The first boat I ever boarded was a Washington State ferry. I was born in a Seattle hospital, but my parents lived on an island in Puget Sound and had to bring me home by sea. For the next 18 years, I ...

When the Ever Given was tragically stuck in the Suez Canal earlier this year, we all saw her unfortunate situation at various angles on our smart devices, thanks to technology. Satellite imaging, in ...

It's quite easy to mix a ship and a boat -- after all, both float and move on water. But when it comes down to size, purpose, and structure, ships and boats are completely different creatures, just as ...

When I began to seriously think about the difference between a boat and a ship, I thought I needed to seek information outside the boating community. It also dawned on me that I might need a broader ...

In naval terminology, distinguishing between ships and boats is not as simple as comparing size or displacement. While a general assumption is that larger vessels are ships and smaller ones are boats, ...