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 ...

Standing at the helm, skimming carefree through the surf and mooring whenever you please — sailing offers the freedom to go wherever the winds take you. And while the thought of hoisting sails may ...

THE sun cast a dreamy orange glow as it settled toward the horizon, and a parade of pristine sailboats began slipping back into the marina at Liberty State Park after a spin around New York Harbor.

The nausea hits me imperceptibly at first—less like the proverbial “rogue wave” that you read about in sailing books, and more like an invisibly rising tide. But the symptoms are the same: the sweats, ...

As I wait in line at Seattle’s Center for Wooden Boats, my young son toddles up and down the dock sporting his bright yellow lifejacket with my wife close behind. He freezes to stare at an elegantly ...

As the Abbey Road and Zeeto sailed through the canal during the Parade of Sail, members of the Sea Scouts were part of the crew. Sea Scouts is a program of Scouting America, and Bayfield has a unit ...