Many of the newer cruising sailboats in the 40-ft-and-up sizes are built with double headstays in the bow with one roller furling located behind another. The forward roller-furling stay carries a big ...

On Saturday, when almost 300 sailboats jockey for starting position for the Chicago-to-Mackinac race, sailing groupies will see something worth gawking at: a 65-foot red boat with the weirdest-looking ...

For many years, the standard technique for handling cruising spinnakers has been the ubiquitous and often awkward “sock,” which is a way to deploy and strike a spinnaker in a controlled manner, ...