NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Immerse yourself at sailing’s homeport in Newport! The Sailing Museum opened its doors in 2022 to the anticipation of sailors and non-sailors alike. The museum’s 8,500 square ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Visitors to the city of Newport now have a chance to not only learn about Rhode Island’s rich sailing history, but also try their hand at the helm. The historic Rhode Island ...

Allegra Gucci’s first palpable memory was aboard her family’s sailboat, the 214-foot Creole. As she recalls growing up, the world’s largest wooden sailing yacht formed a playful cocoon for water ...

John H. Hanan, second row, left, and other yachting men of Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle, 1894. Read Part 1 of this story. In 1904, multi-millionaire shoe manufacturer John Henry Hanan, late of Park Slope, ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Centuries before the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman and Britain’s Captain James Cook arrived in what became New Zealand, there was Kupe, a 10th-century navigator from Tahiti. The ...

No matter how much yacht building progresses, there will always be people who believe that wooden boats fitted with sails are the only way to go for real yachting connoisseurs. The hands-on experience ...

The 56th annual Lowcountry Regatta — one of the longest-running sailing races in the region — will attract racers from up and down the coast later this month. The race, held on the Beaufort River and ...

The country’s oldest city, Boston is an obvious destination for history buffs who can follow its famed Freedom Trail to learn about some of the most important events to occur to our then-burgeoning ...