Boats & Cruises

Pirate ships ran 70 to 120 feet and 5 to 410 tons, with the Whydah surviving today as the only authenticated pirate shipwreck on display.

The back of a cruise ship is not bad, but aft cabins trade a longer walk and more vibration for bigger balconies, quieter hallways, and dramatic wake views.

A pickle boat is a leftover crew in rowing or the last boat to finish a sailing race, a 19th-century English term later borrowed by pickleball.

Re-gelcoating a boat means restoring or repairing its gelcoat through sanding, mixing, applying, and buffing, with real costs and cure times.

Norwegian Cruise Line now sails from Philadelphia’s new PhilaPort terminal, with Cape Liberty and Baltimore as the closest year-round alternatives.

Royal Caribbean allows toiletries, snacks, and a limited wine allowance, but bans weapons, drugs, and flammable items.

Alpha Alpha Alpha and Code Alpha are cruise ship codes that call the onboard medical team to a passenger or crew emergency without alarming everyone else on board.

Is NCL CruiseNext worth it? The onboard deposit program returns $100 to $500 of onboard credit, and here is when that math actually pays off.

Who’s going to carry the boats, the meaning of the David Goggins Hell Week line, where it came from, and whose load the question is really about.

A Viking cruise costs from $2,399 per person on the rivers and much more at sea, plus roughly $20 a day in gratuities on river sailings.