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History & Trivia
To subscribe for free and have it delivered directly to your inbox every weekday, click here. Scraping the Sky Colloquially the term "skyscraper" is used to refer to a tall city building, but nearly a hundred years before its modern architectural association, it had maritime ...read more
History of the America's Cup
After years of boatbuilding, engineering and, of course, training, the 36th America’s Cup is finally here, the latest in a series stretching back to the 1850s. As fans gather to watch the racing down in Auckland, New Zealand, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of the ...read more
Multihull Pioneers
The story behind the evolution of today’s offshore multihulls is a colorful one, with more than its share of twists and turns. In this excerpt from his book Ocean Pioneers, renowned technical illustrator and marine artist Robbert Das looks at two of the modern multihull’s ...read more