Sailing Story: Bill Reed
For some sailors, their lives contain chapters and chapters of Sailing Stories. Bill Reed’s Sailing Stories could easily fill an entire book. They include memories upon sailboats in Florida as a young child, sailboat racing stories on the lakes of Michigan, and informal teaching stories on Montana’s Flathead Lake. Bill’s most recent Sailing Story is…
Sailing Story: Dave Shafer
Sailing Story: Dave Shafer Dave Shafer isn’t quite sure where his sailing story starts. On the one hand, you could say it started when he was a teenager living in Appalachia. “I was on a very small lake on— I don’t even know if you want to call it a sailboat, it was a…
What is a Sailing Story?
“Sailing Stories” are a fun way to memorialize your sailing experience forever. These professionally written articles are available for all Go Sail Virgin Islands to participate in and receive. Here’s more about what your sailing story will include, why you should consider signing up to do one, and how to contact us to create yours! …
Sailing Story: Barry White
While some sailors have been comfortably climbing aboard sailboats since the time they could walk, many more find this wonderful sport much later in life. That was certainly the case for Barry White. Barry found sailing when he was on the hunt for fun retirement activities. “I’ve been doing masonry for going on 30 years…
Sailing Story: Trevon and Stephanie
Sailing stories rarely involve just one person. There are usually multiple people along the way that influence a sailor’s journey, their sailing plans, and their sailing futures. This is absolutely true for Captain Trevon and first mate Stephanie! While their sailing stories began separately, they are now strongly intertwined. Stephanie grew up on…
Sailing Story: JT Quinn
Sailing Stories: JT Quinn It’s common for many sailing stories to start in childhood— but that’s not when JT Quinn’s love of sailing was born. “Most people say they grew up on the water,” he explained. “But I am a Colorado mountain boy so sailing wasn’t something I was around until college years.”…
4 Reasons to Try Bareboat Sailing in the Virgin Islands
Bareboating sailing provides sailors the opportunity to rent a sailboat without a crew. It’s a truly unique and wonderful experience, made all the better if you plan your trip in the Virgin Islands! Here’s why: 1. Bareboat sailing is the most customizable way to see the Virgin Islands Bareboat sailing gives you the freedom to…