AWBF festival director Paul Stephanus said the festival would launch at midday with the spectacular Parade of Sail, involving a fleet of 11 tall ships and 250 wooden boats sailing up the Derwent ...

For almost the entirety of human civilization, large structures like buildings and ships have been constructed primarily out of wood. This makes sense, seeing as it's a relatively common material ...

This waterline model of "Scottish Maid", complete with wooden sails was built by the first master of the vessel, Captain John Smith, in 1880. This was the first clipper ship to be designed and ...