Giving Back to the Sailing Community
May 11, 2016
There are many different ways we can give back to communities that are important to us as sailors. For Hank Schmitt of Offshore Passage Opportunities
There are many different ways we can give back to communities that are important to us as sailors. For Hank Schmitt of Offshore Passage Opportunities
This past May, the offshore sailing community lost one of its pioneers with the passing of Ramón Carlín, owner and skipper of the Swan 65
There’s nothing that makes us happier here at SAIL then hearing from our readers who are out there sailing and cruising. In celebration of the
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We had always said some day we would do it. That day had come, and Rob and I were on board our 38ft steel sloop,
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A few years back I made the decision to ditch my pressure-cooker job in favor of a midlife sailing hiatus. I went searching for my
The Cruising Club of America (CCA) is a collection of 1,400 ocean sailors with extensive offshore seamanship, command experience, and a shared passion for making
Most sailors take months or more to learn a new boat since, truth is, most of us have limited or sporadic time to devote to
The Ocean Race‘s 5,550-nautical-mile sprint from Itajai, Brazil, to Newport, Rhode Island, concluded last week, complete with Gulf Stream storms, the intense equatorial heat of
Mother Nature is good at heavy lifting. She effortlessly—and depending on where you sail, fairly regularly—delivers thousands of gallons of precious drinking water directly to
Truly it’s vexing that sailing luminaries don’t get more attention in the U.S.—a nation founded on the very skill of being able to sail successfully
“I’m gonna lose you! Don’t let go…. Don’t let go!” Those were the words that I kept pleading to my husband as he clung to
It should probably come as no surprise that a major philosophical design element behind the new Italia 14.98 is simply beauty. “The boat was designed
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For more multihull reviews and stories, subscribe for free to Multihull Power & Sail at sailmagazine.com/multihull Just when monohull purists have become accustomed to catamarans,
The idea of packing it all up and going cruising is simultaneously massively appealing and daunting. To a young sailor, it can feel almost impossible,
