A sail catches the power of the wind and uses it to propel a boat or ship across the water. The earliest boats were simple rafts made of logs or reeds lashed together, and it was to these that the first sails were added by the ancient Egyptians around...

A sail is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind—in essence a vertically-oriented wing. Sails are used in...

AFTER a week of high-speed racing we are now seeing major changes in fortune as the weather turns fickle. We were in the lead only to find that, having concentrated on beating the 60s, we had to win back our place as the top...

Sail of the In the week of his glorious round-the-world race victory Kerryman, Damian Foxall, told Kim Bielenberg about life on the ocean waves By the end of his epic voyage Damian Foxall was surviving on meagre rations of mushroom soup....

A 100-foot-long replica of a Viking longship glided out of a Danish fjord Sunday with 65 crew members determined to sail across the North Sea to Ireland.Roughly 4,000 people watched the Sea Stallion of Glendalough begin the attempt to relive the perilous journey its Viking...

Mariano Rivera sailed through his first batting practice session. The Yankees closer threw 35 pitches Friday to a hitting group that included Derek Jeter, Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreu and Robinson Cano."Mariano was fine," Yankees manager Joe Torre said.Rivera was sidelined from Aug. 31 to Sept....