You are alone on a small sailing boat, more than four thousand miles of ocean ahead and you are up against approximately 80 sailors. It will take you three or four weeks to get to the finishing line.

If you’re on the fence about taking a solo trip, Oceania Cruises’ new ship may just convince you. Oceania Vista, which began sailing its maiden voyage Saturday, has dedicated solo cabins with luxe ...

Eight years ago, Amy Stout of Petersburg bought a sailboat at a junkyard. She spent years fixing it up and, last summer, she did something only one other woman has done so far: complete the Lake Erie ...

Not well. No one gets a full night’s sleep, and there is no guarantee of a dry bunk. One sailor said, “Do I want to sleep, or do I want to win?” By Kimball Livingston A natural question from anyone ...

Absolutely, says Kirsten Neuschäfer, a long-distance solo sailing expert. In her day job transporting boats, Neuschäfer routinely sails solo across the ocean, sometimes for more than 30 days at a time ...

Sailor Anna-Liisa Talts on Thursday became the first Estonian woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo. She covered a little ...

LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France (Reuters) - The biggest challenge facing the Vendee Globe's solo round-the-world racers is sleeping not sailing, according to the gruelling event's doctor Jean-Yves Chauve.