Over the summer Ann Hamilton found that she couldn’t wait for the Friday night sailboat races in Annapolis. "I loved it, and it broadened my life. Racing is fast and exciting, and...
Terry Young began sailing as a guest in his mid-40s and is now a boat owner and active sailor
We started dreaming of sailing our own boat and reading everything we could get our hands on about sailing while we waited for the right boat at the right price to come along.
I used to sit on a bench on the river bank directly across from Washington Sailing Marina, looking at the boats sail by, thinking, “That must be nice.
We caught up with newlyweds and sailors Marla Honeycutt Daigle and Pat “Boo” Daigle, when they traveled from Texas to attend Cruisers University, held in conjunction with the Annapolis...
As a child I was introduced to sailing by my grandfather on Long Island Sound. As an adult I wanted to try something new and had this yearning to sail.
We started with the Basic Keelboat course and moved on through Basic Coastal Cruising and a docking class. Then we continued with Sail Solomons in Antigua, where we took Bareboat...
Our Start Sailing Now page profiles sailors who got their start as adults. They are racers and cruisers, men and women. Big boat and dinghy sailors, who have embraced the sport in a...
Start wherever you can. Find a friend who knows a guy with a boat and jump on any chance to get out on the water. I’ve found most sailors are more than happy to take people out and...