"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve ever seen a remote-control boat skate across the water—or controlled one yourself—you know it’s ...

Each pointed a boxy radio control at his own DragonFlite 95, a meter-long vessel with a pointy sail like a shark fin. Sometimes the boats rounded markers made from painted Clorox bottles. Other times, ...

A light breeze is creating just a ripple on the surface of the big pond at The Oaks. Several sleek racing yachts vie for position to catch the wind. The “sailors” adjust their rudders and sails to ...

Brad Read looks out his office window across Newport Harbor’s Brenton Cove, observing how the puffs fan across the racecourse that’s spitting distance from his ­public-sailing operation’s docks. Small ...