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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |David Dellenbaugh |John K. Fulweiler |Benjamin Cesare
By Aurora “Rory” Meunier MottPhotos by the author and Erica LushWho knew that a meeting over coffee would lead to a plane ticket to France? At the end of December 2024, I was invited to a breakfast meet and greet with my friend Ellie Menezes (with whom I’ve been sailing for about five years), Joe Cooper (my Prout Sailing coach) and shorthanded offshore racer Erica Lush. I’d heard of Erica and wanted to know a bit more about what she does as a sailor.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Benjamin Cesare |John K. Fulweiler |Vincent Pica
Lagoon Catamaran, the world-renowned builder of premium cruising catamarans, is proud to announce the appointment of its new exclusive dealership for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. The new dealership, operating under the name Signature Catamarans, will serve discerning sailors and yacht owners from Virginia to Maine.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Benjamin Cesare |Chris Szepessy |John K. Fulweiler |Joe Cooper
Well April was busy, just like we said it would be. CT Spring Boat Show was a blast despite a typical spring mix of sun, rain, breeze on and decent 60s temps. The Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show had much of the same. But with that all out of the way, it’s time to get serious about the prep-and-go time of year!This is a Marion Bermuda Race year as well as Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week for you big boat sailors, but there are a host of events happening between now and June.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | David Dellenbaugh |Chris Szepessy |Tom Darling |John K. Fulweiler
When you’re trying to catch other boats on a windward leg, the good news is that the fleet usually spreads out a lot on beats. If the wind changes very much in direction or velocity, this separation creates good passing opportunities. But the bad news is that the boats you’re trying to catch are all between you and the wind. This means you must constantly dodge wind shadows, especially when you are sailing toward the ‘favored’ side.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Vincent Pica |John K. Fulweiler
We have a long room in our house, the long side of which faces south. We try not to heat that room in the winter. The bummer is that my office is in this room. The other bummer is that there is a two-and-a-half-story house about 30 yards to the south.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |John K. Fulweiler |Joe Cooper |Vincent Pica
Registration is now open for the 40th biennial Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, which will leave Marblehead Harbor on Sunday, July 6, 2025. First started in 1905, it is the oldest ocean race in North America. The 361-nautical mile race is sponsored by the Boston Yacht Club and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Joe Cooper |John K. Fulweiler |Tom Darling
To Whom It May Concern,Hello, my name is Heather Rose Tholen. I was given a vintage wooden Alden Yacht from a boat graveyard and I am restoring her in a four-year project. As I work on her, I wonder so much about the person who built her. I love studying history and I recognize this wooden yacht as a piece of art. Her name is the Miracle. I hope to train so that I can solo her across the Atlantic when I am done with her restoration.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Benjamin Cesare |John K. Fulweiler |Joe Cooper
Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, NY hosted the Shields Class National Championship from September 19-21, with twenty-two competing boats from as far away as Marion, MA and Monterey, CA. The maximum eight races were sailed in the three-day series. Co-skippers Reed Baer and John Burnham, representing Ida Lewis Yacht Club and Shields Fleet 9, won their fourth Shields Nationals.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Marion Bartholomew |Chris Szepessy |John K. Fulweiler |Vincent Pica
By Marion BartholomewAugust 18, 2024 dawned in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey looking like it would be a fine day for sailing in Sandy Hook Bay, a body of water with a spectacular view of New York City to the north. While Sandy Hook Bay remains somewhat obscure to most, it does have an imprimatur as the site of thirteen America’s Cup matches from 1870 to 1920.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Barby MacGowan |John K. Fulweiler |Joe Cooper
Your next boat looks forward to meeting you soon, whether in Newport, Norwalk, or Annapolis. Newport International Boat Showpresented by BankNewportSeptember 12 – 15, Newport, RIOne of the largest and most prestigious boat shows in the country, “NIBS” spans over fifteen acres with six connecting show sites within historic downtown Newport. Walk the docks and view a spectacular display of new sailboats and powerboats, some making their first-ever debut in the United States.
