In the MC class, your biggest opportunity to pass boats occurs while beating to windward. It separates the top 10 percent of the fleet from the rest. If you want to be a better MC-Scow sailor, boat speed is the…

Melges Performance Sailboats is now offering a new cockpit style for the 2018 MC Scow. SailZing viewed the new boat and talked with Andy Burdick at the ILYA MC Invitational on Lake Beulah. In response to customer feedback, Melges designed the…

SailZing.com Contributor Henry Chesnutt (Lake Harriet Yacht Club) chatted with MC Scow Champion Bill Colburn after he won a Lake Harriet Yacht Club Championship race recently in “harrowing and gusty conditions”. Bill is a four time ILYA MC Champ from 2008-2011.…

Here’s a well-done video from the International Sailing Academy showing the importance of shooting up to maintain your gap on the starting line.  This video shows the technique in Lasers, but is applicable to other small  boats. Starting: Shooting Up…

Well, while one SailZinger was PRO for the race, the other was sailing to a win in the MC-Scow. The wind was very gusty so I had to use some of the learning that we’ve shared on SailZing.com to finish…

The 2017 Cedar Lake Yacht Club Pre-Season Prep regatta was a great opportunity for honing sailing skills and seeing scow sailor friends from the C-Scow and MC-Scow fleets. Held on Big Cedar Lake, WI, The regatta started with a free…