MOUNT DORA – In high school, Pete Matejka, now 63, loved industrial-arts class, better known as “wood shop,” and he has not stopped building things since. Area residents may find him on lakeshores ...

Standing on the decks of the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain can make you feel like a Jack Tar from the golden age of sail — minus the scurvy. But don’t be fooled when the ships dock at the ...

Tall ship sailing specialist Star Clippers has announced that it has started building a fourth ship to add to its fleet of graceful square-riggers; its first new-build since the launch of Royal ...

He was just 13 when he went to sea in 1937 as an apprentice on a four-masted square-rigged bark that hauled fish cod in the Arctic Ocean. He learned the ropes, literally, and worked up the ratings.

Tall ship sailing specialist Star Clippers has announced that it has started building a fourth ship to add to its fleet of graceful square-riggers; its first new-build since the launch of Royal ...