A regatta (yacht race) can be a single boat race or a series of boat races. Regattas are highly organized events and typically very structured. It typically includes social activities in addition to the race and is usually named for the town or place where the race occurs.

Key Sailing Regulations

A yacht using sails as motive power on port tack gives way to one on starboard tack.
The more maneuverable vessel gives way to the less maneuverable …

Gildas and Julian, the 2-man crew on board the CIM Shipyard Ocean Voyager 62 FAST, were in for a thrill of their lifetime when they were delivering the 62′ performance catamaran to Mumbai from Muscat.

Both sailors took up sailing as a passion when they were as young as 5 years old…and they have had a lot of experience sailing the high seas and oceans – both independently and together as a team.
The trip from Muscat to Mumbai, which was bound to take almost 8 days in ‘normal’ conditions was a …

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship.

Until the 20th century, ships’ masts were wooden. Originally, they were formed from single piece of timber, typically the trunks of fir trees. From the 16th century, ships were often built of a size requiring masts taller and thicker than could be made from single tree trunks. On these larger ships, to achieve …