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More retirees are choosing life at sea than most people realize, and a new class of residential ships is making it possible

For decades, retirement meant a fixed address. Now, a growing number of Americans are trading the deed to a house for a cabin aboard a ship, and the industry building to meet them is more crowded with ambition than it has ever been. The distinction matters, as this is not

Body of kayaker found on Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park

On the morning of June 8, occupants of a vessel on Yellowstone Lake discovered the body of a 41-year-old male, said a news release Thursday from Yellowstone National Park.The park identified the male as Brandon Rhea of Denver, Colorado.The park said the body was floating in

Dog rescued after floating out to sea on kayak

Dog rescued after floating out to sea on kayak

By Nathan Pynn A dog was saved after floating three miles out to sea in a kayak. Bruce the Alsatian was playing in the waves when his owner put him in an inflatable boat and swam beside him. But a gust of wind dragged the kayak off the shore of

How to Find Sanctuary in the Middle of Alaska’s Record-Breaking Cruise Year

How to Find Sanctuary in the Middle of Alaska’s Record-Breaking Cruise Year

Alaska is on track for one of its busiest cruise seasons ever. More than 2.1 million passengers will flood the Great Land's historic ports for a record-breaking season in maritime travel. Seattle alone expects a staggering 330 scheduled vessel calls to handle the surge this summer.

Dad embarks on journey across Atlantic Ocean in tiny boat

Dad embarks on journey across Atlantic Ocean in tiny boat

By Charlie Fenton A daredevil dad has finally set off in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the "world's smallest boat," three years after his previous vessel "sank." Andrew Bedwell, 52, set sail from Newfoundland, Canada, on Wednesday, at the start of

Princess just announced its biggest Europe season ever, and it’s not the only line going all in for 2028

Princess Cruises has rolled out what it calls its largest-ever Europe season, opening 291 departures across 150 itineraries for 2028 and putting six ships to work from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean. The lineup brings the line’s first calls to Galway and Killybegs on Ireland’s west coast,

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

(KNOXVILLE, TN) George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power. “It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day,” he later wrote in a letter, “that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with