The phone rings with an incoming WhatsApp call from Stuart Bannatyne. I’m at my desk at Google, so I jog to a conference room to have a private conversation. Bannatyne, from Doyle Sails, is a legend ...

Years ago I was a young, hungry, youth sailor. I had great starts, flashy roll tacks, the ability to steer perfectly, and my parent’s Visa card. I could do anything. But as I started competing around ...

The nausea hits me imperceptibly at first—less like the proverbial “rogue wave” that you read about in sailing books, and more like an invisibly rising tide. But the symptoms are the same: the sweats, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cassidy Randall writes on adventure, travel, and the natural world. May 29, 2025, 12:15pm EDT Off the island of Raiatea in Tahiti, ...

A sailboat moves with almost no sound. No engine noise, no splashing wake—just the creak of rigging, the slap of water against the hull, and the force of the wind driving thousands of pounds of boat ...