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Its new sail season in the Midwest! These sails are destine for a unique boat, who can guess which one? The only hint is they are almost there!

Are you like me, a sucker for these beasts that race all out around the world for the Jules Verne record?

Thomas Coville and team are over a thousand miles ahead of the record 7 days in and have not yet passed Cape of Good Hope. Many of these record runs are failures and only time will tell. Stringing together the weather systems, having the right boat and crew.

Just like us here on the Great Lakes when we do the Mac or any other distance race.

Hop into your arm chair and ride along during the holidays.

Accueil - Sodebo - Ultim 3 Trophée Jules Verne : Suivez la tentative de Sodebo Ultim 3 avec à son bord : Thomas Coville, Benjamin Schwartz, Léonard Legrand, Frédéric Denis, Guillaume Pirouelle, Pierre Leboucher et Nicolas Troussel

The Curious Case of the XR 41 and ORC

The XR 41 burst onto the scene as X Yachts’ first dedicated race boat in years. The boat immediately lit up the racing world, with two teams finishing first and second at ORC Worlds in dominant fashion. Soon after, the boat found itself at the center of a controversy over its rating. Or did it?

The XR 41 was developed in the same spirit as the successful JPK designs, creating a boat that looks slow on a velocity prediction program while being very fast on the water. Designers and sailors have been playing this game for as long as rating rules have existed. Sailing organizations attempt to fairly rate boats, and designers look for blind spots in those systems. With the XR 41, X Yachts appears to have found one.

The Curious Case of the XR 41 and ORC The XR 41 burst onto the scene as X Yachts’ first dedicated race boat in years. The boat immediately lit up the racing world, with two teams finishing first and second at ORC Worlds in dominant fashion. Soon after, the boat found itself at the center of a controversy over its rating. Or did it? [....

Take a deep dive into Sail Making while the turkey is in the oven!

A Conversation About Sails With Our Sailmaker [Ep. 165] We take a deep dive into the topic of sails! We put our sailmaker on the spot and throw the book at him. This is everything you wanted to know about sails bu...