Imagine casting off most of your worldly possessions to live on a sailboat you bought on the Internet – perhaps without even seeing it, or knowing how to tie a knot or hoist the mainsail. For some ...

One challenge we all share is sailing the boat at its most efficient speed for the conditions. We’re talking target speed: a theoretically perfect number where the forward speed of the boat and the ...

Jim Koehler is the president and founder of The Dinghy Shop in Amityville and also runs a series of fall events designed to give kids the opportunity to get out on the water once summer programs have ...

Got a training plan for the winter? There's no better time to focus on boat speed and performance tuning, so that when you ...

Eight middle school students returned to Belle Isle this summer for another year of sailing lessons. But a few months ago, before they hit the water, those students learned a new lesson: how to build ...