AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — The America’s Cup is just getting underway, but another contest, one with billionaire skippers and much bigger boats, concluded here last week. Yachts owned by Netscape founder Jim Clark, duty-free-stores billionaire…More

HONG KONG — Sailing down the middle of choppy Victoria Harbor, surrounded by impatient coastal freighters and the city’s glimmering office towers, we are discussing safety equipment — the harnesses that will tether us to…More

A couple of years ago I sailed with a group of friends from Naples to Menorca by way of Sardinia and Corsica.  Although it was a wonderful trip, we kept hearing, throughout our journey, a…More