Proper Course

How do you sail the first beat of a race in a large fleet? How do you decide when to tack? How do you manage the groups of boats aroun...

I have two complimentary tickets for the New England Boat Show to give away to some lucky reader. The New England Boat Show is at t...

I see that at the ISAF World Cup racing in Miami this week, the organizers are experimenting with a slightly different scoring system fo...

Last week was the coldest week of the winter (so far) here in Rhode Island. On Thursday morning when we drove over to my son's ...

It's 43 days since 16 December 2102 2012 which was the day that I sailed in the Sunday races at Bitter End Yacht Club on our vacation t...

When I started Lasering... some time during Reagan's first term when Abba and Kenny Rogers were still cool... going downwind in a La...

"Travel is not compulsory.  Great minds have been fostered entirely by staying close to home.  Moses never got further tha...

I think I have mentioned before on this blog that Bitter End Yacht Club in the BVI is about the only place in the world where my wife wil...

You know the drill. And I fully expect Baydog to beat everyone to the punch. In fact, I'll be very disappointed if he doesn...

We had three of our grandkids here for the weekend. 4-year-old Aidan discovered my hiking bench and just had to have a go. He also ins...