No calm seas, no easy wins at BPI Boracay regatta

MANILA, Philippines – Out at sea, there are no shortcuts—only wind, water and the quiet test of endurance. For a dozen yachts that set sail from Subic in March, the 370-kilometer (200-nautical-mile) journey to Boracay was less a race than a reckoning. Sailors navigated fickle winds that swung from near stillness to bursts exceeding 25