Author: Casey Conley

Last summer, on a sunny late spring day, Capt. Thomas Hansson sat calmly at the controls as his Azimut 68 sport cruiser inched toward the dock at Volvo Penta’s Krossholmen test facility. Never once did his hands touch the throttle or the steering wheel.

There are many types of hull design, rig configuration and material choices for offshore sailboats.

Crew aboard a Turkish containership rescued a French sailor whose yacht, Saturn, struck a submerged object some 1,000 miles from the U.S. mainland.

Lowell North, a two-time Olympic medalist who also founded one of the world’s premier sailmakers, died June 2 at home in San Diego.

Nautical charts have long been used for decoration, often as framed posters or wood carvings. For the last 16 years, Steve Morris has been thinking on a much larger scale.

The former Stanford University sailing coach has avoided prison for his role in the high-profile college admissions cheating scandal.

The Southern Ocean has always been challenging for sailors.

The last remaining St. Lawrence River schooner faces an uncertain future after beaching in Cuba in late January.

Nobody is really sure how many unexploded bombs, mortars and missiles lay on the ocean floor.

The South Bronx isn’t exactly a sailing mecca, but a local nonprofit celebrating its 20th year has developed a sailing program for neighborhood kids.

Flexibility and improvisation are crucial during any long sailing voyage.

A judge in the U.S. Virgin Islands has acquitted a charter captain facing a charge of seaman’s manslaughter stemming from a 2015 incident where a delirious crewman jumped overboard in the Atlantic Ocean.