http://sailing.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Sailing GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-13T22:53:09Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/13/wake-karma.htm There are not many sailors who have not cursed "stinkpot" wakes. But is there such a thing as wake karma, the culmination of an overload of powerboat bad manners which... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/13/wake-karma.htm 2008-05-13T23:41:37Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/13/pop-quiz.htm Q: Quick. It's blowing about forty knots-plus. You're by yourself in a high-tech sailboat surfing at speeds touching 20-knots. What do you do? A: Run up to the bow, hook up... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/13/pop-quiz.htm 2008-05-13T22:53:09Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/06/now-comes-good-sailing.htm On this day in 1862, Henry David Thoreau died of tuberculosis. His last clear words were: "Now comes good sailing," and then "moose" and "Indian." His conclusion to Walden also uses... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/06/now-comes-good-sailing.htm 2008-05-06T12:39:47Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/05/do-great-by-doing-good.htm Sometimes doing good is its own reward. And sometimes doing good can bring rewards with rewards -- like sailing on a 72-foot race boat in Great Britain and the Mediterranean... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/05/do-great-by-doing-good.htm 2008-05-05T22:02:17Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/02/quote-of-the-week-2.htm "If it turns out we see bombs exploding on our waterways, it is not going to be really good for boaters..." Spoken by Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/02/quote-of-the-week-2.htm 2008-05-02T15:24:50Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/01/traffic-jam-at-the-canal.htm After Saturday's "Beating of the Retreat" at Nelson's Dockyard -- and the inevitable closing parties signalling the end of Antigua Race Week -- the Caribbean racing (and cruising) season winds... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/05/01/traffic-jam-at-the-canal.htm 2008-05-01T16:19:12Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/04/23/campaign-advice-go-sailing.htm Some advice for a deadlocked Democrat -- go sailing. According to a recent poll, 15 percent of boat owners say they are more likely to vote for a political candidate if... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/04/23/campaign-advice-go-sailing.htm 2008-04-23T23:53:44Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/04/21/the-dirty-truth.htm It's hard to gauge the health of an ocean out in the ocean. But where the water meets the shore, the dirty truth is revealed. That is what volunteers... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/04/21/the-dirty-truth.htm 2008-04-21T23:56:21Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/04/15/failure-to-communicate.htm On boats, bad things happen when words get mixed up. Take the Cosco Busan, the 900-foot cargo ship which slammed into San Francisco's Bay Bridge in dense fog last November. According... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/04/15/failure-to-communicate.htm 2008-04-15T16:56:28Z http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/04/14/a-little-thing-gets-big-scary-fast.htm Mention sailing in polite company and talk will shift to quiet coves, "cocktail cruises" and other peaceful images. Mention sailing to sailors and talk often turns to things that went... http://sailing.about.com/b/2008/04/14/a-little-thing-gets-big-scary-fast.htm 2008-04-14T22:26:50Z