
Crafting a Sailing Résumé
Keeping an updated CV of your sailing experience is smart. Here are some ideas to get you started.

Keeping an updated CV of your sailing experience is smart. Here are some ideas to get you started.

Canvas is one of your boat’s most valuable assets. Here’s how to care for it in the off-season.

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

Five years and a ton of sweat equity turned a “piece of work” into their soul mate boat.

Want to sail fast, easy, and stable downwind on passage? Learn to sail with a pole.

Forty years ago, the solid-state revolution, which gave us computers and a host of increasingly powerful electronic devices, reshaped boat energy systems in ways that

Sixteen years ago, I installed solar panels on my boat. At the time, the peak efficiency at converting sunlight to electricity was around 16%. Today’s

When we decided to add windvane steering coupled with a hydrogenerator to our sailboat, our focus was on the practical aspects: conserving battery power, adding

Neil Evans has been talking about the merits of Harken’s T2 Soft-Attach blocks—most significantly the soft Dyneema shackle as its attachment point, rather than a

The March issue of SAIL magazine is on newsstands now! Here’s a quick look at just some of the great stories you’ll find to keep

“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.

Note: This story is excerpted from SAIL Contributing Editor Christopher Birch’s upcoming book The Four Seasons of Boat Maintenance—a compendium of lessons learned during his

In the May issue, Charles Scott writes about sailing OPBs—other people’s boats—and a host of voyages that he’s been on thanks to generous invites, offers

A little know how will save you a lot of stress on passage.