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Layla is a chip off the John Alden block

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Doris was a magnificent sight under sail in her heyday.

A classic Herreshoff in the hands of a master

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Sockeye 62: Pacific Northwest dreaming

Jasper (at the helm) and Lisbeth Johannsen were introduced to sailing at a very young age.

Beyond wind and water, sailing offers life lessons

Frank Dye was an expert navigator, a must-have skill when sailing a 16-foot dinghy far offshore.

A madman in a league of his own

Based on a Norwegian keelboat design, the self-sailing Roboat won the World Robotic Sailing Championship four times.

A little red boat and the game of drones

Jeanne Socrates will be the oldest person to sail around the world solo and nonstop if she completes her encore voyage. She was 70 when she finished her last circumnavigation.

Ageless and ambitious, a solo sailor shoves off again

Autonomous technology for boats

Starbound is getting a new wooden mizzenmast, courtesy of 19th century technology.

Building wooden spars: old skills in modern times

Irving Johnson’s famous ketch Yankee flies every stitch of canvas reaching across Bras d’Or Lake in Nova Scotia. Photo by Gordon van Nes.

An old Yankee towns resident old Yankee

Mathieu Bonnier built the prototype LiteXP he rowed and sailed in the Race to Alaska. His company, Liteboat, builds performance rowing craft.

At home on small boats and big water

Gerhild Wiendieck at the helm of her spidsgatter-ketch Astarte, which she raced and cruised extensively.

This skipper proved her mettle a lifetime ago

Ronja, 10 years ago, cuts a nice wake on the Elbe River, with Jenny at the helm and Mareike tending the jib.

Learning lifes lessons on a 20-foot boat

L. Francis at his drafting board at Burgess, Swasey and Paine in 1925.

L. Francis Herreshoff: Genius against the odds

The writer sailed aboard Prospector, a Farr 60 that has had a great racing career under the names Deep Powder, Carrera, Hissar and Captivity.

Racing around paradise

Chartering a Nordic Folkboat from Meerflair emphasizes the joy of simple adventures on a beautiful but basic craft. What more do you need?

Chartering off the grid on classic folkboats

A driftwood bench that looks out over Swifts Bay features what looks like the head of a dinosaur.

Driftwood can be a sailors enemy or a delight for the senses

Heading home under a backstay breeze without a worry. Would it feel the same without the convenience of GPS?

Imagine GPS goes down. What happens next?

A vintage 1973 Ericson 32-2 is liveaboard sailor Annette Brosin’s refuge and escape vehicle.

Among boaters, this composer finds company and community

The Gunboat G4 in skimming mode, pushing approximately 20 knots and showing the L-shaped daggerboard under the windward hull.

Sailing fast on foils isn't just for the pros

Military veteran Jon Ferguson is reaching out to other vets to share the therapeutic benefits of boats and boatbuilding.

For vets, a therapeutic benefit of boats and boatbuilding

Roger Mann sailed a Hobie Mirage Adventure Island trimaran 750 miles from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan in the Race to Alaska.

Ketchikan by tiny trimaran, not for the faint of heart

An athletic boat, the Tempest has a lifting keel, a spinnaker and planing performance.

The best small keelboat you've never sailed turns 50

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