Once, while coaching a team before the Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship, someone asked me about jib sail trim, so I hopped on board and sat to leeward to video their jib leech while ...

There is an old sail trim adage, “trim the front of the jib and back of the mainsail,” or where the wind meets and leaves the sail plan. Telltales are a key tool helping you figure out what is going ...

Have you ever wondered what makes a sailboat glide across the water? Christopher Fifty, of Churchville, did. Then he attended a camp at Baltimore County Sailing Center. He said he enjoys playing ...

In a departure from nautical tradition, a New York judge ruled Thursday that it is OK for the giant multihulls that will sail for the America’s Cup next year to use engines to trim sails and move ...

LE BOUVERET, SwitzerlandLE BOUVERET, Switzerland — Alinghi boss Ernesto Bertarelli has defended the use of a contentious engine to trim the sails on the boat and denied the legal dispute with BMW ...

As a joke seven years ago, Lane Briggs put a makeshift sail on his 46-foot tugboat, the Steel Rebel, and entered the Crab Regatta, a sailboat race that he hosted. The tug got some laughs. But sometime ...