The hand belonged to a New England sailor named Jonathan Walker who became famous in abolitionist circles as “The Man With the Branded Hand.” The letters stood for “Slave Stealer”: They ...

Mangaluru, May 16: A cargo vessel named MSV Salaamath, which was en route from Mangaluru to Lakshadweep, sank approximately 60 nautical miles southwest of Mangaluru after being struck by a massive ...

in high vessel speeds in presence of regular wave. The SES is a marine craft supported by pressurized air cushion. It consists of two side-hulls, a flexible rubber bow and reinforced stern seal. The ...

But the opportunity to call upon one of these sizable vessels is a rarer one, especially since these big boats are often on their way to another port. But starting on May 15, the Mystic Whaler ...

The article introduces those who undertook the trials, and the results that were found. The paper explains what can be learnt from three scientific sailing ship performance trials conducted by French ...

But a sailing trip gone awry has brought him to ... Years later, he found out why the 11-ton steel ketch vessel was special — in the 1990 “Cape to Rio Race” across the southern Atlantic ...

Joshua Norton of Rockland, Me., the commander of the vessel, and his mate, James Conley of St. John, N. B. The wave jammed the helmsman against the wheel after smashing the yawl and davits ...

Celebrity Cruises has announced that their next new cruise ship, Celebrity Xcel, is arriving early and will debut sooner than expected. Celebrity Xcel was scheduled to sail her maiden voyage on ...

The crew are all individually expert in the mechanics of sailing, though ambitious to dominate the captain. Their legitimate presence on this ship, however, is justified solely insofar as they act to ...