I Love Sailing Stories of Experiences

Today, I helped one of my cousins, who is about 70, put the last of four beach cats into operation. This part of my family operates a day sailing concession on the beach in front of three resort hotels near here. The first three have...

I am sharing a 39ft. boat with some other guys, very basic no frills and lace.
As I am the only one with time during the week, I take the opportunity to escape the rat race whenever I can.
As soon as I leave the marina, raise the sails...

Ever since I was a little girl, most of my summer holidays have been spent sailing. There were a few years when it was not possible due to the health of a family member or due to finances, but sailing is more than just a hobby for me...

We couldn’t sleep, both of our minds thinking about leaving Martinique (home of the French bread and cheap wines!). We didn’t trust our engine, even though we were fairly sure the culprit letting salt water in the cylinders had been...

Ten years ago my wife bought me sailing lessons for my birthday.  It was my first sailing experience.  I have been sailing ever since.   Mostly taking more lessons to improve skills and someday after retirement I will look into...

The air turns suddenly chilly. The water is darker and less peaceful. The sky darkens. My hair whips around my face and neck. Sea spray batters my skin. I quickly adjust.  Jib is furled, Mainsail is reefed.  My pulse quickens as the...

I just love the change when you switch off the engine, point to where you want to go and trim sails for your cruise.

I just love the frantic pace of an offshore race, looking for every chance to pull ahead, any slight change in the...

I am passed 50 and have sailed my whole life. Started out as a kid in dinghies and moved on to larger day boats to cruisers. For the time beeing i'm without a boat. Finding it sad but found out that renting a boat on the location I want...

I've spent much of my life on sailboats.  My dad was a sailor and taught me to sail at a very young age.  I grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan, where sailing was always part of summer.  I don't think I need to explain the way...

I am blessed to be the proud owner of a very old, yet well maintained sailboat. It is an escape, a floating man cave, a family adventure, a romantic getaway, a character builder, and a labor of love...all rolled into one. To be under...

There is something so elemental about sailing.  It sings to me.  I feel my soul thrumming with the harmonics.   Every part of me is tense with fierce anticipation.   I lose the shoes; the first vestige of "civilization " to be shed...

My Dad, who introduced me to sailing, showed this poem to me when I was a little girl.  It is my favorite poem about the water.  (I printed it on the program at my Dad's funeral...

I was lucky enough to have a father who took us sailing on Lake Superior starting when I was nine. I will never forget the powerful, moving experience of crossing Lake Superior for the first time, going from the South Shore (Apostle...

i love sailing.I used to live just a short distance from both a huge inland lake and the atlantic ocean.

I had a 14 foot sail boat of the sunfish class. it was lateen rigged and would sail well in the lightest
breeze. i used to take...

On the 4th December we moved Diadem from her mooring on the River Tamar to her winter quarters ashore. we set off while it was snowing, and the weather did not improve much. I don't think i have been so cold for a long time. The photo...

I jointly own a yacht with my son. She is a 29 year old "Seawolf 26" called "Diadem". She will shortly be coming out of the water for the winter. Her bottom is mucky and she needs some maintenance. We think she is quite quick...

leaving today for the lower keys!!! going to spend the holidays with family in key west .hope to do some island hopping .so if y'all are down our way drop in and say hello 
found this on yuo tube and just wanted tp post!!! missing the...

I am a 21 year old novice sailor. I have taken lessons on the Chesepeake bay and more recently in the Caribbean. I'm ASA certified up to 106 through fairwind sailing school. Eventually I want to make a living off it. For now, I just...

I lived the first 30 years of my life less than 5 miles from the beach.  I spent all kinds of time there.  I could be scuba diving, surfing (body or board), playing volleyball, hanging out, whatever.  I did not sail...

Perhaps we come to sailing from different backgrounds, hopes, and expectations. Yet, I believe we share much in common. The lot of us being individualistic, nature loving, romantics and dreamers. If you've only sailed in...