Like many scouts, 18-year-old Zander Arnold joined the Cubs Scouts in the second grade, hoping to someday reach Eagle Scout status. “I knew I wanted to be an Eagle Scout from the beginning,” Arnold ...

A version of this story ran in The Virginian-Pilot on Sept. 14, 2005. Hurricane or no, we’re in for a blow. Time to start thinking about how to secure the woodpile or lash the garbage cans to a tree.

While on a sailing trip in Nantucket in 2010, Sophie Aschauer, an Austrian-born, New York-based artist, happened upon a book of traditional nautical knots. The illustrations inspired her to create ...

It is an ancient craft practiced for centuries by mariners on long journeys across vast oceans, learning and refining the skills needed to be *** competent seaman or not tying was *** way for sailors ...

Knotted rope with a distinctly nautical flair has emerged as a decorative desk accessory and doorstop in two recent home-design catalogs. Williams-Sonoma Home offers a 6-inch-diameter Rope Knot made ...