Sail Magazine

by L. Alan Keene

Windshifts: A Sail to Remember

by L. Alan Keene, Posted January 25, 2013

“Would you like to sail one?” asked Dale Denning one Saturday back in 1980, as Peg and I stood admiring some gorgeous little sailing dinghies sitting by the side of the road.

Eight Things Every Daysailor Should Know

by L. Alan Keene, Posted May 11, 2012

As a 30-year veteran daysailor, I feel a moral obligation to spare you some of the physical and emotional pain I’ve faced over the years. I’m talking about daysailing’s dirty little secrets, the bilgewater of our sport. Feel free to take notes.

Voice of Experience: Cold Front on the Chesapeake

by L. Alan Keene, Posted March 15, 2012

“Wake up! Wake up! I think we’re dragging anchor!” Peg’s words pierced my sleep like a needle popping a balloon. In an instant I was standing in the cockpit, face to face with the bowsprit of a large Island Packet that had been anchored three football fields away the night before.