Power to sail: A convert’s success story

An investment manager sells his flybridge cruiser and tries a new tack by harnessing the wind

You’ve heard it before: Baby boomers who are done sailing might not be done boating. Instead, they often trade the tiller for a wheel, the rig for a larger gas tank and become trawler cruisers. That’s less toil for the same or better speed.

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Around the Americas for healthy seas

Oceans cover about 70 percent of Mother Earth’s surface.

That’s a lot of water and one huge playground for sailing. But oceans also are giant ecosystems that have many vital functions to keep the show on the Blue Planet running.

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Sailors have an obligation to be ‘green’

So green is becoming the new normal. Finally, one might say, and exhale with relief. It’s the right thing, it’s the hip thing and it might be the only thing, given the state of our oceans and waterways.

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Classic beauty sees a revival at 100

The National Dinghy had nearly vanished, but found new life by blending tradition with progress

The lake is dead calm, like a mirror pond. Not a wisp of wind can be seen on the water. Yet the boat is hustling along, as if moved by magic. “Trim peak halyard,” the skipper commands. “I need some power.” Indeed, the boat picks it up another notch and everybody smiles, even the gentleman seated on the leeward side. His name is Rolf Halle, all of 90 years young.

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