Travis Kalanick Loses His Mother in a Tragic Boating Accident
On Friday, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s mother, Bonnie Kalanick, was killed in a boating accident at Pine Flat Lake in…
I wish I could spend summer in the Mediterranean driving this beauty
Italian designer Pietro Russomanno's Raceline is the 26-foot-long daughter of a classic Riva boat— one of my favorite…
Cool point of view video shows how it looks to climb a huge ship mast
This point of view video shows what it is like to climb to the top of the main mast of the Charles W. Morgan—the…
US Army helicopter drops an entire boat full of Navy Seals in the sea
Here's a US Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter dropping a US Navy boat into the sea while a guy—apparently Navy…
This Portable, Inflatable Furniture Is Inspired By a Rubber Dinghy
This furniture, dreamt up by German designer Philipp Beisheim, is inspired by inflatable rubber dinghies—which means…
This century-old abandoned ship now hosts a floating forest
Sydney's Homebush Bay is home to many a broken and forgotten ship, but at least one of those derelict boats still…
Leap Motion Hack Lets You Drive a Boat With a Wave of Your Hand
The Leap Motion hacks just keep coming. The motion-controlled gadget still hasn't hit our shelves, but eager engineers…
This Fish Sailed From Japan to Washington on an Unmanned Tsunami Boat
On an epic two-year journey across the Pacific, a bait box in a Japanese boat turned into an aquarium when five striped…
US Coasts Could Be Guarded by Unmanned Piranha Drone Boats
UAV's are old hat nowadays—they've been overhead for nearly a decade. The next frontier in unmanned vehicles isn't in…
Neanderthals were sailing the Mediterranean 100,000 years ago
Humans likely first took to the seas about 50,000 years ago. But there's mounting evidence that our Neanderthal cousins…
A Canoe That Can Fit Inside a Backpack
Ori Levin designed a full sized canoe that's completely collapsable and can be stored in a bag that's only 5 x 9 x 28…
Take a Stunning Five Day Cruise in Just Five Minutes
It takes the Norwegian Coastal Express 134 hours to get from Bergen to Kirkenes, a journey that's filled with lush…
Johan's Ark Prepares For Its Maiden Voyage
Dutchman Johan Huibers decided to build an ark. Not a Lego or popsicle stick model, but a real-life replica of Noah's…
Japan's Beached Ships Cost $1M To Return To Sea
How do you return a 400-tonne ship to Japan's waters, after it washed ashore in March's brutal tsunami? Using giant…
China Prepares Its First Aircraft Carrier
China is strutting its stuff and showing off the latest addition to it military — an old Soviet-era aircraft carrier.…
Gadhafi Now Using Exploding Boats and Mannequins
Moammar Gadhafi is now filling boats with one ton of explosives and sending them out to sea with a crew manned by…
How Did This Boat Get On Top of a House? (Video)
This sightseeing boat, Hama Yuri, was pulled 1300 feet from the coast and somehow balanced itself on a two story house…
Stick Your Feet into the Boat Shoe Boat
We're stepping up our coverage of shoe-shaped transport here at Gizmodo after yesterday's electric car shoe, with…
Forget the Concorde, I Want to Fly on Boeing's Lost Flying Boats of the 1940s
12 of these hulking metal flying boats flew the skies between 1939 and 1946, before Boeing scrapped them—or sank them.…