Thistle class sailboats leave the startline on Wednesday, July 19 on the third day of the 77th Thistle Nationals on Flathead Lake. The event was hosted by the North Flathead Yacht Club. It was the ...

For the second straight year-and the eighth in the last 20-Greg Fisher won Thistle Midwinters East in St. Petersburg, Fla. And as always, he did so kindly, nurturing an unflagging consideration for ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – This week in the waters of the St. Johns River, a national championship in sailing was on the line in the Thistle class. These are sailing dinghies and 49 sailing teams from ...

<p>A crew readies their boat Tuesday evening while waiting for winds to pick up before a North Flathead Yacht Club sailing race. July 30, 2013 in Somers, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p> ...

On a windy, cool Monday morning that was not predicted to be so, 66 sailboats raced not far from the shores of Lake Pend Oreille as part of an event never before held in Sandpoint.

Everyone has their own way of dealing with disappointment. And with nearly one third of the 69-boat fleet receiving OCS and Z-flag penalties, there was plenty of disappointment to go around after Race ...

SUNBURY — In a Sunbury workshop, two people are building a boat by hand. And not just any boat. The creations from Great Midwest Yacht Co. have won national racing championships. Doug Laber makes a ...

SANDPOINT – On a windy, cool Monday morning that was not predicted to be so, 66 sailboats raced not far from the shores of Lake Pend Oreille as part of an event never before held in Sandpoint. The ...

We’re heading upwind, making a break for the first marker, a buoy near the dam at the southern end of Lake Julian. Barney has his Flying Scot, a 19-foot open day sailer, heeled over, taking as much ...