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Repairs began Monday on the foundation of the 158-year-old Fire Island Lighthouse, which Superstorm Sandy damaged five years ago. David Griese of the Fire Island

Are you tired of raising a weighty anchor by hand? An ideal time to add that windlass you’ve been considering is now, at the start

Voyaging down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, which extends from Norfolk, Va., to Key West, Fla., is a treasure to experience. Protecting recreational boaters from rough

In 1985 treasure hunter Mel Fisher and his team found the wreck of Nuestra Señora de Atocha — a Spanish galleon that sank in a

Sørlandet, a Norwegian heritage vessel and the world’s oldest fully rigged tall ship in operation, arrived in Boston Harbor on Sunday to promote Sail Boston

In 1982 Loren and Lani Hart began the production of their first Lord Nelson Victory Tug — a 37 Victory Tug. Featuring a displacement hull

In 1896 yacht designer Capt. Nathanael Herreshoff designed the Newport 30, a class of sailing yachts that helped create the foundation for one-design racing with

An art form that originated in the 18th century, the process of creating scrimshaw on whalebone is being kept alive by a dwindling number of

Trained as a shipwright, George Lawley moved from England to Massachusetts in 1851 to seek a better life for himself and his family and was

Hubert Scott-Paine was a British aircraft and boat designer, and among his accomplishments was the design of the PV70 — the 70-foot boat that became