“They’ve grown up on boats, ever since they were babies. But they’re never been on a sailboat, so I thought they should learn. I have a 28 Silverton that we run in New Jersey. It’s still under shrink wrap from the winter, and I need to go back this weekend to tear it off. I can’t wait to get out on the water.”
Well out to sea, we turned and made a long downwind tack to test the broad reach. They found that the helm is much more sensitive downwind and requires greater focus. Therein lies the ultimate guide to sailing: concentration.
Let’s Go Sail, to Learn
Dozens of deadrises and hundreds of observers on land and sea mingled during the annual Battle of the Boats off Riverwalk Landing. It was hard to determine who won after several heats. Tradition Revived The Yorktown Workboat Races were a long‑standing tradition that died out in 2005. They were revived
I’m sometimes asked, “What’s it like to sail in big winds?” Adventurous, but the winds come and go. On this day, big winds for days suddenly calmed by the time Debbie Kremer of Arizona brought her beau Bob Wickley of San Antonio to sail the York River. We quietly tacked
In only six hours, Glenn Bates and Evan Harrell of Performance Rigging in Hampton replaced my 25-year-old jib furler by linking the topping lift atop the mast to the anchor chainplate to remove the old rig and install the new one. That saved $1,000 and a full day of labor