Once, while coaching a team before the Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship, someone asked me about jib sail trim, so I hopped on board and sat to leeward to video their jib leech while ...

Ever looked at the sailboats dotting a harbor somewhere dreamy and thought, “Geez, that looks nice.” We’ve had some serious yacht envy in Nantucket, chugging into the harbor on the ferry as a gleaming ...

The first nominee on the list for Sailing World’s Boat of the Year judging team in February is the J/7, which J Boats unveiled in the dead of Rhode Island’s winter in December 2024, ice on deck and ...

This is how Will Bradshaw, director of the Port Jefferson Yacht Club Sailing School, reassures parents who are starting a 6-year-old off in sailing class, in the smallest sailboats available: “I ...

There was a time when Irv Buck competed in the Beneteau 36.7 one-design class. However, it was difficult to have success because Buck was regularly racing a shoal boat draft against those with a full ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — “Good choice! You stole some wind,” the screen read on the race simulator at The Sailing Museum. “Woo-hoo!” hooted participant (and non-sailor) Paul Kelley of Marstons Mills, as he ...

I grew up in San Diego, and I feel about sailing the way surfers talk about surfing. “Just out there with the waves, man . . .” I actually live on a boat. Sailing is especially exciting for ...

The South Carolina Maritime Museum’s summer sailing camps have a lot to offer for kids as well as adults and parents. Paz Higgins has been participating in the sailing camp for six years. This is ...