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  1. Start Sailing Now: From Novice Sailors to Schooner Owners

    ... mid-40s, and neither realized that the other one had been boat-struck since elementary school. The couple spent three years reading and ... your interest in sailing? “In 2005, we were invited to sail on a friend’s sailboat. When he turned off the motor and we were under ...

    Beth - 08/15/2018 - 15:56

  2. Sailing Upwind in Breeze

    ... first  There is an age-old adage that defines making a boat go well upwind: speed first, and then work on pointing. This is always the ... jib tracks) to flatten the foot and twist off the top of the sail. Don’t worry about the top of the sail luffing before the bottom. It ...

    Beth - 10/19/2017 - 13:11

  3. Start Sailing Now: Sunfish Struggles to Smooth Sailing

    ... how her sailing career started, writing that her first sail was on a Sunfish during her honeymoon in the Adirondacks in 1967. Wow! My ... knew very little about sailing and had a problem getting the boat back to where they’d started. My husband, Mike, and I were also novices, ...

    Beth - 11/06/2025 - 14:16

  4. Finding, Training, and Keeping Good Sailboat Racing Crew

    ... goals when you leave the dock? Irrespective of what kind of boat you have: Do you want to finish on the podium or win every time you go ... group (aim to finish in the top half), you most likely sail with less than the maximum allowed (by your class or rating certificate), ...

    Molly Winans - 02/01/2022 - 09:38

  5. Update October thru December

    ... length:  17 days Type of watercraft:  Sail Update for the past few ... - PAX team practice Oct.10th - Fall invitational on dads boat. I got the drive on the downwind legs! Oct. 12th - PAX Practice  ...

    Thomas Birchfield - 12/16/2021 - 12:03

  6. Sailing to Haiti: Making a Nerve-Rattling Entrance at Night

    ... Island in the Bahamas, where Ave Del Mar and her buddy boat, Still Free , a Compass 30, had enjoyed protection from those trade ... to reach my mark at 73°44’ where I would bear south and sail off for the great unknown of western Hispaniola. Ave was unhappy with ...

    Beth - 07/28/2020 - 17:21

  7. Premiering Sailboats at the Annapolis Sailboat Show

    ... with a ballast ratio for stability, is extremely pleasant to sail. Ideal for family vacations, this luxury yacht brings together easy ... sailing machine! Photo here and below courtesy of Annapolis Boat Shows Birdyfish Foiling Sailboat This is the US debut ...

    Molly Winans - 10/07/2024 - 16:11

  8. American Magic Eliminated From America’s Cup

    ... New Zealand. Photo by Sailing Energy The US boat was never in it on Saturday as Luna Rosa helmsman Jimmy Spithill and ... of the Foil Cant System (FCS). The team was forced to sail well outside the course boundary before they could find a workaround, get ...

    Molly Winans - 02/02/2021 - 15:41

  9. Care and Feeding of a Sailboat

    ... through some dry rot. If cared for properly, your bimini, sail covers, and other canvas should last about 10 years. Lis and Sean Lawlor ... inspection every three to five years. He also encourages boat owners to service and lubricate all of the mechanical components of the ...

    Beth - 03/23/2018 - 11:37

  10. Father Daughter Sailing Adventures and Mishaps

    ... it, even more so if the kids are involved in running the boat, and not just hanging on the pulpit getting splashed with powerboat wakes, ... Wednesdays so I can get down to the boat in time for a night sail. Oh, did I say something wrong? Sorry for the digression. Good thing I’m ...

    Kaylie - 08/25/2016 - 07:53

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