Morning After - S&S 34 - never took kindly to autopilot - especially downwind! Before I get into the detail of this current issue, here is my true story to position where I start from and yes I’m conflicted and unsure. Muckle Flugga, and four people on a small old boat - who didn’t actually need…

A month to go and and in two parts here are some ideas on how to win one of the best late season classic offshore races in the World. Rolex Middle Sea race: Always an exciting start in the Grand Harbour Rationing water, then an almighty bang In October 2015 I was navigator and tactician aboard…

A box rule tells a designer the truth up front. Published limits, real freedom inside them, and in its purest form no corrected time at all.

Twenty-five years after offshore racing’s great handicap split, the real question is no longer which rule is better, but what gives owners the confidence to keep investing. I look at IRC and ORC.

The boats have never been better. So why does the sport keep getting narrower, and who is left to play?

…It’s IRC vs ORC — Two Design Philosophies, Two Boats, Two Truths Here’s a detailed view of how rating rules shape yachts, speed, and outcomes There are two ways to design a racing yacht One is to design a fast boat. The other is to design a boat that can be proven to be fast. That is the divide between IRC and ORC. Both systems work. Both produce winners. But they arrive there through entirely different logic—and that logic shapes everything: • Hull form