Morning Dec. 7, 1889, a tidbit from Port Townsend, Washington: • The steam schooner Jennie arrived from San Francisco this ...

With its steadfast mast, an intricate rigging, and ornately carved broadside ... the crowds began to file in and we decided ...

WHY IT MATTERS: HR Giger was the artist behind the Xenomorph in Ridley Scott’s “Alien” movies. Giger, who died 10 years ago, ...

Amerigo Vespucci is Italy’s oldest active naval vessel and is widely considered the world’s most beautiful ship.

The year 1782 proved particularly treacherous, with the English Channel teeming with Dutch and French privateers ...

For three years in a row, Nov. 29 was bad luck for ships on Lake Huron. Ships sank on that date in 1902, 1903 and 1904 – with ...

This month, two legendary wooden yachts — and Transpac ... with skeleton figureheads and 5,000 feet of rigging. Devil’s Gauntlet, as the ship is dubbed, is temporarily berthed at the Marine ...

Last summer, plans to meet up at the beach with my sisters fell through—but with a nonrefundable airline ticket to Boston and ...

As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, they celebrate the legacy of the Pilgrims’ success. Lost in the holiday’s mythology are ...

Orient Express Corinthian, the first of the two Orient Express yachts, will set sail in June 2026 to cruise the seas.

My recent piece about artist Maud Lewis, the poverty-stricken, disabled painter working for pittance in a single, cramped ...

Navigating a vast and beautiful ocean empty of bigger ideas, this a second-rate sequel from the songs to the story.