Category: Sailing
Building a Team: The Result
At the small boat end of the sailing spectrum, not much thought is put into the “team;” most of us just call up a few friends and push off the dock. Read More …
Racing with the Next Generation
This post also appears on the boats.com site as a guest blog. Read More …
Of Books and Boats
Last Friday my two worlds-sailing and books-met here in San Diego. Read More …
Building a Team
“Let’s do some more sailing together,” I said to Margaret last November, over dinner preparations at her house. “You, me, Kate, and Kim. Wouldn’t that be great?” Read More …
Slowing Down, Down East
For me, Maine means getting on a boat with almost no internet or cell phone reception, plenty of food, and easy sails between harbors where the closest company is an osprey fishing for dinner. Read More …
Sailing Capital(s) of the Northeast
Greetings from Annapolis, MD: in mid-August, most sailors would’ve stayed in Newport. Read More …
Coach Carol
This week I’m helping Liz Baylis run a match racing clinic under the umbrella of WIMRA, the Women’s International Match Racing Association. Read More …
The Joy of Day Sailing
When I formally retired from Olympic sailing (and most importantly, sold my two Ynglings), Paul and I took ownership of a 1938 Herreshoff Marlin. At just over twenty feet long, “Matsya” (Sanskrit for “God of the Fishes”) is big enough Read More …
