The legendary Robin Lee Graham is doing a very different kind of sailing now than he was during his days aboard Dove. Emma Garschagen caught up with him in the mountains of Montana.
Shorthanded sailing has everything to do with preparation, thinking ahead, and practice. SAIL Technical Editor Adam Cove explains that on his boat, another key factor is keeping it simple.
Peter Harken, who co-founded Harken Inc., with his brother, Olaf, talks with SAIL Editor-in-Chief Wendy Mitman Clarke about growing up during wartime, organically developing a business one step at a time, the stupidest sailing there is, what ki
Offshore sailing, and especially the niche of solo ocean racing, has never caught the attention of Americans or the U.S. media in the same way an event like the America's Cup once did—and even that was a generation ago. Twenty-nine-year-old Col
Boats and Their People is a new feature in SAIL to celebrate the special bond we have with some great older boats. In this first installment, meet John Stone and his Cape Dory 36, whose restoration helped heal him after he served in the war in
This year's Caribbean Multihull Challenge added several new components, continuing the evolution of this event that has turned multihull racing (and rallying) into something everyone can enjoy.
Sailing in light air can be challenging, and too often sailors reach for the engine start button instead of exploring how to make the most of these conditions. SAIL Technical Editor Adam Cove walks us through the mindset, tools, and techniques
"Twenty-three feet of the jibboom were gone, snapped off like a tree limb." A week as crew aboard the Pride of Baltimore II fulfills a lifelong dream for one sailor, but are boat-breaking conditions more adventure than he bargained for?
We're all about learning heavy weather sailing skills, and our social media feeds are full of dramatic big-air waves and wind. But SAIL Editor-in-Chief Wendy Mitman Clarke makes the case that light air sailing is some of the most challenging—an
SAIL Managing Editor Lydia Mullan went looking for adventure in her first offshore race. In this summer's Annapolis to Newport Race, she got all of that and then some.
We’ve heard it all: Boats are expensive to buy and worse to maintain, cruisers are all geezers, and learning to sail is hard…Tim Coles wants to bust those myths and get more young people like himself out there living the dream.
The redress results are in, and 11th Hour Racing Team has come out victorious in the round-the-world race’s first ever IMOCA 60 class. In the race’s 50-year history, they are the first American team to win the event.
Nearly 130 years ago, the 191-foot schooner barge Ironton collided with the freighter Ohio in a section of Lake Huron known as Shipwreck Alley. The accident sank both ships and killed five of the Ironton’s seven crew. Now, she rises like a ghos
With the 2024 Summer Olympics right around the corner, SAIL Managing Editor Lydia Mullan takes a look at the Nacra 17 and two sailors who are vying to represent the U.S. in this multihull class.
Bill Pinkney, who died unexpectedly last week at 87 years old, was lauded as the first Black sailor to circumnavigate solo via the five great capes. But to categorize him—as a Black sailor, an adventurer, a ground-breaker—is to circumscribe som
Alone in a sweet little 17-foot yawl he built himself, Steve Earley finds home in the waters less traveled. He's endured storms, cold, heat, and calms, and after thousands of solo miles, he's still just getting started.
The 73-foot maxi yacht Windward Passage is the stuff of yacht racing legend—built of wood beside a Bahamanian harbor, she sailed all over the world breaking racing records everywhere. While celebrating a remarkable boat, this beautiful book is
Simon Fisher, The Ocean Race veteran and navigator for the winning 11th Hour Racing Team, has been awarded the Magnus Olsson Prize for his contributions to and impact on the sport of sailing.