Recent Headlines

Pirates Attack Sailing Ship - 04.07.08
Pirates have taken hostage the crew of a French sailing cruise ship off the coast of Somalia...

Free Checks - 04.07.08
With the spring sailing season well underway it’s time to take advantage of a free Vessel Safety Check performed by a qualified member of the U.S Coast...

Speed Limits Could Save Whales - 03.24.08
Ship-speed restrictions have been proposed by NOAA to help protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale in New England...

Last Call for Maddies - 01.18.08
One of the most famous sailing bars in America closes its doors for the last time today. Maddies Sail Loft in Marblehead, Massachusetts...

Honored: Linton and Barkow - 01.17.08
Jeff Linton and Sally Barkow win US Sailing’s 2007 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year award...

Rod Stephens Trophy Awarded - 01.16.08
The Cruising Club of America (CCA) announced yesterday that Mike Golding has won its coveted Rod Stephens Trophy for Outstanding Seamanship...

Caribbean Cruisers Beware - 01.15.08
On December 23, Steve Jones and his wife were attacked by three armed men—two with machetes and one with a handgun—while anchored in Chateaubelair off the island of St. Vincent...

Sailors Save Our Seas - 01.15.08
In December the world communities of sailors and divers took a step toward preserving that resource on which we all rely with the formation of Oceanswatch...

Alpha Sponsors U.S. Sailing - 01.15.08
Andrew Pindar is the man. For years his company, the Pindar Group, has served as an angel sponsor to several big-name sailors, including...

Volvo Race Presents TV Website - 01.11.08
If you’re as interested in high-end offshore raceboats as I am, this one is sure to earn a bookmark on your Internet browser. Meet www.VolvoOceanRace.tv...

ARC Marred By Tragedy - 12.14.07
The Directors of World Cruising Club express their deep sorrow at the death of John Thompson, 54, the skipper of the yacht Avocet that was participating in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC 2007)...

SAIL Launches Trip Planner - 12.11.07
Need help planning your next U.S. coastal cruise? Sailmag.com has partnered with NavQuest to offer a new, easy-to-use online trip planner...

U.S. Companies Win DAME Awards - 11.16.07
Harken and Schaefer are the only two American companies to make the shortlist for the annual DAME innovation awards...

The Sound of Sailing - 11.16.07
Art comes in all forms, and if your knowledge of fine art is like mine (read: limited), then the old adage likely holds: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Such proved to be my experience with Alyce Santoro’s depiction of a sailboat’s sails in her mixed-media piece entitled “Sonic Fabric”...

Obliterated! - 11.15.07
Groupama II destroys the Transat Jacques Vabre course record...

Keeping Connected: Communications for Cruisers - 11.13.07
The rapid evolution of communications technology in the last decade has meant that more of us are able to keep in range of a regular cell phone. We asked many of the entrants in the 2006 ARC transatlantic rally how they planned to stay in contact with those back home and received a variety of answers...

Caribbean 1500 Starts - 11.13.07
Seventy boats set sail from Hampton, Virginia, for Tortola, British Virgin Islands, last week under clear skies and a 10-to-15-knot northerly breeze in the 18th annual Caribbean 1500 Cup...

Mini V70s? - 11.08.07
If you’re interested in the mind-boggling speed potential of hoped-up boats like Volvo Open 70’s, the world’s fastest monohulls, but aren’t willing to commit to frigid Southern Ocean passages, the Team Heiner 38 could be your ticket...

FL Anchoring Law Overturned - 11.01.07
A recent Collier County, FL, court decision that found a restrictive Marco Island recreational boat anchoring ordinance in violation of state law could help lead to a solution to the state's patchwork of local anchoring laws...

Underwater Pumpkin Carving - 10.31.07
Everything's more fun on (or in) the water, right? Divers participating in underwater pumpkin carving contests around the country think so...

What Happened to the Starter Boat? - FROM THE OCTOBER ISSUE
Some while back a nonsailing acquaintance asked me what kind of cruising boat would be suitable for a newbie—something big enough to spend the occasional weekend aboard and to sail within a 10-mile radius of his home harbor...

Malaria Reported in Bahamas - 10.22.07
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received official reports of two confirmed malaria cases in Great Exuma, Bahamas, in 2007...

WANTED: Winch Wizards - 10.18.07
SAIL is looking for a cruising-boat owner who has recently swapped out his/her old flat-topped winches for modern, self-tailing units...

Florida Opens the Gate - 10.17.07
More than 100 miles of navigable waterways may be opened up to Florida sailors if the 45-foot-high Shands Bridge on Green Cove Springs’s St. Johns River is...

Welcome to IBEX - 10.12.07
The 2007 International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference kicked off Wednesday in Miami, featuring over 800 companies showcasing the latest in boatbuilding design and repair...

New Boating Permits? - 09.17.07
With the Environmental Protection Agency poised to implement a new discharge-permit program regulating sailboats, H.R. 2550, the Recreational Boating Act...

Columbus Sets Sail on PBS - 09.08.07
The Magnificent Voyage of Christopher Columbus, a two-hour documentary on PBS, airs October 8 and will recount the history and epic adventure...

Penta Press Cup - 06.10.07
SAIL’s Josh Adams and Bill Springer edged out the competition to take home the Volvo Penta Press Cup at this year’s Sabre Yachts dealer meeting...