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When pancreatic cancer claimed Mel Nash earlier this year, the rowing community was devastated. “A huge, huge blow,” said Faith Hazeltine of the Straits of Mare Island Rowing Club. It’s Hazeltine who ...

Faith Hazeltine has been a whaleboat rower for 17 years. And she doesn’t know how to swim. Talk about faith. “I can’t get away from it. Every time I try to leave, I go back to it,” Hazeltine said, ...

CEDARVILLE, MI — We don’t hear much about whaling in the Great Lakes, but that’s the talk in this quaint northern Lake Huron town. Whaling and whaleboats have become a popular topic. The Great Lakes ...

When Kaua‘i’s teller of Hawaiian tales Eric Knudsen (1872-1957) was a young man, he became acquainted with an elderly, former Hawaiian whaleboat captain named Kapahe, and it was Knudsen’s pleasure to ...

AMESBURY — Throughout shipbuilding history, the last plank fitted to a ship’s exterior has been known as the whiskey plank, because it marked a major milestone and was cause for celebration.

During the American Revolution, Long Island whaleboat men proved to be a secret weapon. Whaling was a very important part of Long Island's past. During the early 1700s, hardy Long Island men hunted ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LITTLE WHALEBOAT ISLAND — From a rocky beach on the north shore of this ...