Righting Moment Augmentation in Modern Sailing Yachts
In the last year, two major events in the Pacific Northwest crowned champions that sailed vessels utilizing a system of enhanced or assisted ballast—Team Angry Beaver won Race to Alaska aboard a canting-keel Schock 40; and…
#TBT: Local Sailor and Designer Paul Bieker Heads BMW Oracle Structures Team in Seattle
Local Sailor and Designer Paul Bieker Heads BMW Oracle Structures Team in Seattle by Liza Tewell One of Paul Bieker’s earliest memories is of a car crash. Seems his plastic surgeon dad had a taste for fast excitement…
#TBT Paul Bieker… Computers, Carbon Fiber and a Better Solution
#TBT: Paul Bieker… Computers, Carbon Fiber and a Better Solution 1996 Interview by Kurt Hoehne If you see Paul Bieker in the next couple months, you might not recognize him as an up-and-coming force on the worldwide…