From the oldest trophy in international sport to 80 days alone in the Southern Ocean — guides to the races and festivals that define sailing culture.
The oldest trophy in international sport — 173 years of national pride, technological obsession, and the occasional complete reinvention of what a racing sailboat is.
Read the guide →628 nautical miles through Bass Strait — one of the world's three great ocean races, starting from Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day.
Read the guide →Around the world, alone, without stopping, without assistance — 24,000 miles and the Everest of solo sailing.
Read the guide →608 nautical miles from Cowes to Fastnet Rock and back to Plymouth. Britain's toughest offshore classic, with a 1979 storm in its history that rewrote offshore safety rules worldwide.
Read the guide →2,225 miles from Los Angeles to Diamond Head, Honolulu. Once in the trade winds it becomes a downhill sleigh ride — America's premier Pacific offshore race since 1906.
Read the guide →Port Townsend, Mystic Seaport, Eggemoggin Reach, Lunenburg, Newport — where the builders never stopped and the craftsmanship still draws a crowd.
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