The 282-foot Aquijo might be the largest high-performance sailing ketch in the world, but that wasn’t the primary goal of its design. The owner’s intention was to build a fast world cruiser that could ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A year after winning line honors aboard a modern racing machine in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, businessman Peter Thornton plans to take a slower, more comfortable ...

Back in the day — around the turn of the last century, to be exact — they were a common sight in the oyster-rich waters south of Massachusetts. Sitting low, and capable of navigating in as little as 3 ...

THIS traditional Dutch sailing ketch may look incongruous among the modern pleasure boats berthed in Hull Marina, but she could teach them a thing or two about life on the ocean waves as she is still ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from The Launceston News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Julie Burgess Working Committee will keeping the ketch in Devonport and aims to establish an ...

A sailing ketch that was drifting in "choppy conditions" out at sea with engine failure sparked a seven-and-a-half-hour rescue mission. The voluntary crew of the Lowestoft RNLI lifeboat responded to a ...

IRELAND's second sail training vessel, Lord Rank, sank off the Antrim coast early yesterday after it ran aground. Six people were rescued from the 70-foot ketch owned by the Ocean Youth Trust when it ...

A chance encounter five years ago between a master shipwright and a wooden fishing boat which had seen better days has led to the start of a new venture. From today, the Brian Boru Traditional Sail ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A year after winning line honors aboard a modern racing machine in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, businessman Peter Thornton plans to take a slower, more comfortable ...