Humanity’s history, Stewart Brand suggests, can be seen as a long process of upkeep, repair and incremental adjustment.

Fear seized Jennifer Bopp her first time aboard the Fairwind in rough waters. She struggled to stay on two feet as the 40-foot ketch pitched violently from side to side, occasionally tipping over far ...

Sail head first in to the 13th Australian Wooden Boat Festival on the Hobart waterfront from February 8-11. Festival general manager Paul Cullen says from around 1830 it was normal to see Tasmanian ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A year after winning line honors aboard a modern racing machine in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, businessman Peter Thornton plans to take a slower, more comfortable ...

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Martin Jackson enjoys an old-fashioned high-seas adventure off the Canary Islands, sailing on the last British-made wooden trading ketch. The voyage promises sun and whale-watching, and the romance of ...

NEWPORT BEACH – The Mariner’s Mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway has become best known for luxury sedan sales and waterfront dining, but it’s suddenly living up to its name in a big way. Right ...

Ireland’s only surviving wooden cargo sailing boat revived a tradition lost a century ago when it embarked on a series of wind-powered supply trips to islands off the south and west coasts on Sunday.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A year after winning line honors aboard a modern racing machine in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, businessman Peter Thornton plans to take a slower, more comfortable ...