News & Results
Fresh from the water — page 12
Race results, technique, podcast episodes, and news from the lofts — performance, design, and the people behind both.
Photo © UK Sailmakers
RESULTS
NINE BULLETS AT CHARLESTON RACE WEEK
View fullsize Ken Horne’s J/105 FINAL FINAL scored nine firsts at Charleston Race Week in 2021. His Charleston Race Week scoreline was a picket fence: nine firsts. Texas J/105 sailor Ken…
RESULTS
FLYING INTO THE NEW SEASON
View fullsize Andrew and Linda Weiss’s Fast 40+ CHRISTOPHER DRAGON hit speeds up to 24 knots flying out of Newport Harbor last summer in the 2020 Ida Lewis Distance Race. Her main is the…
TECHNIQUE
SERVICE IS WHY SHE CHOSE UK SAILMAKERS
View fullsize Last summer, when they couldn’t get the rental house they wanted as a COVID escape, NY Sailor Perry Burgess and her husband bought a pre-owned Catalina 36 MKII. UK Sailmakers’…
RESULTS
DOUSING SOCK DRAMATIC STORY
View fullsize Modern furling systems have come a long way in handling spinnakers and Code Zeros. But the humble dousing sock is still a very reliable and cost-effective way for shorthanded…
COMPANY
THE POWER OF SEEING
BSG Development’s Sailcom program offers the power of seeing new sail flying on a boat before the first inch of is material cut. The program models proposed sails in crystal clear 3D…
RESULTS
PROPER COURSE RULES QUESTION
View fullsize Charles Taus, skipper of the J/33 SIRIUS, sent the following email the day after the video of Butch Ulmer’s rules webinar was posted. Charles wrote, watching the video…
LOFT NEWS
MEET THE TEAM
Sail Fast and Stay on Budget. That’s our motto at UK Sailmakers Northeast (formerly UK Sailmakers New York). While it may sound like a simple catchphrase, the dizzying array of options for…
RESULTS
THE 75TH ANNUAL BLOCK ISLAND RACE
View fullsize Inaugurated in 1946, the Storm Trysail Club’s Annual Block Island Race is one of Long Island Sound’s oldest distance races. Although the race has started and finished at…
RESULTS
THE SAM WETHERILL RACE AN OLD RACE WITH A NEW, LONGER COURSE
View fullsize The 69th Annual Sam Wetherill Race with its new 140-mile course will be Long Island Sound’s first distance race of the 2021 season. In fact, since most of the race takes place…
RESULTS
THE EDLU: A DAY RACE THAT’S A DISTANCE RACE
The 32-mile Edlu Race Course The course of the Edlu Race runs from Larchmont Harbor, almost straight down the middle of Long Island Sound to its single turning mark off Eatons Neck 16 miles…
RESULTS
FOUR GREAT RACES TO START THE 2021 SAILING SEASON
View fullsize By Charles “Butch” Ulmer Unlike a year ago when everything was being cancelled, things are on the upswing and 2021 is going to give those of us who sail a chance to make up…
COMPANY
NEW RULES AND OLD RULES, WE HELP YOU LEARN THEM ALL
View fullsize Every four years the Racing Rules of Sailing get updated. In these updates, most of the rules remain the same; however, there are usually some minor fixes to close loopholes…
COMPANY
SOLVING THE DURABILITY EQUATION
View fullsize An Arcona 435 with a partial taffeta layer up the leech of the main and just on the lower leech and foot of the jib. Peter Gustafsson photo/blur.se View fullsize Hallberg…
COMPANY
UK SAILMAKERS SWEDEN – FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
View fullsize Mikeal Olesen is one of the three partners at the helm of UK Sailmakers Sweden. Started already 1888, UK Sailmakers Sweden is one of the oldest sailmaking companies in the…
RESULTS
30-YEAR-OLD J/44 TAKES ISLANDS IN THE STREAM SERIES
View fullsize KENAI before the start of the Eleuthera race. Winning the Miami-to-Eleuthera Race locked-in the 2020-21 SORC Islands in the Stream Series for Chris and Karen Lewis’s J/44…
COMPANY
SUPER YACHT CHOSE DACRON
View fullsize Outfitting a boat, no matter if it is a J/24 or a super yacht, is all about balancing priorities. The owner of this super yacht chose dacron for the massive sails on his…
RESULTS
FOLLOWING A PLAN TO VICTORY
View fullsize CHECKMATE (F66) crossing OBSESSION (F1245) just after the start of the Bunbury and Return race. Fremantle, WA, Feb 12, 2021: Geoff Bishop, owner of UK Sailmakers Fremantle,…
COMPANY
HONORING FRONT LINE WORKERS
View fullsize In Canada, front-line health and rescue workers are getting honored as “heroes” with signs where a heart replaces the maple leaf in the Canadian Flag. UK Sailmakers…
RESULTS
Bye Bye Roller Furling…Back to Hanks
View fullsize Doublehanded racing has been growing in popularity for over a decade. With the interruption to big boat racing caused by the worldwide pandemic, doublehanded racing has taken…
COMPANY
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME THE OLDEST GROUP OF SAILMAKERS IN THE USA?
UK Sailmakers celebrates our 75th Anniversary Charles “Buster” Ulmer sitting along with Charles “Butch” Ulmer standing left and his brother-in-law Chuck Wiley. This photo was taken in 1967…
TECHNIQUE
Doublehanding Tips | UK Sailmakers at 75 | Job Opportunities
With the explosive interest in doublehanded big boat racing, UK Sailmakers is happy to announce a new instructional section on our website dedicated to tips on how to sail with just two…
RESULTS
WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER
Congratulations to the winners in our Christmas time raffle. For the 12 days of Christmas, we raffled off three UK Sailmakers duffel bags and nine UK Sailmakers caps. The winners were a…
COMPANY
Helping Western Australia Sail With Confidence
Geoff Bishop at the wheel of his King 40 CHECKMATE approaching a starting line. Geoff Bishop has been helping sailors in Western Australia sail with confidence as the head of the UK…
COMPANY
Job Openings at UK San Francisco
UK Sailmakers San Francisco is looking to hire a part-time or full-time loft service / repair person as well as a salesperson. This is a great opportunity to work with Sylvain Barrielle,…
Nothing matched your search. Try a boat name, a race, or a technique — or clear the search to browse every article.
Showing 265–288 of 566 articles · Page 12 of 24
Two emails a month. No fluff.
Results, new technology, and technique from the lofts — straight to your inbox.
Welcome aboard ⚓
The next issue ships this week.