When [PeterSripol] was a kid, he made a simple sailboat from a scrap piece of 2×4 and some napkin sails ... to use carbon fiber arrow shafts for the masts. They are readily available, strong ...

There’s one critical piece of gear I hope to never use ... which means she has two masts. Built in 1977 she is considered small for a cruising sailboat, but as I get older I appreciate the small sails ...

The difference is that you’ll need other ones on the stern and mast ... two nautical miles. That’s usually a non-issue if you’ve bought a sailboat with factory-installed lighting, it is compliant with ...

Buying a used boat is unlike any other purchase you have made. Some parallels can be drawn with the basic procedures of buying a car. However, in practice, these two vehicles are nothing ... Radio is ...

You could then build a boat or many ... the way we see masts operating on early boats, which are very narrow kinds of A-frames, in fact. It's not a single piece. It seems to be two pieces, with ...

The USS Texas (BB-35), a storied battleship that served in both World Wars, faces an uncertain future. Despite a recent $60 ...

One of the most beautiful, revolutionary, and secretive sail-assisted superyachts in the world is a bit less secretive: Black ...

There were whirlpools everywhere, and the boat made three complete 360s going through there.” Now roughly two and a half days ... a lot of forward rake on the mast. That moves the center of ...

According to vessel tracking app Vesselfinder, the boat ... in one piece. Matthew Schanck, chair of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, explained it is difficult to say whether the mast ...

Fisherman Stranded on the Pacific Ocean Spent 438 Days Floating in 25-Foot Fishing Boat Without a Sail, Pens About Remarkable ...

Heavy, breaking waves crashed against the charter boat anchored miles off the coast ... heat stress in every corner of the ocean. Robyn Mast, a Key West reef restoration associate at CRF, recalled ...

His skill comes in two categories ... like a ship having six or eight sails on each mast, and is then able to take in each sail in turn as is required. And I think this is the flexibility that ...