Some 25,000 boat enthusiasts and sailors from around the state are expected to dock at the annual St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail, which starts at noon today at the Mahaffey Theater's Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park. ...more

December 4, 2008

In 1559, a hurricane sent up to seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering Don Tristan de Luna's attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle. ...more

October 14, 2007

Harnessing the wind has long been a passion of humans, from the first sailing vessels used for exploration to devices that now pull a single human along just for fun. ...more

October 3, 2007

Kiteboarding is catching on along Florida's west coast, where the wind always blows. Even if it's not that strong, the wind can tug kiteboarders aloft from Egmont Key to Dunedin. Boarders plunk down an average $2,000 for the board, rigging and kites that look like small parasails and use the free breeze to pull them through the surf and a couple of feet into the air over the waves. ...more

October 2, 2007