Around The World Sailing

Mark Thierer has a sticker for everything: golf balls, fruit, cars, states, letters, numbers. In all, he thinks he has probably 40,000 of them, collected from around the world.     "If you're ever actually looking for them, you'd be amazed where you'd...

ABOARD THE COAST GUARD CUTTER SLEDGE — The party's over. Just after dawn Tuesday, the naval vessels, with hulls as gray as the morning, slipped from their berths and headed for open water. Later, as the sun broke through, the stars of...

For Jimmy Cornell, it was all about freedom. Early in his adult life, it came from fleeing communist Romania and finding his way to England, where he worked as a radio correspondent for the BBC. After he got married and began to help his wife, Gwenda,...

Check out festivals and events in September across the state. Check out statewide events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below: Coming up this week Through Nov. 2 (Select Nights): Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party,...

Rick Carrion has never met Lin and Larry Pardey, but the retired high school science teacher from Cecil County and the couple who met in California and have spent the past six decades not staying put share a special passion for sailing in general and...

Navigator Stan Honey led what was then the fastest nonstop circumnavigation of the world under sail — "48 days and a few hours" in 2010. Sailmaker Mark Reynolds won three Olympic medals, two gold and one silver, and is a two-time Star World...

McLean & Eakin, Booksellers in Petoskey will host two author events this week. The book store's Yellow Chair program will feature Michael Cosgrove, author of "Imperfect Passage: A Sailing Story of Vision, Terror and Redemption," on Thursday,  Aug. 9....

They call it the everest of sailing. 6 yachts are making their way around the world as a part of Volvo's ocean race. The sailors have been chasing storms since November and they made their only North American stop in Miami. I got to hop aboard the 70...

Baltimore will launch its commemoration of the War of 1812 by land, sea and air this week, starting with parachute jumps into Camden Yards and a parade of tall ships into the harbor. The history-filled week features music, fireworks and an air show over...

John Nigro of Fort Lauderdale-based Show Management is director of land, booth display exhibits and operations manager for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat show, a role he's held for the past decade. The show runs from Oct. 27 to Oct 31 and...

When Disney's newest cruise ship, the Fantasy, sails into New York Harbor on Tuesday, it will bear a strong resemblance to the Dream, its twin that debuted more than a year ago. Although the two vessels share a common blueprint, the Fantasy has fresh...

Farrah Hall spends most of her life traveling around the world, windsurfing. The pictures and other images she posts on her Facebook page from places like Australia and the south of France seem pretty glamorous, but the reality for the 30-year-old Hall is...