After the last portage on the Adlatok, we began our 14-mile ocean paddle to Hopedale, flanked by the rugged, treeless terrain of the Labrador coast. When we felt wind on the back of our necks, we ...
We all remember the childhood reader about the little engine that knew it could. The SAROCA is a boat that knows it can, too. In fact, this schizophrenic little boat thinks it can do everything: row, ...
To understand the sailing performance of traditional canoes in Oceania, we replicated ten sail rigs and tested them in a wind tunnel. Measurements of lift and drag forces demonstrate substantial ...
Yes, a canoe can be sailed. Who knew? We are not quite sure how this vessel was rigged to do this, but as you can see, it caught some air and away it went. CT boating registrations on decline since ...
The ancient skills of building ocean-going canoes and sailing them by star across great distances are being revived on the Pacific island of Yap, as the BBC's Ben Lowings reports. In the mangrove ...