History

Captain Ron Is Real. He Was 'Florida Man' Waiting To Happen

Inspiration for the Character Actually Drove a Trawler

Apr 10 •

Power-Cruising Pioneer Bruce Kessler Dies at 88

Previous Careers Included Auto Racing, Director of 'Monkees,' 'Flying Nun'

Apr 4

'Zen' Author Cruised While Mentally Ill. Being Underway Helped Him

Robert Pirsig Sought the Opposite of Today’s Connectivity

Mar 23 •

Going to Hell? First Stop: Miami Superyacht Show

Or How Taylor Swift Adheres to Puritan Notions of Righteous Wealth

Feb 14 •

9:50

When 'Boat of the Year' Was Escape Pod for Cuba Spy Couple

Castro's Regime Was Ready To Welcome Them, Then the FBI Struck

Jan 10 •

Odysseus Sailed to the Bahamas and Back, Author-Sailor Suggests

And Maybe Florida Was 'Hell' for the Bronze-Age Veteran of the Trojan War

Dec 23, 2023 •

Megayachts Are for Show-Offs. The Puritans Wouldn't Approve And, Apparently, Neither Does Taylor

Emblems of America's Relationship With Wealth, Now Hopelessly Distorted

Nov 18, 2023 •

Ignore the Haters, Columbus Is Still the Most Consequential Sailor Ever

How a Seafaring-Scholar From Florida Confirmed His Status as 'The Great Navigator'

Oct 3, 2023

Sunday Audio: The Busboy Who Almost Conned the Greek Government Out of a Famous Yacht

The Talented Mr. Blastos

Sep 3, 2023 •

13:40

The Time We Fed Jimmy Buffett, And It Was Better Than a Burger

Our Boat Transited the Panama Canal With Continental Drifter II

Sep 2, 2023 •

Sunday Audio: Schooner America's Second Act Was as Lively as Her First

19th Century Speed Machine Served Both Sides in the Civil War

Aug 27, 2023 •

19:52

Sunday Audio: Fearsome Whale Repeatedly Rammed Ships 15 Centuries Ago. Was It an Orca?

Porphyrios' 50-Year Reign of Terror

Aug 20, 2023 •

5:44

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