The NYT on our kind of Sailing

It's an event which is almost impossible to get into unless you are either very, very well-connected with some people who have a ton of money and race these boats.

Jens Luehring former Guest on VO65 Sisi

VO65 Sisi@Caribbean600 2024. Photo: James Mitchell

The New York Times on Our Kind of Sailing

A rare look into a world most never see

Last September, The New York Times published a feature on the rise of charter racing at the world's biggest regattas. The question was simple: how do you experience events like the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup without owning a multi-million-euro yacht? They spoke to race organisers, yacht owners, charter companies — and to us. Kora co-founder Konstantin Kobalé explained how our berth charter model works: individual sailors joining Sisi's professional crew for the real thing. Not a ride-along. Not a spectator experience. A place on the rail, a role in the crew, and three days of training before the start gun.

A model without compromise

Our model

What the article captured — and what we've known for years — is that this model isn't a compromise. It's the way in. The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup is one of those events that most sailors assume is closed to them. It isn't. Not if you're willing to work, to learn, and to earn your place on board alongside professionals who've done this a hundred times. The NYT quoted one of our past crew members saying the experience was "almost impossible to get into" before he found us. That's exactly why we exist.

VO65 Sisi@Aegean600 - 2024. Photo: Olav Stubberud

Run by sailors

The point

We didn't pitch the story. The New York Times found us because what we do is unusual enough to write about — a company run by sailors, not by a marketing department, putting real people on real race boats at the highest level of the sport. No glossy brochure. No VIP lounge. Just a VO65 on the start line and a crew that includes you. The full article is worth a read. And if it makes you want to see what a start line in Porto Cervo feels like from the rail of a sixty-five-foot ocean racer — that's exactly what it's there for.

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