Boats and Their People: Full Circle
April 11, 2025
In love with wooden boats from the start, he found a unique Alden design that continues to fulfill his sailing dreams.
In love with wooden boats from the start, he found a unique Alden design that continues to fulfill his sailing dreams.
There’s a scene in the movie Moana when Tala, the grandmother figure of Motunui, a fictional South Pacific island, is lying on her deathbed, speaking
Sometimes you add value to the boat, other times the boat adds value to you. Own a sailboat? Pete Van Hamersveld didn’t even know how
They call themselves the Vagabonds. A psychologist, a healing arts practitioner, a traveling millwright, a widowed restaurateur—this is only a fraction of the colorful characters
Donald Street Jr., the indefatigable sailor and writer whose charts and guides to the Caribbean quite literally opened the islands to charterers and cruisers, has
I am sailing with Robin Lee Graham, but there is no wind. It’s a hot day in July and Montana’s Flathead Lake is glass. The
When I was growing up with SAIL magazine, Patience Wales was the editor. I was maybe 18 when I pitched my first story to her.
Daniel Hays, at age 63, is now almost 10 years older than his father David was when they sailed around Cape Horn together in a
The year is 1966, in the heart of Orange County, California, when White Seal is laid up in fiberglass, by hand, at the Jansen Marine
Editor’s Note: In 1956, Alan Nicol—nicknamed “Stormy” for the weather he seemed to attract—was Francis Chichester’s main crew on Gipsy Moth II, sailing with Chichester
The Marine Mammal Advisory Group (MMAG) needs your help with compiling data about collisions and other encounters at sea. Click here to review the reporting
In part one of our series on yachting’s most iconic photographers, Onne van der Wal offers insight and advice from his storied career.
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Sailing Hall of Famer, America’s Cup legend, and founder of CNN dies at age 87.
“I think I have at least one more trip in me on my own boat!” My dad Dennis isn’t normally the type to be inspiring,
American sailor Paul Cayard has been named the 2026 recipient of the Magnus Olsson Prize for excellence, sportsmanship, and innovation in sailing. “I was fortunate
A community sailing center’s youth team is making strides on the offshore racing circuit.
Developed in record time and on a shoestring budget, a new design hits the bullseye of the cruising market.
This weekend’s International Multihull Show wrapped up yesterday after a landmark year, with 82 boats on display and record numbers of international attendees. First held
Souvenirs are evidence of a life well lived and uniquely documented.
Our 1979 Cheoy Lee 41, Avocet, was anchored in Morro Bay during the worst storm system the state of California had seen in two decades.
