In this series, we’ve already covered tacks and jibes. Now for a few words on spinnakers. Fortunately, for the most part, the key principles apply to both asymmetrical and symmetrical spinnakers. If ...

A "drag sail" concept designed to help get space junk out of orbit just received a cash infusion. The Spinnaker concept to deorbit small satellites received $375,000 in seed funding from the ...

The true grade of any spinnaker douse on an asymmetrical sportboat can’t be recorded until that boat has rounded the ensuing top mark. Did the spinnaker hoist easily and fill correctly the second time ...