History
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Smoke on the Water
Forget the Marlboro Man and Joe Camel, these colorful 19th-century trading cards cast history’s most notorious sailors as ambassadors for the world’s worst habit.
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Eye of a Golden Wind
How an enigmatic photographer captured the soul of international yachting’s gilded era—and then tried to disappear.
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The Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks
America’s last commercial sailing fleet helped define the fortunes and fate of its largest estuary.
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The Yachty Professor
The greatest scientific mind of the 20th century found solace in the simple pleasures of sailing.
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John Steinbeck’s Swashbuckling First Novel
Before he wrote about migrant workers and mice and men, the great American novelist looked first toward the sea.
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Captain John Smith Explores Chesapeake Bay by Sail
John Smith’s claim of being saved by Pocahontas might stretch the truth, but his exploration of Chesapeake Bay is truly legendary.
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Artists of the HMS Beagle
These well-traveled painters and illustrators created a visual counterpart to Charles Darwin’s epic voyage of scientific discovery.
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Sails on “The Floating World”
Nautical imagery abounds in one of Japan’s most iconic traditional art forms. It’s called Ukiyo-e, or woodblock printing.
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The Art of War at Sea (vol. 1)
The Anglo-Dutch Wars lasted more than a century and produced some of history’s most dramatic maritime art.
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Kennedy at the Helm
As our nation commemorates the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s tragic death on this day in 1963, we remember his passion for life under sail.