I was sailing a Farr 40 at Key West Race Week in the late 1990s and we were having a difficult time accelerating off the starting line. We couldn’t quite hit the correct angle when we headed down, our ...

How many times over the course of Paul Larsen’s singleminded, decade-long quest to break the outright speed sailing record did you scoff, scorn and doubt his oddball, waterbug craft? I know I did.

Nearly 10,000 fans gathered this past weekend to watch some of the world’s top sailors race past the Statue of Liberty, with the iconic New York City skyline as their backdrop. SailGP, a fast-growing ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago hosts the World Match Racing tour this weekend, bringing high speed sailing to the Windy City. Aboard massive M32 Catamarans, 18 teams from across the globe compete for ...

For more than eight years, the world sailing speed record has remained unbroken. In November 2012, Australian Paul Larsen reached 65.45 knots (or 121 kilometers per hour/75 mph) in his Vesta ...

Anna Weis is running on adrenaline. Well, adrenaline and the Red Bull in her hand. She’s fresh off the salty San Francisco Bay, slightly damp, and still in her sleek navy-blue uniform. Her blonde ...

It’s sad that a champion vehicle of any kind should be kept away and forgotten for more than a decade. Any boat, especially a record-breaking one, should be out at sea. And that’s exactly what’s going ...

Sailing sounds like fun for many people, but its complexity keeps a lot of them away. What if you could feel like a sailing champion in no time? This incredible water toy boasts racing-inspired ...