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Garmin's October guide provides a timely starting point for sailors weighing up a chartplotter, wind sensors, AIS-equipped VHF, radar and autopilot. Here is how the choices translate into day-to-day cruising.
Fifteen British youth sailors met for a Weymouth training camp before December’s Youth Sailing World Championships in Portugal. Their mix of water sessions, performance workshops and team-building offers practical lessons …
Nominations are open until February 1, 2027, for the BoatUS/NWSA award honouring leadership in women's sailing, from teaching and cruising to community support.
SailGP's new Pensacola base puts the spotlight on repeatable training between events. We examine its shared F50 model and practical lessons for recreational and club sailors.
American Sailing's Five Waters, Five Lessons explores how sailing on contrasting bodies of water can deepen understanding of wind, teamwork and practical seamanship.
American Sailing's feature on lessons experienced sailors learn provides a starting point for practical considerations that make modest recreational cruises safer and more enjoyable.
American Sailing profiles Kira Maixner, part of the five-person crew aboard the Express 37 Dorado that won its ORR4 class in the 2026 Pacific Cup to Hawaii.
American Sailing examines whether modern GPS and chartplotters can distract skippers from visual navigation, using lessons from Captain Rick Robey's training.
American Sailing's training material with Captain Rick Robey encourages sailors to reef before strong winds become difficult, using balanced sail trim and preparation.
Trinidad and Tobago's Shannon Madar and Jaidon Vincent have made their first World Sailing Inclusion Championships appearance in the vision impairment fleet in Portimão.
At the 2026 World Sailing Inclusion Championships in Portimão, Polish sailor Piotr Cichocki raced both individually and alongside his wife Joanna in adapted keelboats.
Welsh sailor James Coxon has returned to international competition in a Challenger trimaran after setting four recumbent-cycling world records, renewing an early passion for sailing.
The 2026 World Sailing Inclusion Championships in Portimão brought 222 athletes from 40 nations together, showing how adapted sailing can open access to boating for people with diverse abilities.
The RYA/BUSA Women's Team Racing National Championship is scheduled for 28–29 November 2026 at Spinnaker Sailing Club. The event brings groups of female sailors together for two days of racing, …
The RYA Schools Match Racing Championships are scheduled for 21–22 November 2026 at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Up to twelve school-age teams are expected to compete in …
Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club at Grimwith Reservoir will host an RYA Sail Measurement Course on Saturday 31 October 2026, scheduled from 9.30am to 4pm. The course is approved by World …
The Annapolis Sailboat Show is scheduled for 15–18 October 2026, filling the Maryland waterfront with in-water sailboats, equipment displays, instruction and activities for visitors of differing experience levels. The show …
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