Humans have been sailing various seas and oceans for thousands of years, and using boats for potentially even longer than that. But as a species we wouldn’t have made it very far if it was only ...

On a windy day, especially as you fight your way off the starting line in close quarters, you can hear the calls from the talking heads of your nearest competitors: “Puff in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .

Ryan Blomeley now has office space and a mentor to help him figure out how to get boaters to sail upwind more efficiently. Blomeley, of Ryan Wing Sails, was the winner of Anne Arundel Community ...

I HELD ON TIGHT. My job was to hang onto the rope leading to the jib, holding just tight enough so the smaller sail could catch the wind. Seemed easy enough, until I started to lose sensation in my ...

Every Wednesday evening, the sight of dozens of sailboats on Lake Superior delights both locals and visitors. One of the boats that sails during the Wednesday Night Races is called Kicks. Kris Henry ...

Katie James grew up on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, the estuary along the shore of Maryland and Virginia. The last thing she envisioned when she founded Peaks & Tides, a sailing school based on ...