A return to sail has been heralded before as a way to cut pollution. It has led, in recent years, to renewed interest in Flettner rotors as well as other wind technologies, including rigid sails ...

If solar sail spacecraft ever depart to interstellar destinations, they will impart the romance of the golden age of sailing the Earth’s oceans to space travel.

It's difficult not to get swept up in the romanticism of a masted sailing ship. As I sat at the bow of a tender cutting its way toward the Club Med 2 from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands ...

SOUTH HAVEN, MI — For anyone who has ever dreamed of what it would have been like to navigate the Great Lakes on a tall ship in the age of sail, the Michigan Maritime Museum is offering a ...

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Well over a century after the Age of Sail gave way to coal- and oil-burning ships, climate change concerns are prompting a new look at an old technology that could once again harness wind to ...

Epic History. Gunnery tactics in the Age of Sail. Posted: December 4, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025. A short clip from our HMS Victory: Total Guide series. #epichistorytv #shorts # ...

During the height of the Age of Sail in the early 1800s, the number of sailors in the Royal Navy was equivalent to about two percent of the British male population, according to the CBC.

So, how do fore and aft-rigged boats sail upwind? The are a variety of factors involved, but the most critical is the sails themselves. A moving boat's sail is shaped like an airfoil much like the ...

Cargo ships’ new age of sail, and rats trained to find bombs Loading... By Erika Page Staff writer. @erikacpage. Feb. 16, 2023, 4:07 p.m. ET 1. United States.