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The previous header photo was of a Flying Dutchman capsizing; the trapeze crew being flung off the gunwhale by the quickness of the capsi...

From the February, 1971 issue of OD-OY. Lee shores are always tricky , especially if the run-in is framed by rock jetties. I ran an Int...

I came across this photo on the InterWebs of a Dutch working scow, a Skûtsje, doing what sailboats without keels are wont to do every on...

The first race of the 2019 U.K. Moth Championships featured big breeze and spectacular wipe-outs. (As a change of pace, at the 2:04 mark it...

A massive squall rolled through the Bol d'Or mirabaud race on Lake Geneva. This is a long distance race featuring a wide assortment of m...

I think this is the first time in my blogging history that I have put up some random header photo and it turned out that it presaged a ...

Dériveur classique Moth, Cannes 1968 These grim set of photos (recently popped up on FB) were taken in the aftermath of Race 3 of...

The previous header photo was of the Australian 49'er I plucked from the Internet, hence the location is unknown, but, if I had to g...

I've written before about the Dutch Sneekweek , a sailing regatta/dance party extravaganza. (Actually it's the other way round - a m...

At least I think this is a clinker National 12. The sailing kit seems typical of English dinghy sailors of the 1960's; short shorts ...

Forgive me dear reader but as I struggle to get out of this winter, I'm persevering by watching videos featuring sailing fails. There be...

An excellent compilation of some of the more memorable screw-ups of 2015, capturing a wide range of eff-ups. I especially like the ones whe...

Great fun in videoland when the drone operator is an experienced dinghy sailor and knows the best footage in a breeze is always at the jibe...

Many knowledgeable pundits, especially those from the Antipodean region, consider the two man 12-foot skiff the most difficult dinghy to sai...

The previous header photo was the Australian, two-man, NS 14 dinghy "going down the mine" off of Anderson's Inlet, South G...

It's getting chilly in the Northern Hemisphere. Time to sit at the computer (or tablet, or smart phone for those more technically advanc...

We just got another dollop of snow this morning in the Mid-Atlantic (nothing close to what they are dealing with in the Northeast). To buck ...

One of the meme's of modern American culture is we have lost our DIY aptitude (a characteristic particularly attached to the millennial ...

After watching the start to the sailboat race for the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival sailboat race I had the option of being dropped off ...

Nuff said! we'll meet again from Diedrik on Vimeo .