Aloof, meaning distant physically or emotionally, was originally a nautical word. When a captain wanted to "keep the ship's head to the wind," therefore staying "clear of a lee-shore or some other ...

Marina: A water-based facility used for storage, service, launching, operation or maintenance of watercraft. Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through ...

Let’s go sailing, sailing over the bounding main. A mainstay is a strong rope that helps stabilize a ship’s main mast, but ...

Sailing to his fourth second in the last four races, five-time Olympic medalist Robert Scheidt (BRA) moved into third in the overall standings. “The first few races I had bad starts and it was ...