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  1. Multihull Sailing Requires Different Approaches

    ... The basics of sailing are pretty universal, but each boat and rig style and hull shape can bring with it different approaches to the ... and less feedback through the helm, too. On a cat you sail more by the apparent wind numbers. This means you need to mind your wind ...

    Molly Winans - 08/23/2022 - 09:06

  2. What's Your Marina Type?

    ... in the water connected by wood planks where one ties up a boat. How is it that we’re paying thousands of dollars a year for that? The ... it’s not a match made in heaven, you can always untie and sail off to find another option over the horizon or just across the river.  ...

    Duffy Duffy - 03/27/2017 - 13:14

  3. How Bluewater Sailing Informs Coastal Cruising Safety

    ... of my friend Chris stretched out in the cockpit of my boat, sleeping in the pitch black of a moonless night. We were southbound off ... is to think ahead—that means for wind, sea state, traffic, sail trim, and a lot more. Know the rules of the road, and go out with an ...

    Molly Winans - 03/11/2022 - 17:37

  4. Multiclass Regattas and Playing Well With Others

    ... ourselves sailing in regattas where more than one kind of boat is racing in the same area. Tyler Mowry skippering a ... have an extra gear in light air. Downwind some boats often sail by the lee (for example, Lasers); some boats can sail dead downwind (many ...

    Molly Winans - 01/27/2020 - 14:40

  5. DuFour Test Drive and Open House Invitation for YOU

    ... enough pressure to raise the sails and get a feel for the boat. Before we left, we chatted a bit with Brad Kauffman (see the ... When they say that the lines are run aft, making it easy to sail as a couple, they are not kidding. The cockpit is created for just ...

    Molly Winans - 10/03/2022 - 10:42

  6. The Sailing Flotilla Charter That Wasn't

    ... We packed in all the experiences we had hoped for—private boat tours of the Amalfi coast and Capri, must-see Pompeii, a pasta and ... more adventurous and rustic. Our nephew and niece, who sail their own 40-foot Beneteau on the Chesapeake Bay, traveled to Italy with ...

    Molly Winans - 10/30/2025 - 12:42

  7. Honing Your Game in the Off Season

    ... bowman is too hungover. The only thing I won’t do on a boat is drive. If you try to get me to drive, I have multiple elaborate ... in and clawing us back into the fleet. “I know you can sail this boat faster than this,” he said to me. But how? The answer was ...

    Molly Winans - 08/25/2016 - 07:53

  8. Start Sailing Now Update: From a Bristol to a Tartan

    ... sailing year-round, enjoy daysails, long weekends on the boat, and happy hour cruises with family and friends. Sailing ... our age and were looking for their first cruising boat to sail in the area where the Potomac River meets the Bay . When we ...

    Beth - 06/06/2024 - 15:17

  9. #29 Learning ...

    ... length:  1 day Type of watercraft:  Sail While only 3 ... effect from the wind on the sail actually helped keep the boat pointed into the wind. In the Nonsuch as the sail starts up the forward ...

    George Hernandez - 06/03/2024 - 12:00

  10. Monday, Monday so good to me...

    ... length:  1 day Type of watercraft:  Sail Monday, Monday, so good to me Monday mornin', it was all I ... them when they meet with the sailmaker and when the boat is measured. The best part is going out with the boat owner and the ...

    Jeffrey Halpern - 08/07/2024 - 15:42

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