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Wired
May 2006
Carl Hoffman |
Taming the Sea Monster Strong, light, and frighteningly fast, carbon-fiber trimarans are rewriting every record in the books, when they're not breaking up in the middle of the icy Atlantic.   |
Outside
November 2002
Tim Zimmermann |
Knives in the Water Clip in and hang on for the 31st America's Cup -- a game of skill, guile, wealth, power, pettiness, paranoia, espionage, and egomania. And the sailing's not bad, either. |
Outside
December 2008
Jay Price |
Rigged to Blow Larry Ellison's new yacht might prove the fastest (and most dangerous) sailboat ever if a judge doesn't keep it from racing. |
Fast Company
August 2003
Chuck Salter |
Putting Winds in Their Sails Suzanne Pogell's school does much more than teach women how to sail. Womanship helps women take the lead, chart their course, and keep an even keel. |
Outside
February 2003
Sharael Feist |
Fancy Fleet Mothballed America's Cup yachts return to the starting line |
Popular Mechanics
August 2005 |
Volvo Open 70 Offshore Racer High-tech on the high seas: The round-the-globe Volvo Open ocean race pits the world's most advanced sailboats against the world's worst weather -- gale-force storms, mountainous seas and sweltering doldrums. |
Sports Illustrated
July 30, 2002
Rick Reilly |
... -- -- -- ... The jaw-dropping story of the summer happened off Long Beach, Calif., last week when one of the most expensive sailboats in the world -- captained by the most famous sailor in the world -- sank. |
Popular Mechanics
June 28, 2005 |
The Wettest Roller Coaster on Earth Two veteran crew members of the Volvo Ocean Races, Peter Merrington and Katie Pettibone, share their experiences on the fastest open-ocean single-hull class of sailboats ever built: the brand-new Volvo Open 70. |
Outside
September 2009
Patrick Symmes |
Sailing from Haiti to Miami When you're crossing to Florida the hard way-across 800 miles of water, with six people and no motor, in a 21-foot handmade open boat-it's a long, long way from Haiti to Miami. |
Real Travel Adventures
March 2007
Ivo Paulik |
Crossing the Atlantic A voyage through the Caribbean on a yacht. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2002
Rich Taylor |
Sails With Sizzle The fastest monohull sailboat in the world is a needle-nosed ocean racer called V.O.60. It was designed by Bruce Farr, and is capable of 36 knots. That's 41.4 mph. This sleek machine is 64 ft. long, just over 17 ft. wide and weighs 30,000 pounds. |
Inc.
August 1, 2002
Tom Richman |
Out of Control (at Last) A perilous vacation teaches the healthy difference between control and influence. |
Outside
May 2002
Peter Nichols |
Incident in a Nowhere Place When the news broke that sailor and environmentalist Peter Blake -- New Zealand's national hero, and the greatest ocean racer of his generation -- had gone down fighting, with a rifle in his hands, it became more than just another nightmare at sea... |
Wired
July 23, 2007
Steve Silberman |
Inside the High-Tech Hunt for a Missing Silicon Valley Legend Despite all the high tech efforts and brilliant scientists, Microsoft research Jim Gray and his boat Tenacious have never been found. |
Outside
November 2001
Tim Zimmermann |
She Rules the Waves For intrepid sailor Ellen MacArthur, round-the-world records are meant to be shattered... |
Popular Mechanics
September 1999
Chris Caswell |
Jump, Jive And Wail Swing keels for sport sailboats counter heeling and slippage to give you more speed. |
Science News
February 12, 2005 |
From the February 9, 1935, issue New-type sailboat is minus foresail, boom, and stays... New "farthest out" set at 3 sextillion miles... Find thousands of germs on "clean" glasses... |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Erik Sofge |
Behind the Scenes With a Special Ops Gunboat Crew When the US Special Forces need safe passage along a river, they call on the best-trained boatmen in the world. The author tags along on a live-fire exercise with the elite gunboat crews of Special Boat Team 22. |
Wired
June 26, 2007
David A. Kaplan |
Extreme Sailing: The Biggest Boat in the World Tom Perkins set out to build the biggest, riskiest, fastest, most technologically advanced, single-hulled sailing mega yacht in the world. The 289-foot Maltese Falcon, launched in spring 2006, is that engineering dream come to life. |
Boating
March 31, 2009
Kevin Falvey |
Monterey 320 Sport Yacht Handsome dividends -- a model of prosperity. |
Smithsonian
May 2007
Whitney Dangerfield |
Life Aquatic The sailing world docks in Annapolis. |
Outside
March 2007
Eric Hansen |
Chartered Territory With our guide to bareboating, it's easier than ever to rent and rule your own sailing ship. |
Boating
March 2008
Jeff Hemel |
Packing on the Pounds Slow? Sloppy? Sluggish? Maybe your boat should go on a diet. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
Peter Fairley |
A Less Mighty Wind Three reasons wind power could wane |
AskMen.com
James Bassil |
Volvo Ocean Race The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier sailing competition -- and it's most punishing. |
Boating
March 2007
Phil Scott |
How Does it Feel to Be... We tracked down 10 people who lived through the boating community's good and the bad: Bitten by a shark... A Weeki Wachee mermaid... On a life raft after your boat has sunk... etc. |
Boating
August 2005 |
Project Boat Blog A year's worth of inside information on the publication's summer project boats: The Robalo R260... The SeaStrike 240 CC. |
High on Adventure
December 2002 |
Catamaran Sailing the British Virgin Islands No matter your situation, sailing the British Virgin Islands on a crewed catamaran may just be the best vacation of your life. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2002
Rich Taylor |
100MPH! We take seven of the world's fastest bass boats and go fishing... |
Popular Mechanics
May 1998
Jim Gorant |
Battle of The Cats The versatility and variety of catamarans ensure a purr-fect boating experience... |
Popular Mechanics
January 2010 |
How to Cross the Atlantic in a Rowboat--Alone Katie Spotz's quest to become the youngest person ever to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean seems a little odd. But she's doing it for a cause -- and with a plan. |
Boating
February 2003
Kevin Falvey |
Social Director Sea Ray 390: Your new best friend. Simply put, basic serviceability is as built into the 390 Motor Yacht as the wetbar, the standard hardtop, or the bulwarks surrounding the aft deck. |
Adventure
May 2004
Tim Cahill |
Blown Away Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern California, are all believed to have a decided effect on human behavior and are associated with such health problems as migraines, depression, lethargy, and moodiness. |
Boating
April 2008
Kevin Falvey |
Intrepid 430 Sport Yacht The 430 Sport Yacht takes full advantage of having motors outside the boat with its master cabin, large head, and massive stowage and service access. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2002 |
Offshore Racing's New Look The American Power Boat Association is making major changes in the way it conducts races and does business. |
Boating
December 2007
Kevin Falvey |
Cobalt Yachts 46 The Cobalt Yachts 46's function, elegance, and top engineering -- a Cummins MerCruiser's Zeus propulsion system, for instance -- are linked. Each element isn't just the result of the others but, in fact, allows the others to flourish. |
AskMen.com
Paul Ryden |
Charter a Yacht for Vacation A yacht vacation allows you to set your own itinerary. If you're ready for this next step in vacations, here's what you need to know. |
Popular Mechanics
June 1999
Cliff Gromer |
The Flying Boat The Seair 2000 flying inflatable boat |
Popular Mechanics
December 4, 2007
Joe Pappalardo |
Kite Power Could Finally Pull Global Shipping to the Green Side This month, a commercial cargo ship will become the first to go into service employing a large parafoil lashed to its bow to provide a cheaper, cleaner way across the waves. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2003
Amy Ullrich |
Well Chartered Waters Looking for a great vacation that involves some pampering -- no cooking, cleaning or other dirty work? Here's a tip: It typically costs more to stay at a five-star resort in the Virgin Islands than it does to sail on a crewed boat of comparable quality. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
Frederik Balfour |
China's Next Port of Call: Luxury Yachts Domestic-built yachts are luring China's newly wealthy, thanks to lower costs and high import tariffs. |
Boating
Kevin Falvey |
War Babies Want a boat built to military specs? No problem -- except for the rocket launchers. |
World War II
March 2, 2005
Oscar Friedensohn |
GI's Bloody Rhine River Crossing A combat engineer will never forget the day he led an assault boat across the Rhine River and into the teeth of the German defenses at St. Goarshausen. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2002
Cliff Gromer |
A Real Boat And A Rocket Ship Yamaha's new GP1300R 2-seater muscle PWC is touted as the fastest and most powerful model in its class. |
Boating
February 2008
Lenny Rudow |
McKee Craft 28 Express Big Love. Our long-term relationship. |
Popular Mechanics
March 14, 2008
Brian Lisi |
Wave-Powered Boat Goes Beyond Record With Green Design A boat that moves at the speed of a brisk walk may not generate enthusiasm among recreational boaters, but the innovative use of wave power could lead to more powerful models. |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
Larry Armstrong |
Baby, Is It Cold Outside? Many of us keep our radios set so we hear the weather report as soon as we wake up. But if you want to know the weather closer to home than the nearest airport, there are gadgets that tells you what's doing right outside your door. |
