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 ...

As summer lingers, September might be the best month of all to be out on the water, and nowhere is better than Seattle for beginner sailors to get under way. Around here, there are so many sailboat ...

Anyone who has ever tried to sail a boat for the first time knows it doesn’t take much to wind up all wet. Now, a new Portsmouth, R.I., company is staking its future on a sailboat its owners say is so ...

Before you hit the water, make sure you’ve swotted up on some of the basic sailing terms you’ll need. Being familiar with these terms will enable an instructor to impart information to you more easily ...