Carsyn and Caitlyn McMakin recently traveled from Georgia to Georgetown to visit their grandmother, Brenda Pope. The two sisters have something on their summer bucket list they plan on checking off ...

For the first time in its 92-year history, the Tahoe Yacht Club will host the U.S. Laser National Championships, bringing roughly 100 sailboats to the lake to vie for the title over four days of ...

Ian Bruce’s death in late March, at age 83, caused me to reflect on the influence he and many other industry icons have had in shaping our sport. It’s only when we lose someone that we deeply consider ...

Sailors can and will evolve. It’s OK to embrace a more modern singlehander, one that delivers the same simplicity and performance — and then some. The Melges 14, the judges agreed, is a righteous ...

Diffraction gratings could allow laser-sailing craft to hold the line. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spacecraft could fly to ...

The stability of a light sail riding on a laser beam is analyzed both analytically and numerically. Conical sails on Gaussian beams, which have been studied in the past, are shown to be unstable in ...

Four-times Tour de France winner Chris Froome was airlifted to hospital in Toulon after suffering a training crash which left him with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a back fracture, his team ...

SANTA CRUZ — While most sports competitions in Santa Cruz County have been eliminated by COVID-19, the sailing community continues to band together to maintain some sense of normalcy in 2020. One week ...