Ships come in many shapes and sizes—including ones that fit in bottles. No one knows this better than Jim Goodwin, a retired geologist who for 25 years has been perfecting the maritime tradition of ...

They say that hope floats. But with an event like Montgomery Whitewater’s Build Your Own Boat Competition that old saying should probably be, “You’d better hope it floats over rapids.” The competition ...

When Tony Miller envisioned marrying his fiance Kaela Schenk aboard a pirate ship, the lack of available seaworthy vessels was a mere technicality for the Rockton, Ill. man. Miller is now building a ...