Today the rigging is stainless steel, the sails dacron or nylon, the boat fiberglass and the masts aluminum. Deep-pocketed racers use exotics: carbon fiber masts, sails of Kevlar and other materials.

First, there is the hull which is the body of the boat with the keel, rudder ... They are lightweight without compromising on durability. There are even carbon fiber options for the ultimate in ...

Schematic representation of carbon fiber preparation from polyacrylonitrile. The turbostratic structure of PAN CF contrasts with the mesophase pitch CFs, which form strongly directional (sheet ...

The Bayesian was an outlier. All the other boats in the same series, from the same Italian manufacturer, had two masts instead of one. Technical documents obtained by The Times and computer models ...

Guillaume Le Grand is trying to bring cargo shipping back to its roots. Standing on the deck of an 82-metre sailboat docked in Quebec City's port, Le Grand, a sailor and CEO of the French company ...

That 75-meter (247-foot) carbon-fiber mast belongs to the Mirabella V ... unconcerned when woken at 4 a.m. local time as the boat tilted. They only became worried when the yacht’s windows ...

Welcome to the 2024 Boat Buyers Guide by Boating! Each year, our team curates this guide to assist you in your quest for your next (or inaugural) boat purchase. Understanding a boat’s performance is ...

The K'Lai lost one of her masts and was stranded at sea, it was explained. The three occupants suffered minor complications given the boat's lack of maneuvering capacity amid high waves but were ...

The one-legged, sailboat-dwelling Florida man affectionately nicknamed “Lieutenant Dan” is OK after riding out Hurricane Milton’s wrath in Tampa Bay — despite the mayor insisting he went ...

A man in Tampa, Fla., who gained fame for riding out Hurricane Helene and Milton while docked on his sailboat has been arrested. Joseph Malinowski, also known as "Lieutenant Dan" was arrested on ...