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 […]
Solo racer Diane Reid’s idea of a sailing adventure, admittedly exceeds any of our wildest dreams of racing. She purchased her Mini 6.5 sailboat in March of 2010 and has been tirelessly dedicated to her goal of racing in one of the world’s most prestigious and best known singlehanded races […]
Emmy Award winner, Thurston Smith has captured the sport of winter sailboat racing in a new documentary film Frostbiters. Thurston graciously offered to answer a few of our questions about the film. How was the idea for Frostbiters conceived? I grew up sailing at Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Centre […]
We recently caught up with our friend, Doug Burtner (above with brother Curtis at the helm) Sales Manager at Haarstick Sailmakers of Rochester, New York. He graciously agreed to an interview. At Shoreline Sailboats, we are huge fans of the sails that Haarstick Sailmakers produce, and we highly recommend them to […]
2013 RYC Junior Sailing Program Most sailing classes are broken down into 2 week sessions over an 8 week program. One week “Crash Course” classes are also available Students typically take sailing classes for more than one session before advancing to the next level All RYC Instructors are Certified US Sailing Instructor as well […]
Thad Greiner, author of My2fish voted “Best Sunfish Blog” by ProperCourse.blogspot.com along with us here at Shoreline, took some time out of his busy day to share his thoughts. In this interview he recounts the events that have lead to four years of blogging about his passion for sailing and […]
Designer, Bruce Kirby recounts the Laser story: The Inception: “The Laser started with a phone conversation in October, 1969. I was here in Connecticut and Ian Bruce called me from Montreal. He called me and said, “How about doing a car top sail boat?” While we were talking on the […]
LaserPerformance is one of 31 builders around the globe that produce the IOD (International Optimist Dinghy). The LaserPerformance version is called the Optimist Vapor and is made for first-time-on-the-water sailors all the way to the very highest levels of international competition. An idependent review of the boat can be found […]
FHYC Junior Sailing – Little Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario Each summer Fair Haven Yacht Club offers sailing classes to pre-teens and teens ages 8 – 17. Boats used in the program are Optimists, JY15s, and 420s. On Wednesday, July 3rd, FHYC is proud to host an Optimist regatta as part […]
Link to a review by Carol Standish of Nick’s book Saving Sailing – Main Harbors Saving Sailing available at Amazon Back in 2010, at about the same time that Nicholas Hayes published his book Saving Sailing I returned to active sailing after an 18 year absence from the sport. As […]
Visitors to Oak Orchard, in Waterport, NY will find a beautiful sheltering harbor that has been home to the Oak Orchard Yacht Club for 75 years. The folks that started the club are all gone now, but they would tell of a time when Snipe racing was all the rage […]
In a Scuttlebutt article by Glenn McCarthy, Paul Henderson, president of ISAF 1994-2004 pointed fingers at the root cause for the decline in the sport of sailing. RCR Yacht’s CEO Don Finkle responded in RCR’s publication Yacht Racer’s News, April 2013. (reprinted by permission) Don Finkle: I have great respect […]
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