Jun 19th, 2008 · Hilary Lister uses three straws and a "puff and sip" system to control her sailboat as she embarks on a three to four month attempt to circumnavigate Great Britain. She says sailing helps her transcend her physical pain — and that it saved her life.
May 28th, 2008 · Fifty years ago, Beneteau was a small, family-owned company that made fishing boats in a French village. Now it's the world's top sailboat maker, with dealers in 50 countries. Reporter Eleanor Beardsley has more on the woman who transformed the company.
May 18th, 2008 · For 48 years, Captain Fatty Goodlander has lived aboard a sailboat exploring the world's high seas. This summer, he will send regular dispatches from his 38-foot cutter as he sails through Southeast Asia.
Mar 3rd, 2008 · Could you and your significant other manage 1,000 days on a sailboat? Reid Stowe and Soanya Ahmad tried just that, when they sailed away from Hoboken, N.J., with their eye on a world record. Long story short: He's a professional sailor. She's not.
May 5th, 2006 · Seven of the world's biggest and fastest sailboats are making pit stops on the East Coast of the United States. They're midway through the globe-circling "Volvo Ocean Race." The boats are big, nimble, and faster than ever.
Feb 12th, 2005 · Meghan Jensen of Mystic, Conn., is among 20 high school students competing in the National High School Recipe Contest in Denver, Colo. The students are vying for full scholarships to Johnson & Wales University. Jensen is competing in the dessert category. Her recipe is "Mystical Orange Berry Delight," a dessert in the shape of a sailboat and inspired by the Mystic Seaport area.
Jan 13th, 2005 · Growing up in a racially segregated neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa, Neal Petersen overcame both physical disability and apartheid to become the first man of African heritage to race solo around the globe in a sailboat. He shares his incredible story with NPR's Tony Cox -- a story detailed in his autobiography Journey of a Hope Merchant.
Jan 6th, 2005 · Journalist Michael Dobbs is a staff writer for The Washington Post. When the tsunami hit South Asia last week, Dobbs and his brother Geoffrey were swimming near the small island Taprobane off the southernmost tip of Sri Lanka. Geoffrey Dobbs owns the small island where the two brothers and their families had gathered for the Christmas holiday. Michael and Geoffrey survived by hanging on to a catamaran sailboat, which had been jammed against the shore. The rest of their family survived as well. Michael Dobbs has since returned to the U.S.