Joe Cooper

6 days ago | windcheckmagazine.com | David Dellenbaugh |Chris Szepessy |Vincent Pica |Joe Cooper

When your position in the race suddenly takes a nose dive, it’s time to re-focus your gameplan. Don’t discard your well-planned strategy, but consider making a few adjustments. Take a deep breath. Before you follow a knee-jerk reaction (which seldom works), pause for a moment and assess your situation. Think about questions like:• Is it early or late in the series? • Do you already have a throwout? • How good is your boatspeed? • How confident are you in your pre-start strategic plan?

6 days ago | windcheckmagazine.com | Tom Darling |Vincent Pica |Chris Szepessy |Joe Cooper

It was Memorial Day 2020, and I was not sailing. Our Classics Fleet at Oakcliff Sailing in Oyster Bay, New York was restricted by social distancing and masks. All I could do for recreation was walk. It was as eerily quiet on the water as it was in the deep of The Ramble in New York City’s Central Park. I was walking daily during the spring of 2020, and realized I was not walking by myself; I had a soundtrack around me. That was the birds of Central Park, thousands and thousands of them.

1 week ago | windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Benjamin Cesare |Tom Darling |Joe Cooper

The 4th Annual CT Sea Music Festival will drop anchor in historic downtown Essex, CT the weekend of June 6-9. This family-friendly weekend includes a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, free daytime workshops and concerts featuring local, regional, and international maritime performers, a family stage, demonstrations of sailor skills, sails on the Connecticut River, a Sunday morning revival-style hymn sing, and late-night Chantey Sings in the Griswold Inn and the Essex Corinthian Yacht Club.

1 week ago | windcheckmagazine.com | Benjamin Cesare |Joe Cooper |Vincent Pica |Chris Szepessy

I have mentioned this before. I like to beach. I remember as a junior sailing kid, we used to call the less proficient kids, or adults for that matter, “beachers.” And of course, ugly boats were called “beacher craft.” “Can you believe that beacher tacked on us? So un-cool!” Or, “Check out that beacher craft in the channel…thing is soooo ugly!” I suppose it was less rude than “check out that POS 36,” but still, we certainly were arrogant little pricks.

1 month ago | windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Vincent Pica |Joe Cooper

Aquador Boats, known for their premium Scandinavian design and exceptional craftsmanship, are now available in the U.S., exclusively distributed by SailTime. This marks a major milestone for boating enthusiasts seeking stylish and high-quality vesselsAquador models will be available for direct retail purchase as well as through PowerTime, SailTime’s powerboat ownership and membership program.