The Sailors Who Hunt Garbage for Science
Emily Penn had a mission: To find a piece of trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch large enough to stick a satellite…
This Month-Long Timelapse of Life at Sea Makes Me Want to Sail the World
There are certainly some downsides to working aboard a massive container ship that criss-crosses the world’s oceans for…
On A Pirate Ship, Off The Coast Of Panama, In The Caribbean
Located off the coast of Panama, the San Blas Islands are rarely visited and can be dangerous to reach. So, we hopped…
How To Tie The Only Five Knots You'll Ever Need
There's a million different knots for doing a million different things. But, these five are easy-to-learn, easy-to-tie…
A Ship Sails Beneath Painterly Skies In Portugal
A small ship is lit by a ray of sunshine as it sails up the Tagus river in Lisbon, Portugal on February 25.
This New Super-Yacht Aims to Break the Toughest Records in Sailing
A speedy new vessel owned by tech-billionaire Jim Clark is set to make some waves at next month's Sydney to Hobart…
Cruise Ship Wi-Fi Just Got Ten Times Faster
If you've ever spent weeks at sea on a cruise, you'll know that using the Internet is a bit like stepping back in time…
This Mooring Tool Is Next-Level Design Sorcery
Every now and then, a bit of engineering comes by that is both deeply simple, and beautifully complex. This tool for…
Meet The 29-Year-Old Woman Sailing Around The World Solo
Emily Richmond has been mistaken for Christ, had close shaves with pirates, speared her dinner and made water from a…
The Navy's Huge, Hidden Problem: Barnacles on Ships
It's a problem as old as sailing itself. Ever since man set out sea, barnacles have been clinging like, well, barnacles…
Amazing Ancient Viking Sun Compass Even Worked After Sunset
Even the best Eagle Scout prefers to navigate during the day. The Vikings, apparently, would have laughed at such a…
Watch this falcon trick a crow, using a pretty sophisticated illusion
This falcon-cam view as the predator hunts a crow is incredible — but just as incredible is the old sailing illusion…
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…
Simply Stunning—The World Famous Cutty Sark After Its £50 Million Renovation
The Cutty Sark is kind of a big deal. It's the last tea clipper in existence and is considered a national maritime…
Search Ends for Sailors Devastated by Giant Wave
One sailor is dead and four more are missing (presumably dead too) after a rogue wave struck their yacht off the…
A GPS Device Designed Specifically For Pirates (and Other Sailing Types)
GPS devices designed for land-lubbers work just fine on an engine-powered boat that can head straight across the water.…
The Sleek Sailrocket 2 Looks To Set a New World Speed Sailing Record
There's not much room for a cooler, but the Sailrocket 2 isn't designed for a casual afternoon on the lake. It's…
6 Tools to Sail the High Seas Like Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was kind of a bastard. Still, here we are 519 years later celebrating his accidental discovery of…
Larry Ellison's Sail Boat Is Literally Faster than the Wind
Oracle founder Larry Ellison takes his boat racing very seriously. His team's entry in last year's America's Cup, the US…
A Chair Made from Sails for When the Wind's Knocked Out of You
The Spinnaker chair, named after a lightweight racing sail used to give boats an extra oomph in breezy conditions,…