The best sailors stick to the fundamental rules. After all, the premise of a fundamental rule is that it works most of the time. If you are right most of the time and have decent speed, you will do ...

With the season just beginning for many sailors, I thought it might be a good time to get back to the basics. In sailboat racing there are four fundamentals you must master: tacking, jibing, spinnaker ...

Dave Wilson, director of sailing at South Carolina Yacht Club, helps Warner Hahn, 9, set out from the dock at Windmill Harbour during a Learn to Sail camp for youngsters age 8 to 17 on Thursday. Jay ...

The Courant Institute's Christiana Mavroyiakoumou, above at Central Park's Conservatory Water, and the University of Michigan's Silas Alben studied how sails behave during a wide range of tacking ...