In famous seafaring tales, captains often prove their mettle by undergoing trial by storm, monster waves and the threat of shipwreck. For Susan Scott, that trial came her first night on the open ocean ...

Capt. Fred Bockmiller’s name will always be linked to the April 2004 rescue of a scuba diver who was lost at sea and in the early stages of hypothermia. The 74-year-old Costa Mesa resident was the ...

I’ve got a heartwarming seafaring yarn to share. Many of you read the story that Noozhawk’s Mollie Helmuth wrote last July about Seafaring Opportunities For Those In Need (SOFTIN) Inc. (click here for ...

As the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar approaches, this provocative audio book examines the motivation of the British sailors under Lord Nelson and why the October 1805 victory over a ...

There are no stages in the world that set a more dramatic tone than the sea. Beautiful, dangerous, exotic, mysterious — it can be all these things. The stage of the sea is one that has told thousands ...

It’s been almost ten years since Scott Maggs began holding skin checks during Hamilton Island Race Week, and the charity founder was a very happy guest of the week’s Paspaley Luncheon, thanks to the ...

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Writer Martin Dugard presents an admiring, insightful yet balanced portrait of Christopher Columbus in The Last Voyage of Columbus. The author also acknowledges the tidal wave of misery, genocide and ...