Laser Gold In Palma: Christopher Barnard Sets Sights On Tokyo

Last week at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Olympic Class Regatta, 28 year old Christopher (Barney) Barnard of Newport Harbor California stamped his name into the history books with a gold medal in the Laser class as the American sailor to watch as we near the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Christopher edged out Great Britain's Elliot Hanson and Nick Thompson for the top spot on the podium, with team mate Charlie Buckingham in 5th. This is the strongest showing for US men in the Laser class to da...

Quantum Sails Welcomes Cameron Appleton to its Client Service and Success Team World-champion tactician and helmsman Cameron Appleton has joined Quantum Sails where he will support grand prix and big-boat clients while working closely with the company’s design and product development teams. Appleton will also join the TP52 Quantum Racing program for 2019 in the role of tactician. Cameron is one of the top talents in the sport today, achieving outstanding success in a number of offshore one...

While the fleet of GC32s fly around a racecourse set metres from the shore to the delight of thousands of onlookers, behind the scenes there is an expert team making it all happen seamlessly. This team is led by Extreme Sailing Series™ Race Director, John Craig. Craig has had a varied career in sailing, ranging from coaching the Canadian Olympic team to his role as Principal Race Officer at the legendary 34th America’s Cup. It is a diverse CV that perfectly qualifies him to run one of t...

Paul and daughter Trine sailing the Tornado Paul Bert Elvstrøm (25 February 1928 – 7 December 2016) was a Danish yachtsman. He won four Olympic gold medals and eleven world titles in eight different types of boat, including Snipe, Soling, Star, Flying Dutchman and Finn Elvstrøm competed in eight Olympic Games from 1948 to 1988, being one of only six persons ever (the others are sailor Ben Ainslie, swimmer Michael Phelps, wrestler Kaori Icho, and athletes Carl Lewis in the long ...

Justin Chisholm of Sail Racing Magazine interviews Anthony Kouton of GC32 Argo Racing on the rigours of life on the GC32 Circuit. Although the GC32 Class might not get the sort of media attention it’s larger cousins in the America’s Cup attract, fielding 11 teams on the European GC32 Racing Tour makes it the biggest fleet of large high-performance foiling multihulls in the world, currently. Many of the teams are owner-driver campaigns but the circuit is far from amateur with plenty...

For Brett Suwyn, solo sailing offers an opportunity for adventure and a way to get away from the ruckus of city life. A relative newcomer to the sport, as he learns the ways of the sea his adventures are getting bigger and bigger, from a 77-day trip to Alaska last summer, to his first race this summer—the Single-Handed Transpac. Brett Suwyn has always loved the solitude and the adventure of the outdoors. Hiking, camping, kayaking—he was into it. He grew up in Michigan in a little town just s...

Jake Schettewi – a video by Kevin Pritchard Jake Schettewi is 14 years-old and he rips. The whole Schettewi family loves windsurfing and this is the reason they moved to Maui two years ago. Maui with its spots and windsurfing lifestyle provides ideal conditions for young Jake and brings him closer to his dream of becoming a windsurfing pro. Kevin Pritchard produced a clip about the 2015 AWT Youth Champion and AWT amateur men’s overall title winner: “This kid’s got a great story ahead...

Recently unearthed, the 1978 Sports Illustrated Article on Bill Lee, Merlin and the Chicken Coop. By Richard W Johnston At the end of a rough and sometimes muddy road above Soquel, four miles south of Santa Cruz on the California coast, is a big old chicken house. A small, crudely lettered sign on a telephone pole says BILL LEE YACHTS. The parking lot lies some 30 feet below the coop, and an unpainted wooden staircase leads up to the hen-house door, which bears another sign: BRING...

You get the immediate sense when you meet the crew of D&D Racing, they are on a mission and won't be distracted by the pitfalls and shortcomings of recent US lack of success in Olympic Sailing in general and the 49er class in particular. With only a Bronze medal at 2000 Sydney Games via the McKee brothers in the 49ers debut year, Three cycles since have been a complete drought. Dan Morris and David Liebenberg are well aware of the circumstances and the long road to hoe it will be to cha...

The guys & D&D Racing going through the paces on SF Bay.

Not a bad way to spend a February Thursday afternoon!

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