There’s a new way to learn to sail in Seattle, and it doesn’t require a lifejacket or last-minute scrambling under a swinging boom — in fact, you don’t even have to board a boat. It’s pond sailing, ...

I tried operating a boat on Conservatory Water, the pond famous for model boating. It’s harder than it looks. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll look at the return of model boating in ...

Nine weeks after a Regional Occupational Program class launched four small boats into the ocean south of San Clemente Island with hopes they would reach Hawaii, at least one boat is sailing strong.

A model sailing boat which represents a key part of a project working to banish single use plastics has embarked on a global tour that will help its message reach thousands more people and communities ...

For a few hours most Saturdays, a handful of skippers carefully steer yachts across Louisville’s Harper Lake. Though they behave similarly to full size sailboats, the yachts are about 3 feet long — ...

Tiny sailboats rocked from side to side Sunday morning along the Petaluma River, at the mercy of the momentary wind gusts. “Any wind is good,” George Pedrick, 65, who lives in Point Richmond, said.

MOORHEAD - It seems like a lot of trouble for a bowl of soup, but Bert Chamberlain is building a boat to sail 1,700 miles down the Mississippi. "The goal is to get to New Orleans and try their gumbo," ...

Every summer Sunday for more than 25 years, Victor Cotte, a disabled former machinist from the Bronx, has traveled down to Central Park to indulge his great passion – model boating. Cotte spent long ...

IF VIDEOGAMES leave you frazzled and pining for simpler pursuits, putting together a seaworthy model boat and casting off on your nearest pond (or pool) is an easy way to wile away time—and test your ...