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) […]
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 […]
A casual search of the internet will reveal a substantial amount of acclaim for Richard Bode’s autobiographical tale – First You Have to Row a Little Boat (available here: Amazon). I read the book after my wife bought it for me as a gift back in the mid 90s. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Craig Leweck happened to inquire about a posting we had on the Shoreline web page. That was a exciting moment for us, so we took the opportunity to ask the head of Scuttlebutt a few questions about our favorite source for online sailing news: Craig, how did you get your […]
Our friends, John and Karen Wheeler, recently purchased from Shoreline Sailboats a brand new 60th Anniversary Sunfish as an addition to their rental fleet at Basin Park Marina on Keuka Lake. Basin Park will rent the boat out of their marina for daysails, and will deliver the boat to cottages […]
Olcott Yacht Club uses the US Sailing format that effectively offers several years of developmental skills in, sailing, theory, timing, balance, racing and seamanship. Classes are kept small with a student to teacher ratio of less than ten to one. Several levels of instruction are taught with an emphasis on […]
The Rochester Canoe Club offers a sailing instruction program for all levels of sailors. Even if you have never set foot on a sailboat, we can teach you the basics of sailing, and have you out on the water sailing by yourself. 2013 Instruction Schedule Session: Class: Time: 1 Jr. […]
From LaserPerformance: It’s time to bust out your Sunfish for the summer! Bring the whole family out and join us on Saturday July 13th to celebrate and sail the most popular sailboat in history! Celebrate 60 years of Sunfish with us on and off the water. It’s FREE, but space […]
If you’re really into Sunfish you will probably know that the Sunfish was introduced in 1952 because Alex Bryan’s pregnant wife found the Sailfish flat deck pretty uncomfortable. And, if you are into Sunfish, you will probably be as excited as I was to find out that #13 had been […]
I fell in love with the lines of MARIA the first time I saw her sailing out of Oak Orchard Harbor. She was the kind of boat that makes a young man dream. I knew her owner at the time, Dean Bonke. He was a really nice guy and the […]
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