The 19th Century “Golden Age of Sail” is seeing a revival as modern day cargo ships turn to wind power – in a bid for eco-friendly travel.

Tall Ships Challenge sails into Fairport Harbor (photos) Updated: Jul. 07, 2016, ... If all goes well, those with tickets will board the ships at 3:30 pm Thursday, and ships will set sail 4-7 p.m.

16 photos. Photo: Variety Cruises. Cruise ships have their advantages, but there’s something about sailing ships, especially old ones, that can’t be matched.

The Oceanbird Wing 560 isn’t a wing, but it isn’t a sail either. When it’s first assembled a few months from now in a shipyard just north of Malmö, Sweden, it’ll be 40 meters high with a ...

One of the oldest ships in the Royal Navy fleet sailed from Portsmouth today in the Spring sunshine. HMS Ledbury, a Hunt-class minehunter commissioned in June 1981, travelled past The Round Tower ...

WindWings may be an entirely modern take on the old sailing ships, but the technology could revive some of the old clipper ship routes that have long fallen out of favor, BAR's Cooper says.

Using wind power to sail is a very old idea and almost all modern ships use fossil fuels to power them. But because burning fossil fuels releases harmful gases that contribute to climate change ...

The ship's captain and owner, Sam Merritt, purchased the 77-year-old vessel for $15,000 (£11,500) in 2015, and then spent five years restoring it.

Rotor sails are more than a century old; German inventor Anton Flettner patented the idea in 1922 and an experimental cargo ship fitted with rotor sails crossed the Atlantic in 1926. But ...