Category: Sailing
What Wins Olympic Medals? Not What Wins Headlines
Worried about how sewage, Zika, the Brazilian economy, and crime are going to affect the Olympics? You’re missing the point. Read More …
What Makes a Champion?
America’s Cup champion Jimmy Spithill helps prepare members of the 2016 Olympic Sailing Team for one of their biggest challenges. Read More …
Sailing World Cup Miami Update
Miami and Olympic sailing: there’s no better combination. Read More …
3 Best Boat Clothing Brands
Clothing that will keep you comfortable on the water year round is well worth the investment. Read More …
Best of 2015
A look back at my best writing in 2015 Read More …
Olympic Freelancing
Why working for myself is just like an Olympic campaign. Read More …
Scratching the Sailing Itch
No matter what else happens this week, I’m going sailing. On a global level it seems a bit frivolous, with everything else that’s going on. But I can’t fix the world, so instead I will join my friends in another Read More …
Olympic Broach: The No Good Very Bad Windiest Day
In 2014, a story I wrote about failure at the 2004 Olympics won first place in the Boating Adventures category of Boating Writer’s International’s annual writing contest. It’s probably not a coincidence that it was the most agonizing story I’ve ever Read More …
My First Two Writing Awards
Boating Writers International’s annual writing contest leads to two new victories. Read More …
Hammer Gels: From Ewww to Yum
How I learned to stop gagging and embrace the gel. Read More …
