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This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufacturing is done by a number of companies and groups. Notable designers
The English, who were the challengers for the first 132 years of the race, commented "England rules the waves, but America waives the rules." This race was not traditionally an inshore race, due to the requirement that the British boat would sail to the racing area, which involved sailing trans-Atlantically.
In the east, the first true ocean voyage was the colonization of the Northern Marianas Islands of Micronesia from the Philippines. This was followed by more migrations southwards and eastwards to Island Melanesia up to islands beyond the inter-island visibility range like Tonga and Samoa. This region was occupied by the Austronesian Lapita culture.
Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa, California, headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all-fiberglass, mass-production sailboat builders.
This started with the victory of the trimaran Olympus Photo, skippered by Mike Birch in the first Route du Rhum. Thereafter, no open ocean race was won by a monohull. Winning times dropped by 70%, since 1978. Olympus Photo's 23-day 6 hr 58' 35" success dropped to Gitana 11's 7d 17h 19'6", in 2006.
Here’s our round-up of some of the best Caribbean cruises setting sail in 2024 and 2025, from adults-only holidays to family-friendly adventures. Read more: I went on a cruise to find out if ...
In 1474 Lopes Gonçalves reached the point where the coast turns south, and became the first European sailor to cross the equator. Between 1475 and 1479 Spain and Portugal fought along the coast. The Treaty of Alcáçovas gave the whole area to the Portuguese, except for the Canaries. This was the first colonial war and the first colonial treaty.
Sail geometry has changed on a couple of occasions, most significantly in 1989 when the "Racing Sail", still 75 ft 2 "sail area", but with deeper draft, was made available as an option. In 2010 the last of the Sunfish's wood attributes were superseded when first the rudder and now this year the tiller were changed from wood components to ...