Like everyone else in my local Laser Frostbite Fleet 413, for a few hours every Sunday during the miserably frigid Newport, Rhode Island, winter I escape the house and savor a few hours of me time.

The pain in my lower back and left shoulder serve as reminders of time spent earlier in the week rigging a new sonar unit on a boat. Boat ownership seems to provide a couple constants: One, that there ...

WEYMOUTH, England–Tim and I arrived in Weymouth on Oct. 4 for a 10-day training session, including two regattas and a week of training with the British Sailing Team. We flew into London, then drove ...

The bundle of cables, wires and hoses that extend from the boat to the outboard motor(s) delivers essential fuel, electrical power, and throttle and shift commands, as well as providing feedback to ...

The sailing world is already a strong market for composites. Hulls, decks, masts — even steering wheels, tillers and boarding systems (see “Carbon stairs make boarding a sailing yacht a breeze" under ...

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