We often hear apparent wind described using the analogy of a person sitting in a convertible car on a still day. As the car accelerates from zero to 20 mph, the apparent wind felt on their face will ...

If you search the outer reaches of the internet you will find all sorts of web sites and videos purporting to answer to free energy in the form of perpetual motion machines and other fantastical ...

Humans have been sailing various seas and oceans for thousands of years, and using boats for potentially even longer than that. But as a species we wouldn’t have made it very far if it was only ...

Many want to experience the coast of Maine but don’t want to drive or hike or bike to see some of the 3,478+ miles of Maine’s coastline (more than California’s coast). The solution? Sail it. Not on a ...

A cargo sailboat docked in Brooklyn Bridge Park on May 13, bringing thousands of bottles of wine from France to Brooklyn by wind power. The schooner by French company Grain de Sail docked at One°15 ...

If there was ever a collective metaphor for life, learning how to sail incorporates pretty much every aspect. Harry Jones, president of the nonprofit Detroit Community Sailing Center, runs the ...