MOJAVE MAYHEM

THE 2022 AMERICA’S LANDSAILING CUP IS THE LARGEST DIRT-BOAT REGATTA IN THE COU NTRY, FEATURING THRILLS, SPILLS AND PLENTY OF LIVE ACTION.

MICHAEL HANSON

A 25-KNOT WIND STREAKS ACROSS IVANPAH DRY LAKE ON THIS COLD MARCH AFTERNOON IN CALIFORNIA, DUST WHIPPING ACROSS the racecourse ahead. I’m having trouble relaxing my breathing. Maybe it’s nerves. Maybe it’s the 30-pound sack of lead duct-taped to my chest for extra weight. I’m about to start my first dirt-sailing race at the 2022 America’s Landsailing Cup, and I’m hoping this extra weight will help keep my Manta TwinJammer—or rather my lawn chair with a sail—on all three wheels. Thirty of these 105-pound aluminum craft with bench seats crowd the starting line, which is a 100-yard piece of rope stretched perpendicular to the wind from the starboard side of the race-committee trailer. My competitors look like Mad Max dragoons, their identities masked by helmets and ski goggles. Their jeans are…

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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2022

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