New Boat Raffle

Prepare yourself, we’re going to raffle off a new FS. The Flying Scot Sailing Association occasionally approaches us with an opportunity to help them raffle off a new boat. While we can’t always say yes to this endeavor. We do like to stir the trough occasionally, and see someone win a new boat! Not to […]

Garrett County 150 Year Anniversary

This is kind of neat! We’ve been asked to feature in the Garrett County 150th year anniversary, in McHenry, Maryland. Garrett County is rich in history. The town of McHenry, is named after James McHenry, a prisoner of the revolutionary war, captured by Sir William Howe, and released on Parol. He later served as secretary […]

The Sailing Vocabulary that you need the most.

As I talk to new sailors, instructing them on how to use their new boats, or future new boats. I get one comment repeatedly… “I don’t know the vocabulary.” Some people feel that’s important. I for one, being self-taught, did not know sailing vocabulary for many years after learning to sail. Let alone the racing […]

How to Improve Your Sailing

Whether you’re racing or daysailing, sailing is a sport in the sense that it’s a skill in which you’re only aiming to improve. That’s part of the fun that’s often overlooked. When I first got into sailing, I did not know about racing, but I wanted to improve my boating skills. Sailing was clearly a […]