Sailing News

No Longer Available: Mark II Laser Training Sail

No Longer Available: Mark II Laser Training Sail

The Mark II Training Sails are no longer available. Sorry…   Use the Mark II Training Sail for all other practice and pleasure sailing on your Laser and double or even triple the life of your class approved sail! [button link=”https://shorelinesailboats.com/shop/mark_ii_laser_training_sail/” icon=”truck”]Price: Mark II Laser Sail[/button] From Laser Performance: This […]

January 19, 2015 Laser, Sailing News
Logo Knit Hat to Support Foodlink WNY

Logo Knit Hat to Support Foodlink WNY

Happy Holidays from Shoreline Sailboats! We are happy to introduce our logo knit hats to our sailing friends. Not only will you be looking pretty awesome in your new hat, you will be supporting foodlinkny.org $22.00 tax and shipping included Available in navy only: $5.00 from each hat sold will […]

December 6, 2014 Sailing News
2015 Sunfish Colors for Deck and Sail

2015 Sunfish Colors for Deck and Sail

Sunfish Recreational: [button link=”https://shorelinesailboats.com/shop/sunfish-mahogany-blade-package/” icon=”truck”]Pricing Page for Recreational Sunfish[/button] Sunfish Race Version: [button link=”https://shorelinesailboats.com/shop/sunfish-race-laser-performance/” icon=”truck”]Pricing Page for Sunfish Race[/button] Wow! The beautiful deck colors for 2015 Sunfish will remain the same as the 2014 boats. In August of 2015, Laser Performance hinted that they will announce a major change to […]

November 25, 2014 Laser Performance, Sailing News, Sunfish
Shoreline Torqeedo 1003 Dealer Review

Shoreline Torqeedo 1003 Dealer Review

Link: Shoreline Torqeedo pricing page. Sailors like wind. But we don’t always have enough of it. Not enough to leave our beautiful sheltering coves without tacking like mad. So, many of us have resorted to gas powered engines to get us out to the open waters. Love the sound of shutting down the engine? […]

November 22, 2014 Sailing News, Torqeedo
The Perfect Bowline Knot Every Time

The Perfect Bowline Knot Every Time

Yeah, I consider myself a sailor. I like to sail. Every summer I get the chance to tie a few bowlines. Most of them are leisurely made with lots of care. I’ve got all the time in the world to massage and pull the lines into a beautiful knot. But, […]

November 4, 2014 Sailing News
It’s a Sunfish Summer

It’s a Sunfish Summer

Since 1963 Sunfish has been part of making summers memorable. Check with us at Shoreline to see about special pricing and Sunfish rentals to make summer 2014 one to remember.

April 17, 2014 Sailing News, Sunfish
Hudson River Ice Yachting with HOUND

Hudson River Ice Yachting with HOUND

“We have seen the best ice on the Hudson in ten years.” ~ Glen Burger of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club With the flourish of ice yachting we have noticed in the past few months, Shoreline caught up with Glen Burger of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club to […]

March 1, 2014 Sailing News
Sails for Sustenance – Sail Collection for Haitian Fishermen

Sails for Sustenance – Sail Collection for Haitian Fishermen

November, 2013 Shoreline Sailboats and Haarstick Sailmakers combine efforts to collect as many sails as possible from Western New York sailors during the months of November, December, and January. The charity Sails for Sustenance recycles used sails from the U.S. and delivers them to Haitian subsistence fishermen. Why? The fishermen of Haiti build their […]

November 8, 2013 Local News, Sailing News
LaserPerformance Blade Manufacturing moves to USA

LaserPerformance Blade Manufacturing moves to USA

With the economy improving, Americans have slowly begun to buy sailboats and powerboats again, and smaller, less-opulent craft appear to be leading the way. That’s helping companies such as LaserPerformance in Portsmouth, which makes fiberglass sailing dinghies and is in the process of moving production of foils (centerboards and rudders) […]

November 7, 2013 Laser Performance, Sailing News
How I came to love the AC72

How I came to love the AC72

Quite honestly, I have never been a big fan of new. Don’t get me wrong, I like the technology of new, but the esthetics of new have always left me more than a bit flat. I am a big fan of safety and innovation – it’s just the way it […]

September 21, 2013 Sailing News
Sailing on Cuba Lake, New York

Sailing on Cuba Lake, New York

The Lake Tucked into the Southwestern corner of New York State is the quaint village of Cuba, and about two miles away is Cuba Lake. The Lake was constructed in 1858 as a reservoir for the Genesee Valley Canal at a cost of $150,000. At that time, it was the largest […]

Shoreline Interview: Dave Dellenbaugh, creator of Speed & Smarts

Shoreline Interview: Dave Dellenbaugh, creator of Speed & Smarts

July 15, 2013 In sailboat racing, a tremendous amount of time, energy, and money is expended in the pursuit of speed. At Shoreline Sailboats we highly recommend Dave Dellenbaugh’s  Speed & Smarts as the most cost effective way to improve your results on the race course. The newsletter covers in […]

July 15, 2013 Interview, Sailing News