Sailing year-round means cold weather gear is important for protection. Here are some good ideas. Spoiler alert: you may already own much of what you'll need.
You can't toss a Frisbee in this neighborhood without hitting a sailor, but where are you sitting right now on this weekday?
by Jim Schrager
(This story can be found in the June issue of Spinsheet)
While we can all thrill watching, reading, and learning about racing at the Grand Prix level, most of us spend our time participating in local PHRF 
fleets, the heart and soul of sailboat racing.
Story and photos by Andy Schell
When I posted a crew opportunity on my Facebook page, Andrew bit. But Andrew had never been offshore before. In fact, he had never been sailing before. Andrew has spent time sleeping on the side of a cliff in a bivy sack, so I figured he would handle the elements just fine.
When you're a magazine editor, ideas come flying at you at all hours of the day at a faster pace than the wind on most Chesapeake days... so even the coolest ideas can pass you by on a busy day, when you're out "in the field" (ahem) or perhaps, inside doing something you're supposed to be doing like putting together a sailing magazine.
Brittany Meyers penned this fun article for Cruising World. Anyone who cruises will find some humor in her cruiser categories:
