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A legendary sailor and her historic ship is cruising up the Hudson River and making a stop in the Hudson Valley for all to check out.

It was in 1981 that 29 entrants set out on the third edition of the Whitbread Around the World Race, creating the current record as the biggest ever, fully crewed challenge. As the race evolved every four years, it became ever more professional and eventually, as the Volvo Race for elite sailors, the numbers dropped dramatically, averaging in the past 20 years, to only seven starters. The 2023 Ocean Globe Race (OGR) will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original 1973 Whitbread, the first ever fully crewed race, around the world. Already, two and a half years from the start, 25 entrants a...

26th February 2021 Graham Dalton, New Zealand solo sailor and entrant in the 2022 Golden Globe Race (left) with his brother Grant Dalton, (centre) and Barry Pickthall, the GGR ORG Ambassador Credit: PPL One sails in the fastest, most sophisticated and prestigious sailing challenge in the world, all over in just minutes! The other is attempting the longest, loneliest, most demanding and slowest race, for any individual in any sport on the planet. The Dalton family wants it all! With the America's Cup just days away and the third edition of the gruelling eight-month solo Golden Globe Race star...

An Invitation for Inclusion in 2021: Reviewing the Women’s Panel from US Sailing’s DEI Series 48° North friend and contributor, Jennifer Harkness, not only gives us an excellent rundown of US Sailing’s DEI Women’s Panel… she moderated it! Please take her words to heart (and action). EDITOR’S NOTE: The full video of this panel discussion is available below.  If you haven’t poked around the US Sailing’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resource pages you will want to do that soon. They are working hard at getting these overdue conversations going in the sailing community. Thei...