Tom Whidden is one of those lucky and rare fellows who has successfully carved a career out of a passion. At the tender age of 18, Mr. Whidden decided that he wanted to be a sail maker, an activity ...

Racing sails made of laminated materials have been the choice of leading-edge racers for nearly a quarter century. These sails, assembled from panels built of high-strength fibers sandwiched within ...

In comparison to 60,000 kilometers per second transit speed, "some kind of orbit" is a dead stop. This would have to dump 99 and a lot more nines worth of its speed in order to stay in the ...