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.
The Transpacific Yacht Club will host another running of the Transpac Tahiti race in 2020.
There were fewer boating accidents and fewer fatalities among recreational boaters in 2018, according to Coast Guard data that showed the vast majority of serious incidents involved powerboats.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders on Aug. 13 heard a familiar voice come across VHF radio.
There are many types of hull design, rig configuration and material choices for offshore sailboats.
The grandnephew of Walt Disney abandoned the 50th running of the Transpac to save the crew of a rival sailboat taking on water 200 miles from land.
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.
The solo nonstop around-the-world Golden Globe Race will return in 2022 after a grueling 2018-19 contest in which just five competitors finished.
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.
It’s often said lightning never strikes twice, and that’s probably a good thing for Drew Plominski and his 30-foot sloop, Perseverance.
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 International Boat Watch Network dedicated to sharing important safety messages over amateur radio has new management.
The former Stanford University sailing coach has avoided prison for his role in the high-profile college admissions cheating scandal.
Challenges face effort to return Falls of Clyde to Glasgow, Scotland
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.
Renowned navigator Stan Honey, young skippers Ellen and Seth Leonard, and a family of four who completed an 11-year circumnavigation have earned Cruising Club of America’s major awards for 2018.
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.
West Marine will award “BlueFuture” grants to 25 nonprofit organizations focused on education, stewardship or teaching watersports to children.
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.
The Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) has urged its members to mobilize against any new limits on overnight anchoring ahead of the upcoming legislative session in Florida.
Renowned British yachtsman Robin Davie has arrived safely in England after a roundabout voyage from Les Sables d’Olonne, France, to Falmouth that caused him to arrive four days later than expected.
