Community Boating Inc. Executive Director's Blog

One of the hallmarks of CBI's sailing programs is "member teaching  member" and  informal instruction.  Most of our classes in...

From time to time I have the  opportunity to explain what Community Boating Inc. (CBI) is to someone who has never heard of us.  Usually my ...

Welcome one and all to CBI's 2013 sailing season.  Perhaps you've heard the phrase "the more things change, the more they stay ...

I first met Marty Nakashian in the spring of 1998.  I was CBI's new Program Director and feeling some sense of trepidation as I tried to...

A couple of Sunday's ago I had an opportunity to help some folks get back to the dock.  Their problem was that the wind was blowing dire...

Gybing is definitely your friend.   Here are quick pointers for successful gybing SIDES - HANDS - STEER - CONTROL. First, Gybe when you ar...

I wanted to write about gybing a sailboat.  But one point I need to make in that discussion early on is that speed is your friend and that s...