Ted Turner

Turner’s best-known sailing vessels included American Eagle, Mariner, Courageous, Tenacious, and, through his Cousteau connection, Calypso. The routes and venues that mattered most in his story were the Fastnet Race, the transatlantic passage aboard American Eagle, the Sydney Hobart Race, the Newport America’s Cup campaigns, and the Amazon voyage with Cousteau. Those settings mattered because they connected elite racing with exploration and environmental storytelling.

Then, Now & Post Carbon

During the last 10 years, sailing technology in the Americas has made its greatest advancement since 1900. The US national park service provided some valuable insights in presentations made during the AC34. Evolution then Revolution Prior or to 2,000, multiple generations of family members slowly evolved fixed foil on center-line designs, moving the builds from wood, mettle,…