Despite the trademark high winds of Chicago, the afternoon summer sun beat down on my face while out on Lake Michigan. Squinting while wearing sunglasses, I fixed my eyes on the buoys as I navigated a ...

Ignorance, inattention, inexperience, apathy, alcohol and arrogance are perhaps the most dangerous passengers a boat operator can invite aboard his vessel. I'm not sure which of the above were ...

Eight middle school students returned to Belle Isle this summer for another year of sailing lessons. But a few months ago, before they hit the water, those students learned a new lesson: how to build ...

The belt sander whirs as Jene Geddes, 17, smooths out the hull of a 13-foot flat-bottom rowboat. The wooden boat framework is just the latest project she and other members of AMIKids Jacksonville are ...