Around The World Sailing

McLean & Eakin, Booksellers in Petoskey will host two author events this week. The book store's Yellow Chair program will feature Michael Cosgrove, author of "Imperfect Passage: A Sailing Story of Vision, Terror and Redemption," on Thursday,  Aug. 9....

Baltimore will launch its commemoration of the War of 1812 by land, sea and air this week, starting with parachute jumps into Camden Yards and a parade of tall ships into the harbor. The history-filled week features music, fireworks and an air show over...

John Nigro of Fort Lauderdale-based Show Management is director of land, booth display exhibits and operations manager for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat show, a role he's held for the past decade. The show runs from Oct. 27 to Oct 31 and...

When Disney's newest cruise ship, the Fantasy, sails into New York Harbor on Tuesday, it will bear a strong resemblance to the Dream, its twin that debuted more than a year ago. Although the two vessels share a common blueprint, the Fantasy has fresh...

They call it the everest of sailing. 6 yachts are making their way around the world as a part of Volvo's ocean race. The sailors have been chasing storms since November and they made their only North American stop in Miami. I got to hop aboard the 70...

Farrah Hall spends most of her life traveling around the world, windsurfing. The pictures and other images she posts on her Facebook page from places like Australia and the south of France seem pretty glamorous, but the reality for the 30-year-old Hall is...

A media mogul, a surfboard industry pioneer, a coach of disabled athletes and the first man to sail solo around the world are among the inaugural inductees to the National Sailing Hall of Fame, a Maryland institution working to build a permanent home on...

The J-22 World Championship is underway on the New Orleans lakefront. Sailing teams from around the world are battling to win the contest that is hosted by the Southern Yacht Club and sponsored by the All State Sugar Bowl. The event is a great reminder...

A few days from now, I, along with a group who doesn't mind a little adversity, will be sailing aboard the Alaska Eagle off Cape Horn. We'll venture out from the protection of the Wollaston Islands, and just a few miles later, skirt past the infamous...

I was granted an interview this week with Craig Thompson, chief executive of the America's Cup Event Authority (ACEA), which is overseeing the 34th America's Cup, to be sailed in San Francisco Bay in August 2013. Thompson, a Newport Beach resident, was...

Laurence Sunderland, a sailing instructor who lives in a LA suburb with his pregnant wife and 7 kids, opened his home to film crews four months ago. The reality series was to be called "Adventures in Sunderland". Sunderland told the New York Post, "The...

Newport Beach sailors could only imagine the horror. The four Americans allegedly shot dead by pirates off the coast of Oman on Tuesday morning were like any other "yachties" — couples, friends and families who sail the world's oceans in search...