SAIL’s Tip of the Week
June 3, 2021
Check back here each week for a new sailing tip from our editors
Check back here each week for a new sailing tip from our editors
The past year has been a strange and tragic one, to say the least. A funny thing happened, though, on the way to everybody just
TIME FOR NEW SAILS? Q: I have had the same Dacron sails on my boat for five years, and the previous owner had them for
For the past seven years my wife, Jody, and I have been cruising aboard Blue Pelican, our Pearson 424 ketch. We spent most of those
Sailmaking ain’t what it used to be, especially out in the Nevada desert Some years ago I visited the Bavaria factory and was amused at
I’ve always been less than enthusiastic about changing my genoa sheet leads on different points of sail. I know I should move the lead forward
It used to be simple. In the old days, your sailmaker offered you one kind of mainsail, and sailors were generally happy with the result.
When it first came out twenty-six years ago The Art and Science of Sails immediately established itself as the preeminent text on how sails are
Look after your sails, and they’ll look after you Dacron sailcloth has two natural enemies—sunlight and chafe, both of which are found in abundance on
Am I the only one confused by all the different names for headsails these days? When I first started sailing, things were pretty simple. A
Six IMOCAs are lining up in New York this week for the inaugural Ocean Race Atlantic, a fully-crewed sprint from New York City to Lorient, France.
Tank water can easily be contaminated with anything from a lingering bad taste to dangerous bacteria. Installing a triple filtration set up on Ben-Varrey helped.
The effort to save Maine’s classic plastic fleet began—as so many great things do—with three friends and a foolish idea.
Boat meets spaceship at the luxury end of the market.
Tides are an essential part of coastal sailing, so don’t forget to look at the moon once in a while.
The Magenta Project seeks applicants for their 2026-2027 mentorship program.
Twist: The Big Question When asked to help out onboard, I’m sometimes surprised to find how many skippers only have a vague notion of how
The sailing world has lost another great this week in the passing of John Rousmaniere, author of Fastnet Force 10 and numerous other sailing texts.
As a yacht broker, many people have talked to me about wanting to buy a boat, learning to sail, and then taking their own boat
A new flagship elevates an iconic and evergreen cruising brand.
