Twice a week, in the shadow of the tallest condo tower west of the Mississippi, a sailor named Romaine Dudley teaches one of the oldest skills of the seagoing trade - marlinspike seamanship. He ...

One way to greatly increase the line capacity of an offshore reel is to use a backing of hollow-core braided line. Pound for pound, braid has a much thinner diameter than monofilament, so it’s ...

Mathematics is unpicking the secrets of a centuries-old nautical skill called splicing - joining two ropes together end to end by interweaving their strands 1. Chris Leech of rope and fibre ...