Going for Gold in the Nacra 17

Boats and Their People is a new feature in SAIL to celebrate the special bond we have with some great older boats. In this first installment, meet John Stone and his Cape Dory 36, whose restoration he...

27 Feb 20246min

This year's Caribbean Multihull Challenge added several new components, continuing the evolution of this event that has turned multihull racing (and rallying) into something everyone can enjoy. Learn ...

20 Feb 20245min

Sailing in light air can be challenging, and too often sailors reach for the engine start button instead of exploring how to make the most of these conditions. SAIL Technical Editor Adam Cove walks us...

5 Feb 202414min

"Twenty-three feet of the jibboom were gone, snapped off like a tree limb." A week as crew aboard the Pride of Baltimore II fulfills a lifelong dream for one sailor, but are boat-breaking conditions m...

2 Feb 202412min

We're all about learning heavy weather sailing skills, and our social media feeds are full of dramatic big-air waves and wind. But SAIL Editor-in-Chief Wendy Mitman Clarke makes the case that light ai...

12 Jan 20243min

SAIL Managing Editor Lydia Mullan went looking for adventure in her first offshore race. In this summer's Annapolis to Newport Race, she got all of that and then some. Learn more about your ad choice...

20 Dec 202314min

We’ve heard it all: Boats are expensive to buy and worse to maintain, cruisers are all geezers, and learning to sail is hard…Tim Coles wants to bust those myths and get more young people like himself ...

19 Dec 202316min

There's almost something spiritual about maneuvering our boats under sail, but there's a lot that's practical about it too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Dec 20237min