Making sailboats blast across ocean waves with speed and efficiency embodies more than just a fixation with adventurous zeal. The process is advancing computer software and robotics, revolutionizing ...

SAINT-MALO, France — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he'd be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses the ...

SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he’d be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses ...

Any sailboat owner worth his salt knows that the collaborative result of design, construction and function of their sails is by far the most important ingredient to an enjoyable and successful sailing ...

There has been huge progress on laser pushed sails. Laser pushed sails appear to be a path to sending probes up to 20% of the speed of light when we can make 1 gram sails that are one to two meters on ...

Around this time last year, Popcannibal, known for titles like Elegy for a Dead World and Girls Like Robots, launched a successful crowdfunding campaign on Fig for Make Sail, a sailing game that ...