Can a sailboat actually move against the wind? At first glance, it seems impossible—the wind blows, the sails catch it, and ...

Sep. 14—Keith Smith points into the wind while Mary Fauci pulls on a pair of ropes to raise the main sail — a gaff rig. The Moscow couple who have been sailing since 2006 communicate the whole time.

We’d just left port, mainland Scotland fading behind us, and were sailing into soft yellow sunlight. The sea was the dark silvery blue of raw denim, and the wind, for now, seemed settled, unshifting. ...