat trying to pin the other past port tack layline.

Does the sailor who admits he has fouled exonerate himself properly or not?

Here we break down some of the fundamental ingredients of a good roll tack.

Here we have a classic "slam dunk" situation that results in a collision. If you were the umpire, how would you make the call?

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The Testimonies Jensen: "I was on starboard tack approaching a windward mark (starboard rounding) slightly under layline. I entered the 2 boatlength zone clear ahead of Max. I slowed down to set a mark trap but slowly drifted slightly farther to leeward. At this point Max sailed between me and the mark. I headed up to head to wind and shut the door. Max stalled and hit the mark. I hailed protest for hitting the mark and for breaking rule 18." Max: "I was coming into a starboard rounding weather mark on starboard tack layline. Jensen was clear ahead and slightly to leeward when he entered the 2 boatlength zone. I realized I was not entitled to room, but he drifted so far to leeward that there was plenty of room for me to fit without fouling, so I sailed into a weather overlap and pinned Jensen. Jensen turned up to head to wind, and I did the same to keep clear. While luffing me, Jensen crossed head to wind and I was forced to tack to avoid contact with him, which caused me to hit the mark. I am protesting Jensen for breaking rule 13 and believe I should be exonerated for hitting the mark."

Rounding an upwind mark to starboard is a completely different beast than rounding one to port. Here we walk through some of the basic situations you may encounter and the fundamental rules that apply.

The difference between a legal and illegal rock at the start is barely noticeable to most of us, but to an umpire is very clear. Practice legal rocks to avoid red flags at your next regatta!

How to tack on a boat that is ducking you without fouling them, it isn't easy, but with practice you should be able to do it every time!

Here we walk through where to sit in an Optimist in light wind and why we want to reduce the wetted surface area as much as possible.

Here we walk through the different ways to execute a passback on a reach leg of a team race.

FAU Graduate Student Julien Barousse explores the hydrodynamic aspects of the hammerhead shark.