Around The World Sailing

Toby Sunderland declared Thursday "Zac Day" in honor of his older brother -- and that it was. Hundreds of admirers could not wait for Zac Sunderland, 17, to guide his 36-foot vessel into Marina del Rey on Thursday morning, completing a 13-month quest...

We all support our kids' dreams, of course. But at what point, and age, do we step in and use parental rule? I started thinking about this when I heard the news that 16-year-old mariner Abby Sunderland had lost contact somewhere in the Indian Ocean on...

Global sailor Abby Sunderland has been found, alive and apparently unharmed, sighted by a crew of spotters aboard a Qantas Airways jetliner, who also made radio contact with Sunderland. Her 40-foot sailboat, Wild Eyes, is upright, but the mast had......

Outdoor blogger Pete Thomas, a former Los Angeles Times reporter, weighed in on the controversy surrounding 16-year-old Abby Sunderland, offering unique insight into her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world and the role her......

"Charlie St. Cloud," which stars the very swoony Zac Efron as a haunted hunk in need of saving, is a study in restraint when restraint is really the last thing needed here. Everything about the story screams heartbreaking weepy, from its premise —...

Zac Sunderland is wedged in his small bunk, reading, as his 36-foot sailboat ascends and careens down mountainous, shifting peaks. Just ahead on this late June morning is Mexico's first seasonal tropical depression, whose winds have roiled the Pacific....

Discover Boating Boating connects like no other leisure activity and is a great getaway for spending quality time with family and friends without having to travel too far. In fact, 90 percent of Americans live within an hour of a body of water....

Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland's solo sailing adventure around the world has captured the imagination and attention of critics and supporters far beyond her hometown of Thousand Oaks. Now in the wake of Sunderland and her boat Wild Eyes needing to be......

Poised calmly before dozens of news cameras, rescued teen sailor Abby Sunderland on Tuesday recounted the harrowing storm and rogue wave that ended her attempt to sail around the world. The strongest gales had abated and Abby was down in......

W.I.B. Crealock, a yacht designer, sailor and sailing author, died Sept. 26 at his home in Carlsbad after breaking his hip in a fall. He was 89. Crealock was part of the "golden age" of fiberglass design in the 1960s, when the use of fiberglass made...

Competitive racing in Newport Beach will welcome its latest addition Friday when the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club launches its Around the Islands race, a competition that begins and ends in Newport Harbor. Organizers hope the race, a 125-mile clockwise...

MIDDELBURG, Netherlands -- A Dutch court cleared the way Tuesday for 14-year-old Laura Dekker to embark on a risky attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, an adventure that could begin in the next two weeks. Judges at...