Perhaps had it not been for the ancient Phoenicians, New England’s legendary schooner fleet, or heroic America’s Cup skippers, sailing — as in the simple skills needed to propel a boat by wind alone — ...

On her first day at Chicago Booth, as Elise Sivilay, ’12 (EXP-17), was listening to classmates introduce themselves, one student’s introduction caught her attention. “He said he enjoyed sailing, and ...

It’s a foggy spring day and I’m off the coast of Connecticut on board Art Santry’s Judel/Vrolijk 66 Temptation, bucking sharp waves kicked up by a 22-knot westerly. The boat’s bow is punching through ...

From a headstay failure near Newport to a tangled halyard at dusk, offshore racing delivers its education without apology. The post Lessons from 1,000 Miles of Ocean Racing appeared first on Cruising ...

One of the greatest gifts my father ever gave his children was a passion for sailing, and, like many other families within the sport, it permeates our lives more than we realize. My father was never ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Choppy seas. Winds at 18 knots. Darkening skies. As I set out on my first sailing lesson on San Francisco Bay, another student offered me a tip. “The first rule of sailing,” he said as ...

(UNDATED) “How great are Your works, O Lord! You have made them all with wisdom … There is the sea vast and spacious teeming with creatures beyond number …” These verses from Psalm 104 became real for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a sunny, summer day at Longmont’s Union Reservoir, the water’s surface bursts with color as a fleet of sailboats catch the wind ...

When Steve Colgate raced from Cuba to Spain at 19, he dreamed of making a living by sailing. Today, at 70, with seventeen transatlantic crossings, eighteen Newport-to-Bermuda races, an Olympics run, ...

Eight days into a two-week sailing course in New Zealand, I felt like the young and ineffectual officer in “Master and Commander” who ends his troubles by jumping off the ship holding a cannonball.