This past spring, Captain Donald Lawson stood ready to make history. The veteran sailing instructor, who coached mariners at Baltimore’s Downtown Sailing Center and the United States Naval Academy, ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Immerse yourself at sailing’s homeport in Newport! The Sailing Museum opened its doors in 2022 to the anticipation of sailors and non-sailors alike. The museum’s 8,500 square ...

Zimmerman is partnering with filmmakers and UNC Greensboro professors Michael Frierson and Kevin Wells on the project, which ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Visitors to the city of Newport now have a chance to not only learn about Rhode Island’s rich sailing history, but also try their hand at the helm. The historic Rhode Island ...

Allegra Gucci’s first palpable memory was aboard her family’s sailboat, the 214-foot Creole. As she recalls growing up, the world’s largest wooden sailing yacht formed a playful cocoon for water ...

John H. Hanan, second row, left, and other yachting men of Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle, 1894. Read Part 1 of this story. In 1904, multi-millionaire shoe manufacturer John Henry Hanan, late of Park Slope, ...

No matter how much yacht building progresses, there will always be people who believe that wooden boats fitted with sails are the only way to go for real yachting connoisseurs. The hands-on experience ...