A gin and tonic sipped at sunset in the cockpit of a sailing boat, looking out over the water, is a magical thing. Something happens when you get on a yacht – whether it's the gentle motion, the noise ...

This is how Will Bradshaw, director of the Port Jefferson Yacht Club Sailing School, reassures parents who are starting a 6-year-old off in sailing class, in the smallest sailboats available: “I ...

I grew up in San Diego, and I feel about sailing the way surfers talk about surfing. “Just out there with the waves, man . . .” I actually live on a boat. Sailing is especially exciting for ...

The Lake Shawnee Yacht Club will begin hosting free beginner's sailing lessons starting this week. "Introduction to Sailing" sessions take place at 6 p.m. each Wednesday through August. No ...

Rosemary Bolger learns to sail with skipper David Kelly from EastSail onboard a 35ft yacht called Karma in Sydney harbour. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian Usually thought of as a rich man ...

When Steve Colgate raced from Cuba to Spain at 19, he dreamed of making a living by sailing. Today, at 70, with seventeen transatlantic crossings, eighteen Newport-to-Bermuda races, an Olympics run, ...