Dr. Bill Wallop bought a J/30 in 1991 and two years later, he and a relatively young crew captured the class North American Championship. Those were heady times for the Cannonball crew, which figured ...

There is ice on the foredeck as the blue-wrapped J/7 with the No 1. on its mainsail glides to a smooth stop alongside the dock at Sail Newport (Rhode Island). Once secured to the cleats, the crew ...