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All Good in the Hood • At the final stop of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, the “slower” classes continue to thrive.

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Aerophobia Cured • The kids can do it. The pros can do it. But what about a salty old-timer like me? Yes, I can. And I did foil with ease. My fear of flight is gone.

Land-Speed Lust • With the engineering might of the America’s Cup defender, foiling ace Glen Ashby finally has the right stuff to take a crack at the land-speed sailing record.

Mission Marseille • Every day of training in the Olympic venue is a good one, especially when the Mistral kicks in.

Soaring Toward the World Title • The rise of professional wingfoiling was an opportunity for this pro kiteboarder to stretch her wings.

Fast Times Ahead • A flurry of fresh new IMOCA 60 launches harkens the arrival of the latest generation of ocean-racing greyhounds about to set chase around the world.

Whisperer of Champions • For a no-nonsense perspective on coaching and coaches, we check in with one of the best, now bound for the pedestal in the National Sailing Hall of Fame.

The Recon Gamble • A new approach to curtail spying in the America’s Cup also intends to feed more content to fans and design teams alike.

The Great Oliver Iselin • His name may not be well-known to today’s America’s Cup managers, competitors and casual fans, but C. Oliver Iselin’s place in the history of this venerable event is considerable.

Round the Outside • When Race to Alaska organizers allowed competitors to take their adventure race into bigger conditions outside Vancouver Island, this team took the challenge.

ALINGHI AWAKENED • THE ONE-TIME AMERICA’S CUP DEFENDER ENTERS THE RING ONCE AGAIN.

FUN AND GAMES • SAILORS OF THE WASZP CLASS DESCEND UPON LAKE GARDA, A MECCA OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE SAILING FOR A FOILING IMMERSION.

DREAM TEAM FOR A DREAM RACE • THERE WERE MANY HAPPY ACCOUNTS FROM THE RECENT RUNNING OF THE NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE, BUT FOR THE WINNING TEAM, IT WAS INDEED THE RACE OF A LIFETIME.

Filling the Foretriangle • Having a versatile reaching headsail inventory that minimized sail changes was the goal to build a winning quiver for the Bermuda Race.

My Clean Slate • What if you could unlearn bad habits, or start fresh with none at all? It’s possible, and there’s at least one example to prove it.

American Garage, J/24 World Champions • Mike Marshall and Allan Terhune, skipper and tactician of the J/24 Worlds-winning American Garage, share their thoughts on how to get faster under pressure.

How Are You Feeling? • Feel is not something that can be measured, calibrated or tracked on a spreadsheet. So, what is it anyway? Let’s explore one of sailing’s great mysteries.

Traipsing Through the Narrows • When an invitation came to race on Peter Kellogg’s 33-foot catboat, Silent Maid, the one thing that piqued my curiosity was the event name itself: the Catboat Rally. I was looking for something new and different, and new this was. I’m in.

Fingernails for Pitons • This Olympian and world champion could look back at the medals missed, but it’s better to remember the superhuman effort required to compete for them in the first place.

DR. CRASH