Joshua Slocum, an indefatigable trader, entrepreneur and sailor, born in 1844 on a farm in Nova Scotia, had a patchy record as a ship’s captain. Mutinies had a way of breaking out among his crews—he ...
This past spring, Captain Donald Lawson stood ready to make history. The veteran sailing instructor, who coached mariners at Baltimore’s Downtown Sailing Center and the United States Naval Academy, ...
NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Immerse yourself at sailing’s homeport in Newport! The Sailing Museum opened its doors in 2022 to the ...
Sailing has a special niche in San Diego’s sports history. No local sport has produced more world champions than sailing. And San Diego has produced more world champions than any other region in the ...
In the history of sailing, fewer people have circumnavigated the globe on solo voyages — less than 250 in all — than have attempted to summit Mt. Everest this year. On July 16, 397 days after starting ...
“The aim and desire in the future is to go into the schools to tell them about sailing, specifically the history of sailing in Bermuda and the advantages of getting involved in sailing and so on.”The ...
Talking about news liners being in sync, after reading the December 19 article about the 35th America’s Cup concerns in the wake of the House of Assembly issue, I recall it being one of the first ...
History is docked along the Detroit RiverWalk as captains and crews of four tall ships built for sailing show off their wooden vessels to the public in the Sail Detroit festival. The ships, "The ...
A wise man once said, “A bad day sailing is 100 times better than a good day at work.” For those who have known the water at her worst and best, the words couldn’t be truer. The sea or lake is the ...