From cursed treasure and sea monsters to legendary pirate captains, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has thrilled ...

Netflix viewers are buzzing over a pirate show that's finally getting love, with many calling it better than Game of ...

The Empire Sandy, Canada’s largest tall ship, is offering public sailings at the Toronto Waterfront Festival, which features ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Black Sails acts as a prequel to Treasure Island, the famous novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. The show explores the life of Captain Flint, blending fictional storytelling with real-life pirate ...

The pressure gradient adds lift and, thus, more speed to the boat. In some cases, completely opaque black sails can create a thermal boost that adds as much as 2.3 knots (2.65 mph) to a boat's speed.

And, well, it looks like Yakuza's take on Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. The trailer shows fan-favorite Yakuza antihero Goro Majima take the helm of a wooden battleship whose hull, sails ...

In Black Sails season 1, a misguided attempt by James Flint to capture a Spanish Man O' War sees Charles Vane's iconic ship, Ranger, hit with a barrage of canon fire that sinks the ship with all ...

Chapter by chapter, the book introduces readers to pirates who are now household names, from Henry Avery to Blackbeard to Anne Bonny—figures who inspired television hits like “ Black Sails ...

Black Sails ended its run in 2017, but nearly a decade after its premiere, its found a second life on Netflix, debuting on the platform this month—and quickly sailing into the streamer’s TV ...

Black Sails was created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine, and originally envisioned as a sort of prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s beloved pirate novel, Treasure Island.