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By: Lisa Stephenson
On January 23, 1960 Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh pulled off a feat so great people who have tried to break their record eventually don't even dare try and come close. more...
By: John Crandall
Becoming something of a scarcity many of these boats have gone out of service, but they are an important part of history. more...
By: John Crandall
After the first ironclads proved themselves, it wasn't long before iron and then steel replaced wood as the primary material for ship construction. more...
By: John Crandall
Chis Smith had a natural talent for building boats that were both functional and beautiful, and he built that into a very successful business. more...
The Phoenicians, Great Sailors
By: John Crandall
The keeled boat or ship is very likely a Phoenician invention. Both with oars and sials they plied the waters of the Mediterranean and beyond. more...
By: John Crandall
These medieval cargo ships used wooden barrels to protect their cargo in open holds. more...
By: John Crandall
The Vikings offered human sacrifices upon launching a new longboat. It is very likely that the wine ceremony used today dates back to the original blood ceremony. more...
By: John Crandall
Dugouts can range from simple one man canoes to long, slender, and fast outrigger war canoes, and large dual hull dugouts that can carry sail. more...
Captain James Cook's Final Voyage
By: John Crandall
Sandwich, Sandwich Islands, Alaska, and death more...
By: John Crandall
Captain James Cook was an extrordinary man who on three voyages discovered numerous Pacific Islands, and virtually completed the mapping of our world. more...
Captain James Cook First Voyage
By: John Crandall
Sails for Tahiti, Secret Orders, defeats scurvy more...
Captain James Cook in Australia
By: John Crandall
In Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Batavia, sails for home more...
Captain James Cook Second Voyage
By: John Crandall
Antarctica, ice, illness, and Easter Island more...
By: John Crandall
Near the peak of commercial sailing technology, clippers are somewhere between an awesome feat of engineering and a work of fine art. more...
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