Sailing is often thought of as a luxurious, relaxing time on the water. But those who sail competitively will tell you it’s a full-body workout. “You need to have a lot of core and knee strength,” ...

If you've been to Treasure Island, you've personally experienced the physics of wind, and maybe the waves as well. The Sailing Science Center (SSC) is working to teach science using these forces, and ...

Spacecraft outfitted with sails and propelled by the sun are no longer the stuff of science fiction or theoretical space missions. Now, a Rochester Institute of Technology researcher is taking solar ...

As marine and outdoor education researchers, we wanted to find out whether mixing sail training and Steams (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics and sustainability) activities can ...

Every week, the students of PHYS 1205: The Physics of Sailing find themselves aboard a unique intersection of sailing practice and a traditional science class. The course, taught by Prof. Georg ...

As NASA’s exploration continues to push boundaries, a new solar sail concept selected by the agency for development toward a demonstration mission could carry science to new destinations. The ...

In 1926 an unusual vessel arrived in New York after crossing the Atlantic. This was a converted sailing ship renamed Baden-Baden. Its two masts had been torn down and a pair of 15-metre-high revolving ...

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