Meet the Sailors

Share your sailing story.

An open interview about you, your vessel and the lessons, places and moments that make sailing yours.

No account is required. Your email stays private, and nothing appears publicly until the YouSail editorial team approves it.

We provide plenty of optional questions so you can answer whichever ones feel relevant to your story.

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Answer the questions that speak to you.

We have included plenty of questions to give you more options. Your name and private email address are required, but every interview question is optional—answer as many or as few as you like.

About you

Your email is private. It is used only if the editorial team needs to confirm something about your interview.

1. Your name (required)Email address — never published (required)

2. Where are you currently based?3. Where did you grow up?

About your vessel

4. What is your vessel’s name?5. Why did you choose that name?6. What type of vessel is it?For example: monohull, catamaran, trimaran or trailer sailer.7. What is the make, model and year?8. Where is it normally kept?9. How long have you owned it?10. What made you choose this particular vessel?11. What is your favourite thing about your boat?12. What is one thing you would love to change or upgrade?

Your sailing story

13. How did you first get into sailing?14. Do you remember your first time at the helm?15. What kind of sailing do you normally do?Day sailing, racing, coastal cruising, offshore passages, liveaboard cruising or something else.16. Who do you normally sail with?17. Where are your favourite local sailing waters?18. What is your favourite destination you have reached by boat?19. What destination is currently at the top of your sailing list?

Life on the water

20. What do you love most about sailing?21. What is your happiest or most memorable sailing moment?22. What has been your most challenging moment on the water?23. What is the biggest sailing lesson you have learned during the past 12 months?24. What part of sailing did you find more difficult than expected?25. What is one sailing skill you are currently trying to improve?

Boat gear and upgrades

26. What piece of equipment could you not live without aboard?27. What has been the best upgrade you have made to your vessel?28. What is the next upgrade on your list?29. What is one inexpensive item every sailor should keep aboard?

Advice and inspiration

30. What is your best advice for someone starting sailing?31. What do you wish somebody had told you before you started?32. What common sailing mistake should new sailors try to avoid?33. Are there any sailors, books, channels or websites you recommend?

Dream sailing

34. If money were no object, what would your dream vessel be?35. If you could sail anywhere tomorrow, where would you go?36. What is your biggest sailing goal for the next few years?

Quick-fire questions

37. Monohull or catamaran?38. Anchorage or marina?39. Sunrise sail or sunset sail?40. What is your favourite meal aboard?41. What is always in your boat fridge?42. What is the strangest thing you have seen at sea?43. Who would you invite aboard for your dream sailing day?44. Finish this sentence: “Sailing has taught me...”

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