Shipping is not a clean business. The global economy is fueled by trade, and much of that trade involves hauling product from point A to point B. A great deal of that product goes by water. Shipping ...

The purpose of a sail on a boat, obviously, is to catch the wind and propel it forward. This was how all naval vessels were propelled before solutions like steam engines became commonplace. Perhaps ...

The third episode of Black Sails’s fourth season features the pirate drama’s most brutal death yet. Ray Stevenson’s Teach, aka Blackbeard, undergoes a form of naval torture and execution known as ...

John Silver isn’t the sort of man that we thought would be moved by deep emotion. Of course that was years ago. It’s a tribute to the show that we believe it now. Love is not what we expect from any ...

Solar sails have some major advantages over traditional propulsion methods—most notably, they don't use any propellant. But, ...

The Oceanbird Wing 560 isn’t a wing, but it isn’t a sail either. When it’s first assembled a few months from now in a shipyard just north of Malmö, Sweden, it’ll be 40 meters high with a ...

Your backyard beckons when the sun is out, but it’s tough to enjoy it during peak heat. If your patio, deck, or backyard doesn’t get much natural shade, there are plenty of ways to keep cool and make ...