Sail shape adjustment determines whether a boat accelerates, heels excessively, or fights the helm.

For most sailors, the search starts after the boat feels slow....

Chartplotters make navigation fast, but they can fail at the worst time. Paper charts and compass bearings give you a backup you can trust when the screen stops...

Trimming the mainsail feels simple until you sail a boat with a different mainsail. Full batten and partial batten mainsails react differently to wind and trim...

Ever watched someone drop their phone into the sea and vanish in seconds? Now, picture a person instead. That’s what makes man-overboard (MOB) recovery so...

Ever had your keelboat lean over and the helm loaded up in seconds? That's a heel feeding weather helm. The boat starts turning into the wind, so you crank the...