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THE REAL INFLUENCERS • When sailing’s worker bees swarm to sunny St. Pete Beach, honey oozes from the hive.

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CAPE TO THE STAGE • With a flourishing fleet in Europe, the newest sportboat class debuted in Key West to show what all the buzz is about.

AMERICA’S HIGH-PERFORMANCE ACE • The 2022 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year has been plotting his ascent to the top of the new high-performance catamaran world with a focus on perfection. The journey continues.

IN LUFF WITH LASSIES • Weekly women’s dinghy racing is a big deal in southwest Florida, especially in Sarasota, where one woman’s call to action in the early ’70s sparked a movement that thrives today.

CRANKING UP THE POWER • The AC75s of the America’s Cup are power-hungry beasts. The human input required for sustained foiling and maneuvers on demand is a critical piece of the design puzzle.

INTO THE MIX • A new Olympic discipline, unknown teams and a long road to Paris: These are the burdens of today’s Mixed 470 sailors.

AHEAD OF THE SHIFT • This sailing coach abandoned the trodden junior sailing pathway to lay a divergent path to the promised land.

ALL ON THE LINE • The age of automated and tech-based starting lines and race management is now a reality.

MAKING THE TOUGH CALLS • There are so many decisions to make in the course of a sailboat race, particularly offshore, where choices come with high risks and big rewards or none at all.

WHAT’S OLD IS NEW • The venerable and unique Ray Hunt-designed International 110 is getting a redo.

MIGHTY MITES • The most popular shorthanded ocean-racing machines are coming of age and pushing design into new corners of the box rule, for better or worse.

WIND-DRIVEN • FOR THIS YOUNG AND DETERMINED PROFESSIONAL SAILOR, OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT.

WIZARD OF HARWICH • The greats of one-design sailing past and present know how and where to find the boatwright of champions.

HOW TO PAINT A PICTURE FOR THE TACTICIAN • Assisting with the tactician’s decision-making process means feeding the right information at the right time.

USING CRITICAL DECISION POINTS • There are definable points in a race when it’s good to momentarily shift your focus from boatspeed to strategy.

A WINNING COMBINATION • Club-level team racing doesn’t get the attention it deserves, but this New England yacht club has proven how it can engage existing members while attracting new and younger sailors.

ONE JUMBO-SIZE LEGLER-ACY • College sailing will soon bid happy retirement to one of its longest-serving coaches.

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