APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, Wis. — The thunderstorm struck with a vengeance around 9:30 p.m. We were anchored in Stockton Island’s Quarry Bay in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, off the ...

Everyone who’s come along with us on our annual sailing trip in the Apostle Islands near Bayfield, Wis., has felt the same way. Not long after we’ve left the beautiful town of Bayfield behind, the ...

BAYFIELD -- Brian Fehr hasn't missed a Bayfield Race Week sailing regatta on Lake Superior in 15 years, yet he isn't a sailor and he can't define "trimming jib" or "spinnakers." But when racing was ...

In a voice that somehow evokes actor Michael Caine, Northern Breezes Sailing (northernbreezessailing.com) instructor Guy Wray helps me and fellow student Dave Cushman plot a course from our marina ...

Our August weekend in Bayfield, Wis., began with an invitation in March. Friends of ours had won a silent-auction bid for a sailing excursion through the Apostle Islands. Were we on board with ...