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After moving to Long Island three years ago, Benjamin Sklar said he wanted to get out on the water, and sailing was at the top of his bucket list. His wife surprised him with five sailing lessons, he ...

This is how Will Bradshaw, director of the Port Jefferson Yacht Club Sailing School, reassures parents who are starting a 6-year-old off in sailing class, in the smallest sailboats available: “I ...

Marianne O'Malley discovers it is not too late, too time-consuming, nor too expensive to learn to sail. For years I've spent desultory moments during long summer days watching sailboats bobbing ...

The Lake Shawnee Yacht Club will begin hosting free beginner's sailing lessons starting this week. "Introduction to Sailing" sessions take place at 6 p.m. each Wednesday through August. No ...

BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. – Spencer Raggio’s affair with sailing began on Boston Harbor aboard a sloop he chartered with a girlfriend late one August afternoon. There was some breeze early. A four-hour ...