Racing

Snipe World Champion Kim Couranz learned a lot about successful sailboat racing by listening to the words of regatta winners. Now it's her turn to share.

A couple of thoughts from David Flynn of Quantum Sails to help make heavy air running moments more exhilarating than painful.

Seventy boats from 11 countries have entered the 2018 Star World Championships, which will unfold October 5-15 at the Tred Avon Yacht Club (TAYC) in Oxford

Annapolis sailor Zeke Horowitz and crew Jackson Benvenutti, Jo Ann Fisher, and Emmy Stuart clinched the J/22 World Championship September 10-13.

Allan Terhune's Thunder Chicken maintained the lead in strong current and light air on day 2 of the J/22 World Championships out of Annapolis Yacht Club.

Locals lead the first day of the J/22 World Championships out of Annapolis Yacht Club September 11, with former World Champion Allan Terhune at the top.

A Wet and Wild Racing Weekend

Well, that was fun. So said a couple of hundred sailing-crazy competitors after a wet, wild, windy racing weekend at the NASS Fall Oxford Race. Those who arrived for the upcoming J/22 Worlds looked out on the Bay, or even went out to practice, with some hope for big breeze. (Weirdly, Saturday offered light air on the Southern Bay for the Tri-Services Regatta--see more below). Here’s your racing roundup for the weekend of September 8-9.

Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) welcomes competitors to the 2018 J/22 World Championships, which will be contested off Annapolis September 9-14.

Happy 5th ALDR! A joint effort between the Annapolis and Eastport Yacht Clubs, the regatta will be run for its fifth year September 1-2.

Oxford 2018, Cape Charles, and more—racing sailors competed in a few Bay favorites over the weekend of August 10-12.