The pleasure craft of today are very different from the tall ships that were once the only connection to other continents. Some of those old-style ships are still around, and they need regular ...

NEW YORK – On the coast of Maine, Eric Baldwin and his staff of two usually spend their days selling, repairing and washing sails for boats. They transform their surplus sailcloth into tote bags to ...

The Goa-made stitched ship, Kaundinya, inducted by the Navy refutes the colonial claim that Europeans taught the world to sail. The vessel demonstrates how India built seaworthy ships thousands of ...

Telltales are the most ­ubiquitous and simplest piece of equipment found on any sailboat, and even in this age of powerful race electronics, nothing is more reliable or true than these trusty yarns—or ...

City Island was once known for its sails, and Tony Italiano is a living link to that past. Italiano, 81, works part-time at UK-Halsey. He’s among the last of City Island’s traditional sailmakers, ...