Testing Ships in a Miniature OceanThe US Navy maintains an indoor ocean capable of simulating some of the world’s worst weather conditions, even with waves only four feet tall. These tests rely on ...

TACOMA — The old board game Battleship is taken to a new level when the captains of the Washington Cascade Column take to the water, as they did Monday in Tacoma. “All of us were guys who threw rocks ...

Allen Daffern works on a model of the HMS Leopard in his home on Thursday, April 11. Daffern estimated that if he worked every day for eight hours, it would take him between seven and nine months to ...

BISMARCK - Joel Brostrom has not allowed a limitation to keep him from succeeding at a hobby he thoroughly enjoys.The 54-year-old Bismarck resident, who was born legally blind, rigs model sailing ...

A seafarer training facility in France is getting lots of attention since the Ever Given jammed the Suez Canal. The facility's own miniature Suez Canal can help mariners learn lessons from the Ever ...

She was the fastest vessel in the world's oceans and it seems the RMS Mauretania is still making waves - as a 12ft long model of the ship is set to sell for £50,000. The beautifully-crafted 1:64 scale ...

San Marcos, California-based SD Model Makers delivered three replica models of a 100-foot tractor tug to Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Wash. The 24-inch scale model ship replicated the ...

A scale model of an 18th-century ship has sailed off with some unexpected booty following an auction in Vancouver. Seventy-two-year-old Victor Jankovic hoped his 2.4-metre long, nearly two-metre tall ...

Researchers have found that water temperature in ship model towing tanks can affect the accuracy of real-world performance predictions. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates ...