When two boats meet on opposite tacks and the port boat hails, "Tack or Cross?" it's the starboard boat's opportunity to control the race. Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham and Editor in Chief, Dave Reed, discuss the nuances of this common scenario.

Sarah Olivieri's team on the J/80 "Pi" traveled from from their home waters on the Hudson River to the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis. A team that races PHRF exclusively gets their first taste of J/80 class racing.

Following a collision shortly after the start of The Ocean Race Europe, skippers share their reactions. Content provided by Ocean Race Europe.

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Brad Tindall and Greg Thurman's J/105 team from Corpus Christi, Texas, hauled their boat to the northeast for a summer of racing, capped off by a class win at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta S

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New faces line up for their first start. Others carry forward the names and spirit of those who came before. It’s more than a race—it’s tradition in motion.

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Shea Gibson of Quantum Sails joins the Sailing World Regatta Series to deliver a Marblehead weather forecast—and tactical insight you won’t want to miss.

Two sailboats are about to cross tacks on the upwind leg of a race and the port-tack boat must duck behind the starboard-tack boat. But there's one problem: a duck puts them into a bad lane. So what then? Mike Ingham details the power of the high-duck.

Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham explains different options for tactical repositioning when a windward boat is stuck on the hip of a leeward boat–off the start, on the open course, or exiting from a leeward-mark rounding.

Using Sail Talk Software, Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham diagrams the steps of a reach-through escape maneuver, used to reposition on the racecourse when stuck to windward of another boat.

Andy Camarda, of J Boats Midwest, takes us onboard the first J/7 to sail the waters of Lake Michigan, with a casual Chicago harbor cruise where he shares his first impressions of a boat designed for all levels of sailors.

Sailing World Boat of the Year judges Erik Shampain and Mike Ingham sail the J/7, a new day sailer from J Boats. With a jib-and-main sail combination. large cockpit, and simple interior, J Boats aims to offer a versatile boat for club sailing programs, casual racing and recreational sailing. This short captures BOTY testing in February 2025 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The US-built Storm 18, from Storm Marine and Fulcrum Speedworks, is designed to be a versatile platform to serve the needs of club sailing programs, team racing, match racing and recreational sailing. Sailing World's Boat of the Year test team put the boat through its paces in February in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Sailing World's Boat of the Year test team rigged up the doublehanded skiff-like VX Two for an exhilerating session in St. Petersburg in February. Here's a look and insight from the US dealer on the details and expectations for this new one-design dinghy.

The doublehanded BirdyFish foiler is a foiling scow that puts flight into the hands of new foilers and fanatics alike. Sailing World's Boat of the Year test team took flight in February in St. Petersburg, Florida. Here's a look and insight into what make it all work.

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Jeremy Alexis and Jocelyn Saxon's Melges 32 Fleetwood won its PHRF 1 division at the 2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Chicago and the overall title. Sailing World's Dave Reed interview the two sailors about their regatta experience and the steps the team has taken to get faster.