“The real problem with women’s ­sailing is that all the boats we sail are made for men.” A guy recently said this to me after telling me how big a proponent he is of women in sailing. This wasn’t the ...

Sofia Niles, of St. Augustine, slid her gloved hands along the wheel of the “Far Niente,” looking right at home on the 44-foot boat. Rose Ann Points, president and owner St. Augustine Sailing and the ...

“She was always the boat to beat,” Colleen Cooke, chief umpire of the Linda Elias Woman’s One Design Challenge, said. She was talking about the late Linda Elias, who Cooke had raced against on many ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – Two Tampa Bay area women have returned to St. Petersburg after the trip of a lifetime on a sailboat that sent them up the east coast for nine months. Vanessa Goodrum and ...

The event is attracting more female skippers than in previous years, and many own the boats. By David Schmidt The skippers competing in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race dream of winning a top ...

Dartmouth Wins and Deirdre Lambert earns Quantum Women’s College Sailor of the Year Annapolis, Md. (May 30, 2014) – Today was the last day of racing for the Sperry Top-Sider Women’s National ...

Eight years ago, Amy Stout of Petersburg bought a sailboat at a junkyard. She spent years fixing it up and, last summer, she did something only one other woman has done so far: complete the Lake Erie ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - In Charleston’s storied sailing scene, tradition runs deep and superstitions linger, but two women captains are navigating change, challenging old norms and making space for ...

The waters proved friendly for the women's sailing team this weekend as it cruised to first place at the Reed Trophy Women's New England Championship, held at Conn. College. With each division sailing ...