An after-school program invites students to build small sailboats from scratch, then test them out on the water. Assignment: Build a boat with your schoolmates that will not sink in the East River.

KINGSTON, N.Y. – A “Model Opti Sailboat Build” class will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, April 21 and 22, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Wooden Boat School on East ...

The light wind on Hempstead Harbor this summer day was just enough for the boys and girls sailing tiny Optimist dinghies to make a little headway. It was the second day of Sea Cliff Yacht Club’s seven ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- More than 100 young students put their hard work on display Tuesday, launching their hand-made boats and setting sail in the East River. Leave it to city kids to ...

DUXBURY – A boy from Duxbury is making a name for himself in the local sailing world, and he doesn’t plan to trim his sails anytime soon. While 11-year-old Briggs Kossmann’s dad, Kurt Kossmann, has a ...

This is how Will Bradshaw, director of the Port Jefferson Yacht Club Sailing School, reassures parents who are starting a 6-year-old off in sailing class, in the smallest sailboats available: “I ...

The shifting wind nearly made Rex Jackson capsize. He acted quickly to reposition the swaying boom on his sailboat and shift his weight around to stay upright. "I'm just having a little technical ...