Navy ship names should be more than a pol’s prize
When a U.S. warship drops anchor in foreign climes, it is a symbol of America. The biggest symbols clearly are our aircraft carriers. There aren't very many of them, but...
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First boat finishes Race to Mackinac late Sunday
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. -- Dick and Doug DeVos' Windquest, a Max Z86 from Michigan's Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, became the first racing division boat to finish the Chicago Yacht Club's...
The other ‘Mac’ sailing race launches 90th edition Saturday
Most Chicagoans know of Chicago Yacht Club's annual 333-mile Race to Mackinac, which begins its 106th edition on July 18 (cruising fleet) and July 19 (racing fleet). Few know that...
A nautical getaway can feature a sails call
"I'd really like to own a sailboat someday," my bartender said. Do you sail? "I don't. It just looks really cool," he said. Sailing is cool, but there's far more...
A nautical getaway can feature a sails call
"I'd really like to own a sailboat someday," my bartender said. Do you sail? "I don't. It just looks really cool," he said. Sailing is cool, but there's far more...
A nautical getaway can feature a sails call
"I'd really like to own a sailboat someday," my bartender said. Do you sail? "I don't. It just looks really cool," he said. Sailing is cool, but there's far more...
Reporting a Mackinac tragedy
Sailing is a fairly small community, so people get to know one another pretty well, almost like a family. On a boat, the core crew often IS family. But blood...
In TV ads, dumb has become the new clever
Call me sentimental, but forced to choose between saving my sweetheart or a beer, I'd pick my sweetheart every time. That's not necessarily such an obvious choice in the world...
Five books about World War I
The Great War, as it was called for a time, broke out in 1914, but the United States didn't declare war until April 6, 1917. With 4,734,991 fresh Americans in...
Cozy up to an elephant, safely
'African Adventure: Safari in the Okavango' **** "African Adventure: Safari in the Okavango" combines all the videography that IMAX 3D does best: broad aerial vistas, beautiful underwater scenes and land-based...