Standing at the helm, skimming carefree through the surf and mooring whenever you please — sailing offers the freedom to go wherever the winds take you. And while the thought of hoisting sails may ...

Boating and sailing have a lot in common, especially in terms of earning your sea legs. But getting out on the water is much simpler with an engine-powered watercraft. Still, learning to sail is a ...

Take that main sheet, two hands. Let the tiller go for me. You John there. Good, clean it. That's good. Hold it right there. OK. I'll grab it, Rob. Let me get us out of your. I understand that this is ...

On a recent sunny afternoon, three long white sailboats cut through the wind on the Allegheny River. Four teenagers and three adult instructors aboard pull ropes and keep an eye out for obstacles on ...

BOSTON - On most Saturdays from the spring through the fall, you can find Timothy Vernon on the Charles River. "Feeling the wind against my face and feeling the boat as it glides through the water ...

A new program in Annapolis is giving children from underserved communities the chance to learn how to sail, and showing them the Chesapeake Bay is theirs to enjoy. The "From Swimming to Sailing" Youth ...

A group of students from Boston Public Schools spent two weeks this summer learning how to sail a nearly 100-year-old sword fishing ship. It's all part of an effort in the city to make summer learning ...

Cal Currier, 16, told Today that his father, who is a transatlantic sailor, was quickly on board — but his mom "took a little bit more convincing" A California teenager has successfully sailed solo ...

At the end of each April, the Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show is a weekend outing spent ogling boats along City Dock that cost nearly as much as a house, if not more, and dreaming about sailing around ...