Sailing

With the white sails firmly snapped into place, the little fleet prepares to knife through the gently lapping waters of Westlake Lake. The boats, U.S. sabots, each hold a single child between the ages of 9 and 17. The young sailors, wearing Coast Guard-approved personal flotation devices, guide...  

The BBC will be showing live sailing during the Beijing Olympics and a recorded highlights package later in the day. The Olympic regatta in Qingdao runs ...  

by Dauna Coulter Solar sails would allow a spacecraft to be propelled by the gentle pressure of light itself. It sounds like a fantastical concept, ...  

AUSTRALIAN team captain Malcolm Page says the Olympic 470 sailing regatta is turning into a marathon. Women's 470 skipper Elise Rechichi would probably ...  

Light winds and hazy sunshine on Fushan Bay, Qingdao for the second day of the 2008 Beijing regatta. It’s Day 2 for the Finn class and the Ynglings, ...  

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) _ Golden Gate Yacht Club today appealed a New York court's decision stripping it of the role of Challenger of Record for the next America's Cup.  

Tornado class sailors have been given the "all clear" to use a controversial new sail in Olympic racing. The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) said Tornado teams could use the upwind...  

Some sixty youngsters from five schools across Middlesex hit the water last week at the West London Queen Mary inter-school sailing festival and got their first taste of competitive sailing.  

Sailing has a new hero, and it’s not a person, it’sa boat. Last weekend, 11 Extreme 40 catamarans came to Cowes at the start of the famous regatta, ...  

The 2008 US Paralympic Sailing Team has arrived in Qingdao, China in preparation for the start of the paralympic summer games. Barely weeks after the close of the Summer Olympic...  

US SAILING, national governing body of the sport, has opened the online election period for its annual election of Board of Directors. This year, US SAILING ...  

By Tom Shevlin NEWPORT — After spending over than seven weeks at sea and sailing more than 3000 miles — alone — a storm just off of Bermuda nearly killed ...  

British Columbia will provide the anchor for Canada's sailing team at the 2008 Paralympic Games with the first races set to begin Monday in Qingdao, China. ...  

There are two new leaders in the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings and some major changes elsewhere with the inclusion of results from the ...  

What's it been like on ships sailing through the storm-tossed regions? One Cruise Log reader on Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas this week reports the ...