The High Adrenaline, Extremely Lucrative World of 19th Century Clipper Ship Captains

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The snow continued for a week, stopping even the mail and the telegram service. The snow just kept falling and somewhere south of them the Cornelia Lawrence was still sitting in the shipyard. Watch…

On board the most lethal Sydney to Hobart in 26 years

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The 2024 race was the most calamitous in more than a quarter-century. This is the untold story of how it unfurled.

50 Years of Pride Part 3: Remembering the Launch of the Original ‘pride of Baltimore’ – Pride of Baltimore

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This week gives us a wonderful excuse to honor one of Baltimore’s most legendary ships. As we mark the December 12, 1812 launch of Chasseur, it’s the perfect moment to revisit her remarkable legacy. If Hollywood ever needs a ready-made maritime blockbuster, they could start with Captain Thomas Boyle and the schooner Chasseur. Daring Atlantic crossings, bold proclamations in the heart of London, and battles against larger ships, her story reads like pure adventure. As we approach the anniversary this Friday, we’ll share just a few highlights from her globe-spanning saga and we think they’ll leave you wanting more.

A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea

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Scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain.

Solo Pacific Crossing: One Sailor, One Boat, 3,000 Miles

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A solo sailor’s 3,000-mile Pacific crossing delivers raw danger, beauty and self-discovery on one of cruising’s toughest passages.

Night Navigation: Red Light, Blue Tape and Black Eye Patches

Best Practice Versus ‘Scientific Blunder.’ Dimmable White Best, Says Coast Guard Expert

To Study Viking Seafarers, He Took 26 Voyages in a Traditional Boat

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An archaeologist in Sweden spent three years traveling in vessels built like those from 1,000 years ago. He discovered lost sea routes, hidden trade harbors and new respect for Viking seamanship.

Problem Solving at Sea: The Gift of a Pacific Crossing

Cruising World

This definitely wasn’t the best start. Our plan was to deliver the Jeanneau 53 Kaimana across the Pacific from San Diego to Honolulu for a friend and client, Michael Prescesky. I found myself drifting in a tiny inflatable, in the Pacific, a few miles off San Diego.

Great Seamanship: Last Days of the Slocum Era

Yachting World

From childhood, Graham Cox had dreamed of the ocean. Growing up in Durban, he’d spent his time hanging out near what was then called the International Jetty, where far-ranging yachts of all nations berthed to break their epic passages.

Carbon-conscious travelers can now sail across the Atlantic in a wind-powered cargo ship

Described as “the world’s largest cargo ship with sails,” Anemos has opened its cabins to passengers wanting a low-carbon journey across the Atlantic.

Why Was a Perfectly Good Boat Abandoned at Sea? (Videos)

On December 12, the trio abandoned a 2005 Beneteau Oceanis 523 that was 150 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras—sails furled, a $225,000 purchase left to drift toward Scotland. The wind and seas were as reported by the Coast Guard at the time of rescue.

Meet the couple who sailed across Mongolia in a handmade cart

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Editor’s note: This article was published before the coronavirus pandemic, and may not reflect the current situation on the ground.

An All-Female Crew Sailed 1,000 Miles in a Traditional Voyaging Canoe to Help Save Humpback Whales

Smithsonian Magazine

Whales not only hold cultural and spiritual significance for the Māori, the Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, but they are also often seen as ancestors. “Whales symbolize strength, wisdom and resilience, and they are deeply respected as guardians of the ocean,” says Takoko.

Schooner build project nearing completion on Maine’s coast after 40 years

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SOUTH BRISTOL, Maine — With a practiced eye and strong hands, John Paul pulls the blade of a spokeshave across the edge of a small piece of maple, trimming it, ever-so-slightly, for a perfect fit.

‘I didn’t realise you could make sailing a career’

Meg Niblett, 25, is the youngest female double-handed skipper in this year's Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, widely acknowledged as one of the most challenging yacht races in the world. Not bad for someone who was once terrified of getting on a boat.

Understanding Wind in the West Indies

Cruising World

When I first sailed the Lesser Antilles islands in the late 1970s, I listened to the morning weather broadcast from Radio Antilles. It came on every morning at 8:05, from an AM radio station on Montserrat.

An Around-the-World Eco-Voyage Makes a Pit Stop Near Wall Street

The New Yorker

One phrase that describes New York’s waterways is “diesel-powered”: supersized container ships, megayachts, oil tankers, garbage barges. But not every ship that comes to town is on a Greenpeace watch list; there are also schooners, plus the odd outrigger canoe.

Racing the Storm: The Story of the Mobile Bay Sailing Disaster

Smithsonian Magazine

When hurricane-force winds suddenly struck the Bay, they swept more than 100 boaters into one of the worst sailing disasters in modern American history The morning of April 25, 2015, arrived with only a whisper of wind.

Long Way Home

When I first wrote the Dutchman, ten years ago, he was sailing around the world alone for the sixth and final time. His plan, he said, was to keep on sailing, continuing this last circumnavigation until the day he died, or until he found some unknown place “behind the horizon.

In Shipping, a Push to Slash Emissions by Harnessing the Wind

One ship was pulled across the sea with the help of an enormous sail that looked as if it belonged to a kite-surfing giant. Another navigated the oceans between China and Brazil this summer with steel and composite-glass sails as high as three telephone poles.