Rule 42, Propulsion, addresses permitted and non-permitted ways to affect the boat’s speed while racing. For this post, we assembled and organized all the available Rule 42 resources, including the rule, “official” interpretations, World Sailing cases, video examples, and commentary…

Rule 42, Propulsion, addresses permitted and non-permitted ways to affect the boat’s speed while racing. Propulsion is sometimes referred to as kinetics. Many sailors don’t understand or apply the rule correctly for a variety of reasons: Lack of education and…

One of our readers told us he sees lots of sailors losing ground because they don’t realize the importance of getting the windward mark laylines right. We were skeptical until we reviewed our recent drone videos and saw several examples…

Steve Cockerill shared top tips for dinghy handling at the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show in London in early March 2017. I found these to be excellent insights that will definitely improve my boat handling performance this season, if I perfect…