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Mike Toppa America's Cup 1992

Mike Toppa: Superior Team Building, with a Smile

Posted onApril 24, 2025April 11, 2025AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

I always learn something from Mike Toppa! Read More …

CategoriesProfile, Sailboat Racing, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Mike Toppa, Sailing, Sailing World Magazine

Robbie Doyle

Seahorse Profile: Sharing a Brain

Posted onMarch 13, 2025February 18, 2025AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

My 20th Seahorse profile documents the life of one of sailing’s big names—and the woman who helped make it all possible. Read More …

CategoriesProfile, Sailboat RacingTagsAmerica's Cup, Doyle Sailmakers, Janet Doyle, Robbie Doyle, Seahorse Magazine

Luis Borba Snipe Midwinters 2023

Snipe Mom Wisdom: What Really Matters After 3.5 Decades

Posted onFebruary 13, 2025February 12, 2025AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

Old too soon, wise too late—even in sailboat racing Read More …

CategoriesSailboat Racing, SnipeTagsBiscayne Bay, Carol Newman Cronin, Miami, one design racing, one design sailing, Snipe, Snipe class

Small world Vendee Globe fleet

Small World Wonder: Watching the Vendée Globe Race

Posted onJanuary 16, 2025January 14, 2025AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

Watching sailboats around the world seems to shrink the planet Read More …

CategoriesSailboat Racing, WeatherTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Charlie Dalin, racing offshore, Vendée Globe

ETNZ communications

3 America’s Cup Lessons: Make Your Words Count

Posted onNovember 7, 2024October 29, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

What watching pro sailors can teach us about writing Read More …

CategoriesCommunication, Sailboat Racing, WritingTagsAmerica's Cup, Carol Newman Cronin, Emirates Team New Zealand

Louis Vuitton screenshot

America’s Cup Racing: The Sailing is the Easy Part

Posted onOctober 10, 2024October 10, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin8 Comments

Distracted by a distant boat race Read More …

CategoriesSailboat RacingTagsAmerica's Cup, Barcelona, Carol Newman Cronin, Louis Vuitton Cup

Hound Classics Regatta 2024

Thank You Letter to a Classic Sailboat

Posted onSeptember 12, 2024September 11, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin10 Comments

Gratitude for a job well done Read More …

CategoriesBoats, Hound, Sailboat RacingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Classic yachts, Hound, sailboat racing, thank you

Coastal Queen bow-on

Join Me on the Water June 21

Posted onJune 6, 2024June 6, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

The best view of all Read More …

CategoriesBoats, Sailboat RacingTagsBermuda Race, Carol Newman Cronin, Coastal Queen

Draken viking ship

Transatlantic Sailing: From Vikings to Foiling

Posted onMay 30, 2024May 31, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Newport Harbor was a study in yacht design contrasts on a recent May morning Read More …

CategoriesBoats, Sailboat Racing, SailingTagsClarisse Cremer, Draken, Viking ship

ARC start 1986

Dreaming (Anxiously) about Sailboat Racing

Posted onMay 16, 2024April 30, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

A few nights ago, I had a vivid dream that I was onboard Katrina—and we were approaching a crowded starting line. As the countdown wound down to zero, my father tacked onto starboard and lined up for a perfect start Read More …

CategoriesSailboat Racing, SnipeTagsAtlantic Rally for Cruisers, Carol Newman Cronin, dreams, Jimmy Cornell, Katrina, sailboat racing

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