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A Seemingly Sleepy Fishing Village Offers a Plethora of Sailboat Excitement By James Wills Recognized as the ‘Sailing Capital of North Carolina’, the serene, maritime village of Oriental offers several tournaments and regattas throughout the Spring, Summer and Autumn months.

[IMG Mac2007-GL70-Start-credit-Lucille-ONeill[1].jpg] The 100th running of the Chicago to Mackinac Race -- the longest annual freshwater sailboat race in the world, and the biggest race in the Midwest -- pushes off this weekend from the Chicago Navy Pier. LEARN MORE...

Sailing ships played a major role in the history of the American flag. Key settings in that history are attractive sailing destinations, including Baltimore Harbor and the islands of Bermuda. LEARN MORE...

I live south of Houston, by the waters of Clear Lake.  Not far away, across the lake and the Johnson Space Center, lies Ellington Field, where Coast Guard Search and Rescue helicopters are based.  During the winter months, when fronts roll through and weather can deteriorate quickly, they fly

Gliding towards the Atlantic Ocean, my knuckles whitened around the oversized steering wheel as the sailboat’s mast appeared to graze the Verrazano Bridge.   I was like a go kart driver in charge of a Formula One car.

Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating Community Having spent the day before and the night blanketed in fog and becalmed I was pleased when the sun rose into a clear sky I had some movement and in the direction of Boston. Aviva read more

Since sailing is so much fun -- and buying gear is so much a part of that fun -- it was inevitable that engineers would take the sport to its ultimate conclusion: a sailboat that doesn't need humans to sail it at all. LEARN MORE...

Its crews are amateurs and its schedule is not death-defying -- which makes the Clipper Round-the-World Yacht Race an unusual competition. Next stop, Santa Cruz: also unusual. LEARN MORE...