It's a sunny Saturday morning and downstairs in the Cape Cod Maritime Museum’s woodworking shop, a small team of middle school kids are building a wooden skiff. Sunlight beams through a window ...

Urban Boatbuilders Executive Director Marc Hosmer: “Being able to take a pile of sticks and turn it into a beautiful boat that they can launch into the water is such an amazing confidence booster.” ...

When someone suggested sailing lessons to Maurice Coleman, 11, he hardly believed his ears. "I thought it was crazy," said Maurice, who lives within view of Richardson Bay in Marin City, but had never ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Seals popped their heads above the water as a fleet of small sailboats from West Shore Marina floated along under a cloudless blue sky July 26 in Gig Harbor. “Puff on!” instructor Chance Busey shouted ...

Non-profit Traverse Area Community Sailing (TACS) adds new O'Pen BIC boats to their Northern Michigan sailing fleet, designed specifically for kids. Photo by Openbic.com (Press Release provided by ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. You might imagine, sailing and boat building ...

For a boat to be fast, it has to be sleek. Just ask 12-year-olds Wyatt Hager Smith and Charlie Estil Skinner. They came into Saturday's cardboard boat racing competition as the reigning champions, but ...

Thanks to their adventuresome parents, some screen-addled children are getting a reprieve — and an education — at sea. By Mariya Manzhos Two years ago, Alison and Luke Williams bought a 44-foot ...