“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 ...

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 ...

South Africa's Kirsten Neuschäfer is leaving fellow skippers in her wake as she vies to become the first woman to win the Golden Globe Race -- a solo, nonstop voyage around the world that started in ...

At a recent coed Grandmasters Team Race Regatta, a teammate told me he didn’t understand why there were women-only sailboat races—as if to say, what’s the point? His comment was a brave one in today’s ...

Ayme Sinclair never thought she’d fall in love with competitive sailing, but that’s exactly what happened after a friend invited her out on a vessel. “I’d always been into boating and the water and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fremantle Sailing Club (FSC) is proud to announce that it will host the Australian Women's Match Racing Championship for the second consecutive year, taking place 10-13 September 2026.

A woman with no nautical experience is currently on her first sailing trip - circumnavigating the world. Wedding celebrant Zena Birch started her epic sea voyage in January after she was invited by a ...

Renee Fields finds her peace sailing 70 mph in a land yacht across a dry lake bed under the hot desert sun. The 58-year-old Reno woman, a U.S. veteran who speaks five languages and works as a forensic ...