[001sky]

The headline isn't deceitful, but similarly its not completely unfair for the reader to expect an (Economist style) explanation of "winning" in any race with such a headline. FKTs on routes like trans-oceanic voyages are still a viable and interesting form of racing. You also have one design races in the olympics and winner-take all "rules" like the Americas Cup. Handicapps have their place but not all sailors rate them as the best/default form of racing. (That they are really geared toward financial considerations of the asset owners/and their accountants, and have little to do with pure racing, may have something to do with it).